Henry DuYore, anyone else had it?

[ramblinman]

Wife talked her way into getting an upgrade to the concierge level at our hotel in Denver and they had this on the honor bar.

Had it neat, then with ice, and eventually topping off the remainder with Dr Pepper.

All in all not terrible, but not a sipper either. Very corny, with a lot of raw grain flavors lingering around.

Bottle said distilled and bottled in Oregon, and it's labeled as straight bourbon without any age statement so I guess I can chalk some of the youth up to the milder climate than Kentucky/Indiana. But I'd be hard pressed to say it feels like most of the 4 year old stuff id have and tastes a bit younger than some of the 36 month juice.

Always glad to try something new, but I don't think I'll be searching out a bottle. Anyone else tried this and have thoughts?

[squire]

I think they oughta take it off your bill.

[Harry in WashDC]

Oregon - known for some of the best hops grown in the Western Hemisphere, and you're drinking Oregon whiskey? (Asks me, rhetorically, who has been known to voluntarily buy and drink Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey.)

[mbroo5880i]

The last honor or free bar pour I had at a hotel was Ten High. The bartender even apologized as she was pouring it. I believe it was the blend version not straight. I feed it to a plant in the reception area.

[flahute]

Being that I currently live in the Northwest, I've yet to find a local bourbon that's any good. I've tried a few and have given up. Northwest beer however.......Harry is right - that's the good stuff.

[ramblinman]

Not in Oregon, in Denver, but not too much different. This trip has been pretty much beer and cider with the exception of this stuff and a bookers during happy hour the other night.

Rogue whiskey I can only

imagine being wretched stuff, but then again I've always really disliked rogues beers in general, something about their hop selection and my tastes have never gotten along.

[flahute]

Not in Oregon, in Denver, but not too much different. This trip has been pretty much beer and cider with the exception of this stuff and a bookers during happy hour the other night.

Rogue whiskey I can only

imagine being wretched stuff, but then again I've always really disliked rogues beers in general, something about their hop selection and my tastes have never gotten along.

I've never seen the appeal of Rogue beers either.

Love Ninkasi and Deschutes however.

[ramblinman]

couldn't upload an image from the phone when I made the post, and back home now so might as well post it for posterity

[oke&coke]

Got a bottle of this a while back, the thread is around here somewhere. It's good not great, could have potential.

[Harry in WashDC]

After posting earlier and then seeing O&C's comment and earlier thread on HduY, I wondered who made it. Turns out Ransom Spirits, Sheridan, Oregon, http://ransomspirits.com/about.php makes it although they are more famous for their gins (Ransom Dry, an Old Tom, and Small's). I think they may have taken the 2013 SB comments to heart - they disclose their still sizes and provide other tech info for each spirit including their whiskeys. I know from experience they make a good dry vermouth, too.

[suntour]

I also heartily recommend their old tom gin.

[squire]

That they do Harry which is inadvertently telling because a direct fired alembic still cannot commercially produce vodka and it's doubtful it could produce the base GNS needed for gin. Also, a 300 gallon still that requires a minimum of two runs (at 8-16 hours per run) cannot produce a fraction of the volume of liquor that flows out under Ransom Spirits' labels.

We've gone over this one before but my memory is dim as mist this morning. Didn't the four year DeVore first come out when the distillery was just three years old?

[Harry in WashDC]

I think it did come out @ 3, if I'm remembering the old SB threads I skimmed last night. I never saw a bottle so don't know if they put the age on or otherwise disclosed the source on the original. Also, I was surprised that the tech sheets on the nonwhiskies were pretty detailed but that the bourbon sheet sometimes read like something an ad person wrote - complete with "As the story goes . . ." implications. And, I also didn't want to think about their blending their own whiskey with other persons' - had too much of "what should a bourbon label say" on that Jim Murray thread

I still think their dry gin and their dry vermouth are excellent together.

[squire]

Harry I think gin is an area where Micros can excel. Mashbills, choice of grains, yeast, aging, none of that changes the outcome much because the artistry is in redistilling with botanicals and this is where small scale, hands on efforts really pay off.

[Harry in WashDC]

Harry I think gin is an area where Micros can excel. Mashbills, choice of grains, yeast, aging, none of that changes the outcome much because the artistry is in redistilling with botanicals and this is where small scale, hands on efforts really pay off.

Agree wholeheartedly. Virtually all my gin consumption is in cocktails so I'm looking for gins that fit other things. Virtually all my bourbon drinking is done at room temp with nothing but the glass so I'm looking for bourbons that fit me. So far, one size almost always fits.

Edited September 26, 2014 by Harry in WashDC
misspelling, of course

[squire]

The 1.75? ............

[Harry in WashDC]

Only on the weekend. Or when fishing.

[The Black Tot]

The 1.75? ............

Haha. Nice one

[p_elliott]

Their bourbon is decent. I have a bottle.

Edited September 29, 2014 by p_elliott

[camduncan]

Tried this in a store in Melbourne Australia earlier today and was impressed enough to grab s bottle. Will see how I feel sbout it after I get home and spend some time with it...

[Golzee]

Never had it, but, if it was free...I would probably pick up a bottle of their gin though; gin is hard t screw up.  On a side note, I think my dad is on the label.

[Harry in WashDC]

Cam, can you tell if that's an "old" bottle like we all were talking about in Aug-Sep 2014 on this thread or if it's a recent bottling?  I was thinking that it's now been another calendar year, and bottles now available may have spent an additional few months in barrels.

[camduncan]

The bottle I got was from batch 6... Not sure about the bottle posted earlier in the thread...