What bourbon are you drinking? - Winter '13/'14

[WAINWRIGHT]

That is a great bottle Ken I have one unopened one left tucked away for a rainy day.

[jwacky]

FRSiB Private Selection Barrel Strength OBSK with some NY Strip for dinner. Love this recipe... dinner was good, too!

[WAINWRIGHT]

Multiple pours of JJB #45,this bottle isn't destined long.

[Yeti]

An obscenely large pour of EC12 to finish the bottle. Now some Kenwood 8 year Old Scout while listening to the storm roll in.

[squire]

He had a gathering of old buddies who met at a remote cabin on an island. They had a bonfire and dad pulled out the second bottle of OFS BIB to pass around the fire. The guys gushed over it and the bottle didn't last too long.

Old guys who know their Bourbon tend to cut to the chase.

[hn4bourbon]

Had a couple pours of SB blend last night:)

[OscarV]

2012 Parker's Heritage Collection, neat.

Snowed in and still waiting for the snow removal guy to plow me out.

Maybe I should have another.

[BFerguson]

When I acquired this, I made promise to myself on when I would open it. Sadly that time came.

I was gifted this a couple of years ago from my granduncle's bar, where it has been sitting for near forever.

Friday, on a cold blustery afternoon, we laid him to rest south of Joliet, Il at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Even frozen as it was, the grounds are beautiful.

I'm grateful for the lessons he taught me, and for the time I was able to have with him. He will forever be missed.

B

Appreciate everybody kind thoughts.

As for tasting, it's quite unlike anything I've had, so making comparisons is tough.

Faint nose, really have to sniff and dig your nose into the glass to get note from it. maybe a touch musty-cork rotting?, and leathery.

Viscous-fill level was a touch low, I was worried about this, half expecting it to be passed it's prime, but is drinkable.

Mellow as the day is long, bottle aging?, time has tempered all heat and bit from it. Completely soft and rounded in the mouth.

Taste is tough. Leather, musty church or library, hint of cedar, gentle sweetness, lingers for a bit and fades away. Leaves you wanting more, as to me, it's a new direction in taste that I haven't been to before. Maybe it's the perception in my mind that it should taste old for being in the bottle for 65 years, but man, does it taste old.

Completely unique and different. Maybe a bit past it's prime, but without comparison to other products of the era, its hard to stay.

Either way, I'm going to savor every last drop, and hope that I can taste another version of it someday.

B

[perryw]

Had a pour of Elijah Craig 12, now I think some Evan Williams Black & Coke is in order.

[indianahunter]

Jim Beam on the rocks.

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[thiemb]

It's a wheater night. Old Rip 10, OCT, Lot B and WSR7 Louisville

[Old Dusty]

It's a wheater night. Old Rip 10, OCT, Lot B and WSR7 Louisville

[393foureyedfox]

finishing off a bottle of HH BIB gold tonight with the last 3oz or so of the bottle.....been trying to clear the shelf a bit lately

[MyOldKyDram]

In the middle of a polar vortex, killing a bottle of Tornado.

[tylermke]

Opened up some Parker's Golden Anniversary and now finishing the night off with a sample of some ORVW 10/107 from '85 courtesy of an SB member. Doesn't get much better than this for a Monday.

[TunnelTiger]

Finishing off my first bottle of OGDBIB, won't be my last.

[Pudsky]

Cracked open an E.H. Taylor Single Barrel BIB tonight. First time tasting this, wow I really love it, for sure more than the Blanton's. I've almost always got a bottle of Blanton's on hand. I'll have to make sure I have one of these now also. Not a bad predicament to be in I guess.

[petrel800]

Really getting into this 12yr2mo OESV store selection. Happy I grabbed a few of these. It started off as a bit of a puzzler, but I think I've found its sweet spot. Just a little bit of water to open it up. Very tasty.

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[bingstein]

Perfect temperature for football, some gift shop OESO, and a little Bourye.

[jwacky]

Enjoying the fact that it's NOT -3 degrees with some Mellow Corn, and I'm sitting outside while drinking it

[smokinjoe]

Finished up an evening of football watching with a Vintage 17. Again, this whiskey just doesn't do anything for me.

[suntour]

A little splash of Fighting Cock, a little splash of EW BIB. Enjoying the HH tonight.

[clindt]

Drinking some Booker's tonight. Man, I forgot how good this stuff is. Its been hiding in the cabinet since May.

[Yeti]

Ice on the inside of the single glass windows. Anybody mention how cold it is?

WFE 9 year, WLW 12, and ECBP 134.2. Such a great night.

[smknjoe]

That's nothing for a Yeti to handle.

I'm drinking some barrel proof stuff from HH myself. Man, this stuff is good.