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What Bourbon Did You Purchase Today? Spring 2013


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Grabbed a Bulleit since I haven't had it in awhile; and an extra bottle of EC12 while I was at it.

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FedEx showed up at 7:30pm last night with my TPS load, so here are the weekends spoils:

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VOB BIB x 10

Weller 12 x 6

OWA

1792

EW 1783

4R TPS OBSQ

And now we know why TPS ran out of Weller 12

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Squire, I just bought a Benchmark "old #8" in Kentucky after a store owner was sampling it. At $8.99 for a 750 I was curious and after tasting was sold. Not rough at all, and at 80 proof an easy sipper/mixer. One of my favorite bottom shelfers currently and it is of course "The bourbon by which all others are measured" !

Should be a universal "well" bourbon. Instead too many places use a blend like early times.

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And now we know why TPS ran out of Weller 12

I picked up the Weller 12 locally. If TPS runs out of VOB BIB I'll take some blame for that.

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Should be a universal "well" bourbon. Instead too many places use a blend like early times.

From one Eric to another-agree. It's very drinkable neat but at that price and proof works well as a mixer. A real personable guy in Carrollton,Ky was really working the sale. He was so into it my sister and I each bought one after tasting.

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Picked up my first bottle of RR10, another bottle of EWSB 2003 and my stand-by, FRSmB.

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Picked up a WTAS. Price wasn't great, but also wasn't terrible. I figured I should pick it up after a fairly unsuccessful dusty hunting weekend. Tonight, I wanted to recheck a store where I recently found a BHC VSOF and I knew this bottle was in another store in the area. After striking out at my original destination, I decided I should pick up the WTAS before I regretted it later.

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Stopped at a local store this morning to get a birthday gift for one of my employees and walked out with a store selection of Knob Single Barrel for myself at a really great price ($29). Once the sun gets over the yard arm I may have to do some "sensory evaluation" of it to see if I should grab another on the way home.

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I picked up two bottles of EWSB 2000. One of them in a super big box, high-volume store that just doesn't have dusties - not sure why it was there. The other in a neighborhood package store that I had already cleaned out of 1996 and 1997 EWSB. Their customer base doesn't seem too enamored of EWSB, or anything resembling a premium version. They still have one more EWSB 2000 left - which I'll leave behind for the next dusty hunter, at least until my bourbon slush fund is restocked.

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I always have to have a bottle of WT101 in the cabinet but this stuff sure doesn't deliver like it used to, IMO. Good thing I had some Rare Breed to follow it up.

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Old Fitz BIB tonight, one that I always pass over for some reason and you know what for $15 this is a pretty solid pour indeed.I understand it is a mere shadow of those days in which the DSP-16 still graced shelves,but to my mind I actually prefer to this to Larceny,call me crazy....:grin:

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Got some King's County, Black Dirt, Widow Jane Rye and some New Holland BBB today.

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Picked up an EW 1783 10 yr for a friend. Did see some tax-stamped bottles, but since they were Hiram Walker Juicy Grape Schnapps I passed :lol:

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Picked up a couple bottles of Smooth Ambler VOS 14y. Cracked one open and I have to say I'm really liking this!

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I didn't purchase it but received a half case of W12 for my birthday yesterday, from the wife, last year she got me a suit, she is learning!!

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I picked up a bottle of Weller 12 today just in case they get scarce.

Although, the store I shop at regularly got some more in today's shipment, so it's hard to say when or if this stuff is going to disappear.

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In Indiana we have just started to get Mellow Corn, and finally VOB B.I.B. I picked up one of each, and some Champagne Velvet beer.

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Would like to hear your take on the VOB.

Another Indiana guy so VOB BIB is new to me as well. I bought a bottle in KY only to find it in local stores upon my return. I really like it! It seems similar to WT101 but a little smoother. I noticed a corn and caramel flavor and the rye. I am not very good at tasting notes. In my book, a bourbon (or any drink) is either really good, good or not so good. VOB BIB is really good.

I tried it both neat and with a few cubes of ice. Without going to the Whiskey Tree, I am not certain how it compares to other whiskeys with similar mashbills that I may have tried. However, as a general comparison, I preferred it over OGD114, BT, WR. I plan to try more and more, well, and more just to make sure I get a really good assessment but I think this one is going to be a regular in my house.

I did also try OGD114 and loved the taste, especially with a cube of ice in the glass. The heat was fine but I enjoyed it a little more with the ice. However, I got a headache later. I only drink one whiskey at a time the first time I try something so as to get a better feel for it. I may have just been tired or something because I have no allergies or anything to corn, wheat, rye or barley and I didn't drink enough to get skunked. I guess it could have been the proof but I really wasn't "feeling" it. I will get a better sense after another tasting or two. Normally, I find that I enjoy most bourbons better after a second or third taste.

I am looking forward to an OGD114/VOB BIB mix. I have to wait until the weekend though! I can only drink lightly during the week and not every night.

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Picked up a couple bottles of Smooth Ambler VOS 14y. Cracked one open and I have to say I'm really liking this!

Nice pickup! I love the 14 year release.

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