What bourbon are you enjoying? Fall 2016

[Guest]

Getting my Don Draper on @ the office.  Found the WSR at a nearby ma and pa.  First WSR for me after falling in love with OWA.  I like this, can taste the family resemblance, but I like the OWA quite a bit more. 

[fishnbowljoe]

I had a pour from a newly opened bottle of Weller 12 when I got home from work today. I'll be following that with a pour of Batch #3 Stagg Jr. In being redundant, again, check my post in the "What Bourbon Did You Pass Up Today?" for details. 

 

Cheers! Joe

[Kpiz]

Enjoying some OGD114 while I still can. This stuff hits me a little differently every time I drink it. Tonight it's tasting like a spicier, high-proof Jim Beam, which I suppose it is.

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[flahute]

46 minutes ago, Kpiz said:

Enjoying some OGD114 while I still can. This stuff hits me a little differently every time I drink it. Tonight it's tasting like a spicier, high-proof Jim Beam, which I suppose it is.

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OGD has a different mashbill (much higher rye) and a different yeast so it's not really a higher proof JB. That said, I read earlier in the week someone saying that they got peanuts from OGD (usually associated with Beam products) so maybe there's something to it.

[Kalessin]

It's my 50th birthday today (as I post, technically yesterday November 29th).  After dinner with my fabulous wife, I'm now listening to some music and contemplating times past and times to come.

 

Some small pours of rare bourbons for the occasion:

 

HHSS SB.com #1

FR Mariage 2009

FR SmBLE 2011

FR SmBLE 2012

FR SmBLE 2013 (125th Anniversary)

WT 86.8 proof from the early 1980s, from the last bottle of my late grandfather's bourbon.  He died in 1986, and I discovered the half-full bottle in 2006.

 

 

Edited November 30, 2016 by Kalessin

[Kpiz]

OGD has a different mashbill (much higher rye) and a different yeast so it's not really a higher proof JB. That said, I read earlier in the week someone saying that they got peanuts from OGD (usually associated with Beam products) so maybe there's something to it.

I didn't really mean it in technical terms. But I do get quite a bit of Beam funk in this, which I hadn't noticed in past when I've had it. The other day it reminded me of the flinty Dickel notes, but tonight it tastes very Beamy.

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[Kpiz]

It's my 50th birthday today (as I post, technically yesterday November 29th).  After dinner with my fabulous wife, I'm now listening to some music and contemplating times past and times to come.

 

Some small pours of rare bourbons for the occasion:

 

HHSS SB.com #1

FR Mariage 2009

FR SmBLE 2011

FR SmBLE 2012

FR SmBLE 2013 (125th Anniversary)

WT 86.8 proof from the early 1980s, from the last bottle of my late grandfather's bourbon.  He died in 1986, and I discovered the half-full bottle in 2006.

 

 

Happy 50th! Glad you're treating yourself to the good stuff tonight.

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[flahute]

20 minutes ago, Kpiz said:

 

 

I didn't really mean it in technical terms. But I do get quite a bit of Beam funk in this, which I hadn't noticed in past when I've had it. The other day it reminded me of the flinty Dickel notes, but tonight it tastes very Beamy.

 

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I didn't think you did - I know that you know your stuff. I just thought it interesting that for the second time in a week someone got "typical Beam" from OGD when logic says you shouldn't. To make matters even more interesting, as I was finishing a bottle a week or so ago, I also got some of those flinty Dickel notes that you mention. Not on every pour, but about every other pour. First time for that and it surprised me.

[Louisiana]

10 hours ago, Kalessin said:

It's my 50th birthday today (as I post, technically yesterday November 29th).  After dinner with my fabulous wife, I'm now listening to some music and contemplating times past and times to come.

 

Some small pours of rare bourbons for the occasion:

 

HHSS SB.com #1

FR Mariage 2009

FR SmBLE 2011

FR SmBLE 2012

FR SmBLE 2013 (125th Anniversary)

WT 86.8 proof from the early 1980s, from the last bottle of my late grandfather's bourbon.  He died in 1986, and I discovered the half-full bottle in 2006.

 

 

 

Happy Birthday! And one hell of a way to celebrate it! Great Selection!

[Kpiz]

I didn't think you did - I know that you know your stuff. I just thought it interesting that for the second time in a week someone got "typical Beam" from OGD when logic says you shouldn't. To make matters even more interesting, as I was finishing a bottle a week or so ago, I also got some of those flinty Dickel notes that you mention. Not on every pour, but about every other pour. First time for that and it surprised me.

Thanks, Steve, that's a big compliment coming from you.

I hadn't noted the significance until you said something (I guess I figured a little of the Beam DNA could end up in anything they make with the same equipment, but I don't know how much that actually makes sense), and now I agree that it's a little weird. Especially since others, including you, have noticed something similar. I'll post something over in the OGD thread about this.

