What Bourbon Are You Drinking - Spring 2014

[OscarV]

I still have some of my vatting of Old Rip Van Winkle 10/107 (3X) and 2013 WLarueW (2X), neat of course.

[jwvoytus]

Having a delightful pour of HMcKBIB10 store select. Delicious.

[fishnbowljoe]

Started out with a small pour of a new blend I'm working on. It's a vatting of Larceny and MM. Might have to tweak it some. I'll let it sit for a while and see what happens.

After the blend, I had a pour of BT. Man oh man! :bigeyes: It sure seems like every bottle of BT I open is just a bit better than the one before. It's tasting really good tonight.:yum:

Cheers! Joe

[garbanzobean]

Me too. My first pour ever of the stuff. And my second. And third.

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It's extremely underrated. My second pour of the night was OFBB '13. Really enjoying it with a bit of water tonight.

[Red One]

KC neat tonight. Very tasty, as expected.

[Paddy]

VSOF in the hotel both before and after dinner. Not quite up to the W12 IMO, but still a solid pour nonetheless.

[jwvoytus]

It's extremely underrated. My second pour of the night was OFBB '13. Really enjoying it with a bit of water tonight.

I know some people criticized the PH PoH for being $90 McKenna. And I see the similarities, but disagree with the conclusion.

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[Dwt]

Stagg Jr. as I can't get my hands on the Sr. 15 y/o. Had a surprising experience here in Upstate

NY at a Restaurant bar Pappy Van Winkle 15 year standing there among less distinguished bourbons and not counting a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue scotch . $12 a shot. As sometime happens with a young bartender not usually with good stuff I got at a healthy double shot. First and likely last taste of any Van Winkle product. Well worth $12.00, but not up to Stagg IMO. The Stagg kick is like the roar of a Harley Davidson engine: Bold, distinctive,

unique, unabashedly in your face and a throw down for everyone else. Of course, there remain the more aged Pappys which I will never taste. At this point, Stagg sets the bar for me.

Edited March 25, 2014 by Dwt

[black mamba]

Had some just bought RHF a couple nights ago, it was gone from the shelves for about 6 months before. Tonight I started with a small RHF, then switched to my blend of OFS100, Stagg Jr. and 4RYL. After a couple of those I'm now enjoying a 2012 TH Handy with a splash of Jefferson's 10 yo rye to cool it down . . . really good!

[tylermke]

Barrel Select FR OBSV while catching up on some TV with my wife.

[hn4bourbon]

Had a fat pour of FRSB to empty the bottle.

[flahute]

Though Stagg is what got me started in this hobby a little more than a year ago, Makers Mark was my first and only bourbon for a long period of time. I decided to revisit it via the sample size tonight for the first time since I started branching out. I now recognize the wheated nose on it and enjoy that nose. I actually like it more than I thought I would, though it certainly pales in comparison to the Weller offerings I now prefer. I agree with others who have said that it would be a lot better with more age and proof. I'm happy to have tried it, but don't need to buy a bottle just yet. I have many more bottom and mid shelf offerings to work my way through.

[flahute]

Followed up the Makers with a 60:40 SB blend. SB blend wins by a very solid margin.

[Old Dusty]

Followed up the Makers with a 60:40 SB blend. SB blend wins by a very solid margin.

Maybe give M46 a shot. Its a totally different pour than the standard. The staves give it a much more aged profile.

[squire]

Tossed some Dant in my coffee.

[TunnelTiger]

That's what my latest bottle of HMckBIB tastes like, Dant. Thanks Squire.

[whiskeyagonzo]

Having some W12 with my cousin who has only ever had MM. Thought I would introduce him a different kind of wheater. So far so good. :-)

[MyOldKyDram]

A week from April and it's snowing to beat the band. Settling in at home w some V17 and lining up a stout next.

[smokinjoe]

VOB BIB 6 yr (I guess you have to be specific, now) over a couple of cubes. There is something comforting to me in the sounds of ice cubes kinkling together in a glass of whiskey, when I reflect and decompress with it after a productive day.

[TunnelTiger]

Some CETH neat, it was snowing so hard on the way home from work that I thought I was in a blizzard.

[tdwester]

Enjoying a nice healthy pour of WSR after a crap day of work.

[tylermke]

Enjoying a sample of WT CGF 12yr from a friend and catching up on my favorite Japanese reality show.

[squire]

Some Grand Dad to ward off the chill, it's cold as blue blazes out there.

[hn4bourbon]

Same here Squire. Sipping on some OGD114 with a couple small cubes of ice just to change it up a little.

[Grain Belt]

EWBIB over a few cubes. I like it. A lot. I am terrible at nuances and proper terminology but to me, this product tastes like bourbon should taste. I have a few BTAC's, Van Winkle's, and PHC's stashed and I truly like them, but I have to tell you that my heart does not belong to those top shelfers. Those high enders taste incredible but, they are not 5 times better than Evan White. Not even close