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

[smokinjoe]

Figured I'd stay old school tonight, and go with a pour of Fairfax County BIB to finish things off.

[Jorgemu1]

Three different barrel picks of ETL tonight. One of them being the GBS pick. Good job guys!

[mbroo5880i]

Three different barrel picks of ETL tonight. One of them being the GBS pick. Good job guys!

[Jorgemu1]

Interesting! One was GBS, what were the other two?

[Ravensfire]

Spent the day working on the basement bathroom so it's been an evening of Eagle Rare 10, SB blend and EWSB while relaxing the night away. The wife thinks I'm crazy but apparently there's some Blanton's in her glass. Amazing how that happens!

-- Ravensfire

[fishnbowljoe]

Having some dusty T.W. Samuels BIB tonight. Nice pour on yet another crappy winter night.

[jwacky]

HW Son of Bourye. First time I've tried one of these bourbon/rye blends and it's totally different than I expected. I was ready for what I assumed would taste like an incredibly high rye content bourbon, but if I didn't know what I was having I'd never guess what it was. Just a sample a buddy gave to me. I definitely want more, but at $55 a bottle? Not sure.

[suntour]

Having an unfortunate realization tonight after enjoying the heck out of AAA10year for the last few nights...

I'm almost out of it.

No seriously, I am, and I did a side-by-side with ETL, this, and Blanton's, and I prefered the AAA to any of them. Should have gotten more than a liter of this.

[smknjoe]

My usual, Four Roses. After that I'll have some of my usual, OWA. And I'm going to try to get through some more samples...

[danz]

Four Roses Single Barrel, standard offering. Really great stuff. And some Evan Williams Single Barrel 2003. Also quite good.

[JPBoston]

In the midst of a couple pours of FC103 tonight... going down very smooth.

Trying to enjoy my cheap, high proofed, age stated gems while I can....

[suntour]

Four Roses Single Barrel, standard offering. Really great stuff. And some Evan Williams Single Barrel 2003. Also quite good.

[danz]

First off welcome, and how is that FRSB in flavor? I got a mini the other day that was super light in color but just a complete honey/fruit bomb. I love it so much I wish I could get more. An open private-selected FRSB I have is the opposite, super dark, and a spice bomb with layers of chocolate/char, I like it too. Its real fun to taste these side-by-side.

Hello. This one has very nice light floral notes and a nice creamy mouthfeel. A bit of cool mint and caramel if I hold it on the tip of my tongue and draw some air over it. And some nice bourbon vanilla and a bit of wood. The overall presentation reminds me somewhat of an Old Crow BIB 1951 I had about a month ago. This seems to me more like some of the older style bourbon than any others i have had. From the bottle codes and label, it looks like a 2013 bottling, warehouse DN, Barrel 32-4L. I sort of want to hoard it, but I picked it up in another state. May need to bribe the relatives.

[DrBob]

Took a bottle of Wathen's to a friends for dinner, but ended up drinking ECBS batch 2. Home now and contemplating some 4 roses...

[RVTsteve]

Finishing off a EWSB 2002. This has been a really solid pour from start to finish. Always surprised me it was only 86.6 proof. Tons of flavor.

[hn4bourbon]

Having a vatting from a fellow board member's idea. 1:1 of EC12:ECBP137. Wow! This is amazingly good!

[Auracom]

Having a vatting from a fellow board member's idea. 1:1 of EC12:ECBP137. Wow! This is amazingly good!

I'm going to try a small vatting of this in the next few days. I've enjoyed both bottles separately and imagine that this will be a pretty stellar combination.

You guys are just full of good ideas .

[hn4bourbon]

I'm going to try a small vatting of this in the next few days. I've enjoyed both bottles separately and imagine that this will be a pretty stellar combination.

You guys are just full of good ideas .

Credit goes to @mbroo5880i

[GaryT]

Did a small FRSB taste-off with a private OBSV pick (100 proof) and an OESV, diluted to 100 proof. Easily distinguishable, but not a fair fight as the OB was just over 8 yrs old, and the OE was just past 12 yrs old. Both really nice pours, and I actually preferred the nose on the OB despite its youth. Similar to there being "no replacement for displacement", the age ultimately pushed the OE past its younger brother with a creamier mouthfeel and lovely finish. Even diluted, I still picked up notes of cherry, although not so much the chocolate I get with it at barrel proof. Just a splendid way to kill an hour on a sunny Sunday afternoon

[393foureyedfox]

Similar to there being "no replacement for displacement"

the mark of an old-school gearhead! nice

[theglobalguy]

Last few pours of ER10 barrel #162. Just caramel and BBQ sauce in the last bit. Love it.

[whiskeyagonzo]

Enjoying some 2013 GTS while watching Pats vs Broncos

[sutton]

A 1:1 vatting of WT101 w/ RRSmBSB followed by some VOB BiB 6yr. What a deal this VOB BiB is/was.

[brettckeen]

ORVW 10 107 13' and WT 8yr... Great week for Bourbon.

[SqueakScolari]

Having a vatting from a fellow board member's idea. 1:1 of EC12:ECBP137. Wow! This is amazingly good!

I just made a vatting of 60:40 EC12:ECBP133 - about 110 proof. Really nice. I liked the BP but felt it needed to be diluted to enjoy it.