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[Hop]

After a couple of nights off bourbon substituting Cabernet - I went back to it last night on a bottle of Old Charter 8yr from BT - from the resulting fill level it looks like I'll finish it off tonight

[Louisiana]

Enjoying some SAOS7 tonight, before going out to eat.

 

Cheers, Jeff

[fishnbowljoe]

16 hours ago, Kpiz said:

Happy 50th! Glad you're treating yourself to the good stuff tonight.

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7 hours ago, Louisiana said:

 

Happy Birthday! And one hell of a way to celebrate it! Great Selection!

 

What they said. 

 

Cheers! Joe

[Richnimrod]

18 hours ago, Kalessin said:

It's my 50th birthday today (as I post, technically yesterday November 29th).  After dinner with my fabulous wife, I'm now listening to some music and contemplating times past and times to come.

 

Some small pours of rare bourbons for the occasion:

 

HHSS SB.com #1

FR Mariage 2009

FR SmBLE 2011

FR SmBLE 2012

FR SmBLE 2013 (125th Anniversary)

WT 86.8 proof from the early 1980s, from the last bottle of my late grandfather's bourbon.  He died in 1986, and I discovered the half-full bottle in 2006.

 

 

Happy B'Day, Kalessin!    Only 50?   You'll get there my friend.     Give yourself time.     You certainly scheduled up some wonderful pours for the occasion.    Good for you!    Cheers!!!

[Journeyman]

ETL for me tonight.  Great way to start the evening...

[Clueby]

Had a small pour of W12. I almost forgot how tasty this stuff is.

[Kalessin]

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!  It's a very rainy night in Massachusetts, so OGD 114 for a little warmth while I'm up late reading.  Just.. one.. more.. chapter.. 

 

[smokinjoe]

Really enjoying what is probably the next to last pour from this Lawrenceburg ORVW 10 yr.  Price sure was right!   And the Angel is looking for even more share...

[UGARedDawg]

1 hour ago, smokinjoe said:

Really enjoying what is probably the next to last pour from this Lawrenceburg ORVW 10 yr.  Price sure was right!   And the Angel is looking for even more share...

 

Some good cool weather goes well with a great whiskey like that. Going with some Eagle Rare myself. Cheers!

[Madhatter]

At the tapas bar tonight, had a pour of Booker's (Bluegill batch).  Solid.  No major nuances, but plenty of flavor.  I must be immune to peanut because I never get it with Booker's (yet).  Compared to all Booker's I've tasted, this batch was average, which nonetheless makes it good because it's Booker's.

[Richnimrod]

18 minutes ago, Madhatter said:

 Compared to all Booker's I've tasted, this batch was average, which nonetheless makes it good because it's Booker's.

True 'Dat!!!    Never had a pour of Booker's from any era, or any batch, that I didn't enjoy quite well.    Some of the recent batches have been more variable than in distant past years; but the least of 'em was/is still damned fine Bourbon.... And one or two have been exemplary.     That may change as the average age seems to be creeping downward; but until it does, I'm a FAN!!!

[Harry in WashDC]

On 11/26/2016 at 8:58 PM, Charlutz said:

I celebrated my 50th birthday (plus a day) today with my best bourbon buddy. We went solidly into my best stuff. In order:

 

FRLESmB 2015

EC18 2015

WLW 2016

ORVW 2016

OWA SiB

 

The OWA held its own with the ORVW, but that 10 year was superior and very special. It was a good night. 

 

 

Nice, Charlie.  Congrats.

 

Tonight, after a short, pre-dinner cocktail made with Angel's Envy, I poured myself a store pick 4R BP OBSK with a small ice cube, melted.  Yum.

[LCWoody]

Some SAOS 10y SB. Very good bourbon 

[Harry in WashDC]

1 hour ago, Richnimrod said:

True 'Dat!!!    Never had a pour of Booker's from any era, or any batch, that I didn't enjoy quite well.    Some of the recent batches have been more variable than in distant past years; but the least of 'em was/is still damned fine Bourbon.... And one or two have been exemplary.     That may change as the average age seems to be creeping downward; but until it does, I'm a FAN!!!

Yup.  With OGD 114 on sale once in awhile earlier in the year,  Booker's being on sale (well, $5 off) when each "new" release comes out, and JB BIB lately being available at $19 per 750ml, I'm awash in drinkable bourbon.  As I just posted, tonight is 4R OBSK store pick @ barrel proof with a cube.  Saving all those bargains for a rainy day.  It IS winter, after all, pretty soon, and Booker's is over-represented in the bunker.

[Old Dusty]

Throwback Thursday.......all the way back to the FRSmB 2016 that I got  during KBF thanks to a couple of great friends getting in line earlier than me at Cox's Creek. It's down to the last 1/4 of the bottle but still hitting all the marks.