What bourbon are you drinking? Fall 2014

[Richnimrod]

Had a small pour of a mingled pair I made a good many months ago....

EC-18 & ECBP in a 3-to-1 ratio. Very nice!... and, very typical of the better HH offerings.

I like it a lot, even if I say so myself.... Not that I actually had much to do with making it; just deciding what to mingle.

[flahute]

'14 WLW. This is a powerful beast that is a challenge to tame. Had the first pour last night and didn't get it right. It was too oak forward as well. It's opened up a bit after a day and the wheated sweetness is starting to come through. I think it will blossom into something wonderful in a couple more days.

[393foureyedfox]

opened up a gold HHBIB today to start making some bourbon chocoloate covered cherries, and am now drinking some of it while listening to some old motown 70's stuff on Pandora. both are nice....

[mosugoji64]

Enjoying some EW and WT101 in the hotel room tonight. Back to basics and the basics are good!

[Old Dusty]

'14 WLW. This is a powerful beast that is a challenge to tame. Had the first pour last night and didn't get it right. It was too oak forward as well. It's opened up a bit after a day and the wheated sweetness is starting to come through. I think it will blossom into something wonderful in a couple more days.

This was me not long ago, but I seem to have fallen down the barrel proof rabbit hole and it's hard to go back. :grin:

I LOVED the '14 popped and poured neat. Hit all the right notes for me. Nose was classic wheater, taste was full on freight train of goodness and the finish may still be going. If I drink sub 100 now it needs to be alone or the first pour. Otherwise they seem too thin and just not satisfying.

[kcgumbohead]

WT Diamond. A friend gave me a sample of this awhile back and I decided to hold off a bit, last night was its time. Mt wife commented on how light the color was before I even had a first sip, apparently shes become accustomed to those barrel proofers in my glass.

I like the WTD, its was a pleasant pour sweet/spicy/mild oak, overall very nice. I found myself wanting a bit more body as the low proof at times felt thin but I liked the flavors. I would not however pay anything near what its going for in the stores. I enjoyed it and appreciate the sample but that's as far as my WTD experience will go. Other WT expressions like RB and RRSmb are slam dunks over the Diamond IMO.

[jaycamm]

I've been digging the Beam 12. At 12 years it is full flavored. At 86 proof it is easy to drink. An addictive combination.

[flahute]

This was me not long ago, but I seem to have fallen down the barrel proof rabbit hole and it's hard to go back. :grin:

I LOVED the '14 popped and poured neat. Hit all the right notes for me. Nose was classic wheater, taste was full on freight train of goodness and the finish may still be going. If I drink sub 100 now it needs to be alone or the first pour. Otherwise they seem too thin and just not satisfying.

Totally agree! I'm very much down that same rabbit hole. When I add water to the barrel proofers, it's only a small amount metered out with an eye dropper. I always start with a small sip neat and then add a couple drops or three. On my second taste of the WLW mentioned above, the first sip taken neat was much better than the first sip neat right after popping the bottle the previous night. I also added less water than the previous night. I think this is going to be one that performs very well with minimum water added.

I'm in the same boat as you on the sub 100's. If I have a hankerin' for ETL, for example, I make sure it's the first thing I drink that night.

[dcbt]

I'm probably in the minority here, but I tend to think sucking down any liquid that is majority alcohol can't be good for your insides, so I tend to dilute the BP stuff down to 100 proof. (I fear the scenario you all have described, where once you get set on BPs you have a hard time going sub 100 proof.) There are some exceptions that I pour very small amounts of very rarely (GTS and WLW for example), but most barrel proofers like Stagg Jr, ECBP, MMCS, Bookers, etc, I'll either vat or dilute a bit. I won't do that with some of the 100+ proofers that aren't quite BP (like ORVW or PVW15), but those do fall under the small amounts very rarely umbrella. It's probably why I haven't jumped on the OGD114 train. I do have a bottle but I mainly play around with vatting it with 86-90 proofers to see what I can create. That's not to say I want my bourbon weak, as 1783 is the only sub-90 proofer I think I buy; my sweet spot is the 90-100 proof range.

