Do you keep a whiskey journal?

[Guest]

closest thing I have to a journal is memory and hundreds of open bottles. a formal journal is a good idea and wished I'd kept one.

I think this motivates me as much as anything to get started, regreting it later would piss me off.

Myl approach will be a leatherbound journal stashed amongst the liquor cabinet. Although a database would be the logical choice, for me it wouldnt work, handwritten has the timeless personal touch that feels part of the whole whiskey experience,, and without getting too misty eyed I might even entertain the idea that someday it may mean something to my children or grandchildren.

[Danger]

I had a spreadsheet with 50+ American whiskies on it with very basic tasting notes, a 1-10 rating, proof, the mashbill, the age, and the char level of the barrel. The goal was to try to create a correlation coefficient with the various input variables to guide me to "The best whiskey for me".

It makes me happy to know that I'm not the only one with that dream. I post my math online, along with the tasting notes: DFB. Let me know if you had a particular analysis in mind that I'm not doing. Let the search for the bourbon equation continue...

[Lazer]

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[Bourbon Boiler]

It makes me happy to know that I'm not the only one with that dream. I post my math online, along with the tasting notes: DFB. Let me know if you had a particular analysis in mind that I'm not doing. Let the search for the bourbon equation continue...

Nice website! I inluded char level of the barrel and mashbill, and did not inclde distillery. I think using the distillery could be tricky since not all products from one distillery use the same yeast or the same mash. Breaking it down further is also dfficult because the information is not 100% available. Actually breaking down an rSq didn't work for me, but the data itself did for a very basic analysis.

[Danger]

Nice website! I inluded char level of the barrel and mashbill, and did not inclde distillery. I think using the distillery could be tricky since not all products from one distillery use the same yeast or the same mash. Breaking it down further is also dfficult because the information is not 100% available. Actually breaking down an rSq didn't work for me, but the data itself did for a very basic analysis.

[Bourbon Boiler]

Thanks! Yeah, distillery, mashbill, char all seem to be best guess sort of information. I agree, collecting the data has been more helpful than its analysis so far. The biggest thing I learned from running the numbers was that I seem to like expensive whiskey the most

Well, it's not perfectly linear, but age probably correlates with expense more than anything else. There's a thread around here somewhere that includes the mash of most major brands and the char level for most of them.

[Bourbon Boiler]

Sorry, should have searched before posting. This is the thread I was talking about.

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?15005-Whiskey-Tree

[Danger]

Well, it's not perfectly linear, but age probably correlates with expense more than anything else. There's a thread around here somewhere that includes the mash of most major brands and the char level for most of them.

[RA302]

I use an app called Whiskey Log on my iPhone. It is somewhat basic, but I can enter all the things I want to keep track of. Though using a phone app seems short sighted, as I only keep a cell phone for a year or possibly a touch longer. Oh well. LOL!

Edited August 28, 2013 by RA302
I suck at grammer apparently

[Bourserker]

I just had to reply to this to state that I'm happy to hear there are a bunch of other "geeks" out there. I have an Excel spreadsheet that has my inventory as well as some tasting notes. I also keep data on prices and where I find stuff in case I want to go back for anything.

[Tucker]

I just had to reply to this to state that I'm happy to hear there are a bunch of other "geeks" out there. I have an Excel spreadsheet that has my inventory as well as some tasting notes. I also keep data on prices and where I find stuff in case I want to go back for anything.

Same for me with purchases from 2009 to the present. I have two sheets, one for unopened bottles and one for open or emptied.

[GaryT]

I just had to reply to this to state that I'm happy to hear there are a bunch of other "geeks" out there. I have an Excel spreadsheet that has my inventory as well as some tasting notes. I also keep data on prices and where I find stuff in case I want to go back for anything.

[BoyScout]

I keep it all in my head. I never forget those pours I disliked and always remember those I like. My problem is the stuff I like is too hard to find so I'm always searching new labels. Years ago I started a spreadsheet on cigars and quickly found the same answer - I know what I like and while I still experiment I always come back to my standards. And speaking of dislike I have an unopened bottle of Glenlivet 21 - anyone (in the Atlanta area) care to trade?

[BoyScout]

sorry again, I keep getting a message saying "database error"

[BoyScout]

sorry - I kept getting a message saying "database error"