JoeTerp Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 18 hours ago, 0895 said: Since I was off work today and its 25 degrees outside, I decided it would be the perfect day to start my 4R solera bottle. I put approx 1.30 oz of all 10 recipes plus the two SmB LE's (2015 & 2016) I have open. I also had to sample a few to make sure they were still good.... The bottle is a little 375ml A. Bowman that I finished off the other night. I really like the bottle and in order to justify keeping it with the wife, I need to make it useful (yeah, I know....but I don't have an empty 4R bottle right now). Yes, it's slightly small, but so far so good. I have not tasted the "mingle" yet. Figure I'll wait a bit to let it get together. Further 4R will be added to it in the future as I buy or open them. That sounds awesome. I don't have the LESmB's but I plan on doing something similar with the 10 recipes once I have the bar setup together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller542 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I do this in an old 1L Ancient Age 10yr bottle I saved. Every bottle of bourbon that gets opened in my house, the first pour goes into the mix, no exceptions. If it's an expensive or rare bottle, I only pour a tiny splash, if it's an everyday bottle, I pour maybe 4-5oz. If a new bottle of Tennessee whiskey is opened, I will add a few drops into the solera but not much, and I never add any scotch. I've never tried to keep track of what's in it and it's been running so long, there really is no way to track the component whiskies at this point anyway. And if an odd bottle of bourbon has been taking up space on the bar for too long and only has 2-3oz left, in it goes too. What does it taste like? Bourbon. I usually don't drink it straight but it's ok straight and just tastes like bourbon should. What do I use it for? Mainly just mixing. It makes great drinks without any one specific flavor note overpowering the drink. It's also good to take camping when I can't decide what one bottle to take, this one bottle is like taking them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadeweber Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 On 2/9/2017 at 6:11 PM, 0895 said: Ha, yes. I just now realized I put 12 different in the bottle. dSculpter nailed it! 0895, please change the label on the front of the bottle to "A Dozen Roses". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I added some Old Fitz BiB to mine after having a couple pours, which were a bit spicy thanks to the FR I think. The OF calmed things down and I'm liking my experiment so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkersh Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 OWA, Weller SR, W12, RY10 in mine so far - letting it meld for a week or two more before tasting, Then of course adding more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 13 hours ago, meadeweber said: dSculpter nailed it! 0895, please change the label on the front of the bottle to "A Dozen Roses". Will work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 LOL Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 On 2/13/2017 at 9:04 AM, meadeweber said: dSculpter nailed it! 0895, please change the label on the front of the bottle to "A Dozen Roses". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbanzobean Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 2 hours ago, 0895 said: That is classy as f*#$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cundiff5535 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Tag: Startimg mine next week... I'll let you guys know what goes into mine and what the results look like:)!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) 17 hours ago, garbanzobean said: That is classy as f*#$. Thank you sir. I tried my best. I also found my label maker. It's now 13 different ones (added regular small batch yesterday), but.....oh well. Not changing it to "bakers dozen"... Btw, still haven't tried it, but it smells AMAZING! Edited February 24, 2017 by 0895 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dSculptor Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 hour ago, 0895 said: Thank you sir. I tried my best. I also found my label maker. It's now 13 different ones (added regular small batch yesterday), but.....oh well. Not changing it to "bakers dozen"... Btw, still haven't tried it, but it smells AMAZING! What are you waiting for? I would be trying some every time before you add another, just so you know. Maybe the dozen was the sweet spot or 10, or 9, get my drift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFitzWithTheGoldLabel Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Very cool.That Bowman bottle makes a beautiful solera. We look forward to reading your tasting notes on your dozen roses bourbon.Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 45 minutes ago, dSculptor said: What are you waiting for? I would be trying some every time before you add another, just so you know. Maybe the dozen was the sweet spot or 10, or 9, get my drift? I'm not going to drink it..... Jeez.... Don't you know this is worth $2500 now on spotbottle..... Once I figure out how to seal the top with a Dusty tax stamp, it's money time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadeweber Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 3 hours ago, 0895 said: I'm not going to drink it..... Jeez.... Don't you know this is worth $2500 now on spotbottle..... Once I figure out how to seal the top with a Dusty tax stamp, it's money time! It looks great! Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Put together my Fourty Roses tonight. Proof should be right around 113. I guess it's an 8 year age stated since the OBSK was young, but lots of 10+ year old in here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, JoeTerp said: Put together my Fourty Roses tonight. Proof should be right around 113. I guess it's an 8 year age stated since the OBSK was young, but lots of 10+ year old in here too. What was that line about imitation & flattery..........???? ???? Looks wonderful. We should combine forces.... Or at least hang out..... Edited March 1, 2017 by 0895 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Very cool Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 10 hours ago, 0895 said: What was that line about imitation & flattery..........???? ???? Looks wonderful. We should combine forces.... Or at least hang out..... I like to think of it more as great minds think alike. I did want to do this but my limiting factor was that I didn't have much space for opens and was trying to keep it limited to 10 or so total (and just two Four Roses). Just finished off my basement and bar and now I have more room for opens (plus I restocked up on the F's while I recently visited Indy). I don't have any of the limiteds in mine as I don't own any (and even if I did I'm not sure that I would spare any into this experiment as my one taste of the 2015 LESmB was one of the best bourbons I've ever tasted). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 (edited) 20 hours ago, JoeTerp said: I like to think of it more as great minds think alike. I don't have any of the limiteds in mine as I don't own any (and even if I did I'm not sure that I would spare any into this experiment as my one taste of the 2015 LESmB was one of the best bourbons I've ever tasted). Ha, perfect! Yeah, confession......I put much less of that than everything else in there. The 2015 LE SmB is probably the only bottle I have that I refuse to share with anyone. Agree it might be one the best things I've ever tasted as well. Certainly top 5. Took me 3 months of searching in the fall of 2015 to find that bottle. Edited March 3, 2017 by 0895 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 So I finally tried this. My wife surprised me with an "Elliot's select" for my birthday recently, so when I added that to the solera bottle there was barely room to put the cork back in. Shook it up good and took it to one of my favorite liquor stores to share with some of the staff. Everybody went nuts. Tasting notes are very hard to describe. There is so much going on inside this bottle. The complexity is off the charts. I would honestly describe it as sort of a four roses explosion. There is some initial berries and wood taste, mixed with what I would describe as a sort of rhubarb taste and lots of creaminess. The wood and herbal flavors come through at the end (presumably the Q and the F yeasts) on the finish. One of the guys I shared with said that it is sort of a high proof version of 4R yellow label, but I have not spent much time with 4RYL other than in wedding reception cocktails. Being brutally honest, it is really freaking good! Seriously thinking about doing a 750ml version (this is only a 375 bottle). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 On 3/1/2017 at 3:01 AM, JoeTerp said: Put together my Fourty Roses tonight. Proof should be right around 113. I guess it's an 8 year age stated since the OBSK was young, but lots of 10+ year old in here too. Cask strength yellow label? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 1 hour ago, JTaylor said: Cask strength yellow label? Ouch But honestly I can't imagine it's all that close given that these are all NCF and I'd have to imagine the yellow label is significantly younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 35 minutes ago, JoeTerp said: Ouch But honestly I can't imagine it's all that close given that these are all NCF and I'd have to imagine the yellow label is significantly younger. Yeah, I know, this goes well beyond and I bet it's amazing... but a mixture of all ten recipes? I had to say it... Having an OESK as I type... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 1 hour ago, JoeTerp said: Ouch But honestly I can't imagine it's all that close given that these are all NCF and I'd have to imagine the yellow label is significantly younger. Nothing ouchy about it. Yellow Label is pretty good. The only thing holding it back is the proof. Up the proof and make it from older whiskey? Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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