[Harry in WashDC]

Finishing off my Larceny. For some reason lately, wheateds and wheat whiskey have tasted really good to me.

[chrisg]

I've really liked JTS Brown BIB. Today I tried it in a rocks glass with a single ice cube.

[Hop]

A little FR OESO from the gift shop.this evening.

[garbanzobean]

JPS 21 tonight. It's coming off a little hot tonight, but the nose is nice.

[The Black Tot]

I'm probably in the minority here, but I tend to think sucking down any liquid that is majority alcohol can't be good for your insides, so I tend to dilute the BP stuff down to 100 proof. (I fear the scenario you all have described, where once you get set on BPs you have a hard time going sub 100 proof.) There are some exceptions that I pour very small amounts of very rarely (GTS and WLW for example), but most barrel proofers like Stagg Jr, ECBP, MMCS, Bookers, etc, I'll either vat or dilute a bit. I won't do that with some of the 100+ proofers that aren't quite BP (like ORVW or PVW15), but those do fall under the small amounts very rarely umbrella. It's probably why I haven't jumped on the OGD114 train. I do have a bottle but I mainly play around with vatting it with 86-90 proofers to see what I can create. That's not to say I want my bourbon weak, as 1783 is the only sub-90 proofer I think I buy; my sweet spot is the 90-100 proof range.

[Hop]

Second pour is MMCS this evening.

[tylermke]

Some late 80's WT CGF in the glass tonight. If this stuff were currently available on the shelf, it would be hard to imagine buying anything else.

[garbanzobean]

Second pour of the night goes to HHSS2. The heat has really subsided on this one. Really some interesting stuff.

[zillah]

Maker's Mark Cask Strength.

[clingman71]

Went to a Weyerbacher tap takeover in Cincy tonight, only to end up with solid $5 pours of Bulleit 10 and CEHT SmB, not too shabby.

[flahute]

I'm probably in the minority here, but I tend to think sucking down any liquid that is majority alcohol can't be good for your insides, so I tend to dilute the BP stuff down to 100 proof. (I fear the scenario you all have described, where once you get set on BPs you have a hard time going sub 100 proof.) There are some exceptions that I pour very small amounts of very rarely (GTS and WLW for example), but most barrel proofers like Stagg Jr, ECBP, MMCS, Bookers, etc, I'll either vat or dilute a bit. I won't do that with some of the 100+ proofers that aren't quite BP (like ORVW or PVW15), but those do fall under the small amounts very rarely umbrella. It's probably why I haven't jumped on the OGD114 train. I do have a bottle but I mainly play around with vatting it with 86-90 proofers to see what I can create. That's not to say I want my bourbon weak, as 1783 is the only sub-90 proofer I think I buy; my sweet spot is the 90-100 proof range.

It only takes me a day to be able to enjoy sub 100 proofers after a BP run. Just can't do them in the same night if the BP's come first. I do, however, enjoy the sub 100's even more if it's been a few days since a BP bourbon.

I would agree with what was said above that 107-110 is a sweet spot for me also. I add a couple drops to OGD114 and even more to higher proofs.

[dementedavenger]

Celebrating buying a house (offer accepted) with a big pour of a 2009 PVW20 followed by an equally big pour of BSFTB.

[flahute]

Celebrating buying a house (offer accepted) with a big pour of a 2009 PVW20 followed by an equally big pour of BSFTB.

Congrats!! What neighborhood did you end up in?

[unclebunk]

Down to the last quarter of my bottle of Wild Turkey 12 CGF. How I wish I could score another bottle, as this whiskey is absolutely fantastic. Honestly, to my taste buds it is nearly perfect in every way.

[dSculptor]

2 nice pours of ECSB (store select)with a bit of ECBP(batch#4) mixed in, over 2 cubes, absolutely delicious!

[JDSmith619]

Went with '13 GTS, Store select BT, and a final pour of Michters SmB last night.

Going to make tonight a 4R evening.