What Bourbon Are You Drinking? Spring 2013

[Trey Manthey]

I picked out a random flight of 4 barrels from the Single Oak Project last night. I tasted Barrel 10, 42, 110, and 138. These are all from Release #4, and all were 8 years old with a #3 char, 12 month seasoned staves from a bottom cut, and a 125 entry proof.

I was really surprised at how much variation there was between these barrels. The differences I found between my favorite and least favorite barrels (both wheat recipes), which I tasted one after another, was:

Favorite

Aged on a wood floor in warehouse K

54 barrel staves with 20 growth rings

Least

Aged on a concrete floor in warehouse L

44 staves with 12 growth rings

So I guess I prefer older wood barrels with more barrel staves? I applaud anyone that has managed to trudge through every one of these bottles for the sake of science.

[omgmarclol]

Ritt BiB and koval dark oat. i'm really liking this dark oat during this warmer weather we're having.

[jcg9779]

Rendezvous Rye old fashioned. yeah yeah, i know it's a rye and it's a cocktail, but i had already started to post and am to lazy to go find the right thread.

[squire]

Beginning the evening with some Old Grand Dad BIB.

[GaryT]

My first pour since the gazebo on Saturday - some dusty Bourbon De Luxe. My old man thought I was crazy (jury still out on that one officially), but I'm really liking this 80 proofer for some reason. :yum:

[squire]

Just because a Bourbon is 80 proof only identifies it as a lower cost option and not a bad one.

[omgmarclol]

tonight so far is brimstone and giving some love to 4R SmB LE '11

[michaelturtle1]

Cracked open "the Fox" tonight, quite tasty

[GaryT]

Just because a Bourbon is 80 proof only identifies it as a lower cost option and not a bad one.

Good point. I normally don't gravitate to many in that range (or dilute my higher proof offerings that low), but (sip) there's always an exception :grin:

[petrel800]

A little GTS. Had a nice Chotes-Du-Rhone with dinner so the GTS is dessert.

[jcg9779]

On to some KCSB now.

[Yeti]

Powerful but delicious lineup tonight. PHC 12 batch 3, Abe Bowman 10 year Rye, and FR1B LE 13.

[JLH3]

Some WT Rare Bird.

[DBM]

Business trip, "forced" to drink what's available. South Bay/San Jose is nearly void of good food and drink.High West double rye sazerac, Makers old fashioned, finished with Lagavulin neat.

[ChainWhip]

Business trip, "forced" to drink what's available. South Bay/San Jose is nearly void of good food and drink.High West double rye sazerac, Makers old fashioned, finished with Lagavulin neat.

[squire]

Tossed some Barton in the morning coffee.

[JPBoston]

Had some EWB while watching "The Hobbit". My wife passed out at about the 50 minute mark, and I had to shut it down at about 1.5 hrs in. Peter Jackson needs a real editor, badly.

[fishnbowljoe]

I brought a pretty bad cold back with me from the Sampler, so I really haven't felt like pouring anything lately. I felt a little better today, (despite a crazy day at work :skep:) so I opened one of the HH White Label 6 yr BIB's I picked up in Bardstown, and had myself a pretty healthy pour when I got home from work tonight. Dayuuuuum! :yum: I'm really glad I bought more than one bottle this time around. :grin: This stuff really hits the spot.

[Phil T]

I brought a pretty bad cold back with me from the Sampler, so I really haven't felt like pouring anything lately. I felt a little better today, (despite a crazy day at work :skep:) so I opened one of the HH White Label 6 yr BIB's I picked up in Bardstown, and had myself a pretty healthy pour when I got home from work tonight. Dayuuuuum! :yum: I'm really glad I bought more than one bottle this time around. :grin: This stuff really hits the spot.

I always pick up a few bottles of this when I go to Kentucky also Joe, yummy is right, and at $10..are you freakin kidding me.

I picked up a few bottles of EC18 a month ago, opened up one of them right away. Just what I expected, sweet and woody woody woody. I'm having a short pour tonight and the wood is in check, and its delicious

[GaryT]

Had a small pour of JPS18 (thanks Joe!) Glad I got a chance to sample last weekend, as I've been passing it by without knowing what I was missing.

[savagehenry]

Enjoying a few pouts of Weller 12 to start the evening.

[savagehenry]

Enjoying a few pouts of Weller 12 to start the evening.

Um, pours, not pouts. I'm not pouting. Not now.

[ramblinman]

Business trip, "forced" to drink what's available. South Bay/San Jose is nearly void of good food and drink.High West double rye sazerac, Makers old fashioned, finished with Lagavulin neat.

You fared better than I have there. Trip a couple years back I ordered a Bourbon and ginger, waitress comes back a few minutes later telling me they don't have that.

Surprise, confusion, then me explaining if its a brown liquor that she could she could pronounce the name of had a decent chance of being bourbon. In the end makers was poured.

[Parkersback]

W12. Such a wonderful pour at any price, but for under $20 before taxes, it's absurd.

[Wryguy]

Rocking this Loch & K(e)y 4Roses OESO single barrel tonight. I think this stuff is so good and dynamic, the progression from nose==>palate==>finish is so nuanced and a lil splash of water brings out the sweetness promised on the nose. Makes me think about grabbing another locally available bottle. I've been on a 4R kick recently, and my opinion of their products only improves with time.