Kepler Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Back to Baker's tonight after cracking open a bottle last night. I'm digging the 107 proof, much more so than I'm digging the July Texas weather lately, with heat indexes around the same number. Ready for fall already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) Yesterday evening I went over to my fiancé's coworkers house. Her husband has a nice selection. I got to try: Belle Meade Single Barrell cask strength Stagg Jr. WT Decades Rare Breed 112 Michter's Barrell strength Rye William Heavenhill 14 year CEHT Single Barrell 4 Roses OESK PS (which tastes completely different from the OESK I have) Rhetoric 23 Blantons Maw Maw's Batch WR Double Oaked It was a great time. The 3 I enjoyed the most were the Stagg Jr, Belle Meade, and Rare Breed. I'd like to try the Rare Breed 112 beside my Rare Breed 116. Based on memory I feel the 112 has more going on. Edited July 30, 2017 by JCwhammie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFan Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 28 minutes ago, JCwhammie said: Yesterday evening I went over to my fiancé's coworkers house. Her husband has a nice selection. I got to try: Rhetoric 23 What was your impression of this one? I'm hoping to hear good things about it since I bought one myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 10 minutes ago, DCFan said: What was your impression of this one? I'm hoping to hear good things about it since I bought one myself. It was a little too woody for me, but I generally prefer 8-10 year old bourbons. I've not had any of the other Rhetorics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFan Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 17 minutes ago, JCwhammie said: It was a little too woody for me, but I generally prefer 8-10 year old bourbons. I've not had any of the other Rhetorics. Yeah I guess that goes without saying that anything that's been sitting in a barrel that many years is going to be very woody. I'll crack mine open one of these days and hope like heck I've got a little termite in me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyman Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) I opened a bottle of ET BiB last night and had a pour. My wife joined me on the back patio with a glass of pear cider for herself. A nice way to spend an hour on a Saturday afternoon. Edited July 30, 2017 by Journeyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, DCFan said: Yeah I guess that goes without saying that anything that's been sitting in a barrel that many years is going to be very woody. I'll crack mine open one of these days and hope like heck I've got a little termite in me. It was also the last one we had, so my palate was pretty spent. When we got home I poured some WT101. After I've had about 6-7 different juices I'm just in the mood for some kickin' chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFan Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, JCwhammie said: It was also the last one we had, so my palate was pretty spent. When we got home I poured some WT101. After I've had about 6-7 different juices I'm just in the mood for some kickin' chicken. Man that was a lot of pours you had and quite a selection to choose from. I guess that explains mislabeling the maw maw's when it should be Bookers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 12 minutes ago, DCFan said: Man that was a lot of pours you had and quite a selection to choose from. I guess that explains mislabeling the maw maw's when it should be Bookers. Oops! I had Blantons on my mind, as he has all four varieties, but we didn't have any. Yes, it was definitely Bookers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hn4bourbon Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Having a good size pour of standard knob creek tonight. Vacationing/visiting south east Asia with my family. Bourbon selections are pretty poor. Managed to buy a regular knob creek from duty free. The best I could get at local restaurants and resorts is jim beam. Best I could find at local LS last week was a bottle of Bulleit for $100 for last week's consumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hop Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 After a weekend of removing the shelving in a closet/pantry and laundry room, repairing all the holes in the walls, sanding, re painting, reinstalling Elfa shelving in both I'm enjoying a cigar and some OKI on the front porch. Wife's happy with the new shelving and now re-organizing everything to new locations. I'm happy to be done. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonNit Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Having some fantastic Russel Reserve SB store pick. Local store NASA Liquor got in a pick which I intend to pick up in the next day or so. Plan on following it up with some older WT101 early-mid 2000s bottle.Loving that great WT spice and flavor. Gobble gobble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Some Grandpa Weller's Four Grain tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdcdguy Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 From the great state of Michigan. They also make a true bourbon, and this is pretty good too. Not sophisticated but nice. They also offer a good tour. They are located in SW Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonDawg Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 This is one of my favorite bourbons I have found picked it up in Indy and was so good to me with all the maple syrup and candy green apple went back and bought 6 more to bunker cause I like it that much and it was also 10 bucks off. Really excited I found a bottle I really like at a good price and have a stock of now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_OKC Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 52 minutes ago, DaytonDawg said: This is one of my favorite bourbons I have found picked it up in Indy and was so good to me with all the maple syrup and candy green apple went back and bought 6 more to bunker cause I like it that much and it was also 10 bucks off. Really excited I found a bottle I really like at a good price and have a stock of now I am also partial to this one. And all things Old Forester, actually. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonDawg Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 12 minutes ago, Patrick_OKC said: I am also partial to this one. And all things Old Forester, actually. Pat It's crazy how good this one is to me I bought my first bottle of it 2 weeks ago and didn't open it for a while then once I opened it I went back to Indy (2hrs away from me) this weekend to see if they had any of that barrel left I left a happy man haha. Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hn4bourbon Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Having a good size pour of standard knob creek tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Having a pour of WT101. It's a recent bottling and it's tasting good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Had a couple pours of Baker's in honor of Baker Beam's 81'st Birthday... Today!!!! See Col.Cowder'ys Blog about him. Quite a tasty pour, and I hafta admit .....often overlooked .....by me, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverc Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Just poured some Michter's 10 2016 (Barrel 16B204). It's pretty good. Not worth the hype this one gets, but still decent for what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hop Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Drinking WSR old style bottle tonightSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Nut Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) Well, after debating for a few weeks on whether or not to open up my last Parker's Heritage Promise of Hope, tonight was the night apparently. I am making it a Heaven Hill night by starting with an EWSB 2006, barrel #449, Barreled on 5/1/06 and bottled on 7/24/15 (9 years 2 months). Not bad for $19.97, and something I like to start with to get the palate going. I can't wait to taste this POH again, it's been at least a year since I opened my previous bottle (lucky to find 3 in 2013/14). Edited August 1, 2017 by Jazz Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepCover Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 On July 30, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Hop said: I'm enjoying a cigar and some OKI on the front porch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk How do you like the OKI? I've passed on it a few times when I've been in KY. Any details on this bottle would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_OKC Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 3 hours ago, Richnimrod said: Had a couple pours of Baker's in honor of Baker Beam's 81'st Birthday... Today!!!! See Col.Cowder'ys Blog about him. Quite a tasty pour, and I hafta admit .....often overlooked .....by me, at least. Yes, I am having one myself. Tasty, and often bypassed, as you note. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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