LongGone Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 One nice pour of CEHT SmB followed by a short pour of ER10 to close out this night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 I find it just flat out boring. Not bad per say, but just downright dull.I kind of felt that way about all Weller but the last OWA I got I really enjoyed. Maybe it was a time and place thing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil T Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Just finished mowing and trimming half the yard. A small pour of pre-fire 1783 10yr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, Phil T said: Just finished mowing and trimming half the yard. A small pour of pre-fire 1783 10yr. Such an interesting and fun bottle. I used to pick it up for years at the local store when we would take our then young Littlesmokinjoe to Helen, GA for pumpkin picking, carriage rides, gold panning, etc years ago. It was my cabin bottle, there. Now, as she heads off to college, along with all my money, I can only hope for more cheap and good bourbon like that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil T Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) Definitely a unique profile compared to other HH iterations. I considered myself lucky last summer when I bought 4 bottles of it off a Facebook site for a hundo. I would do that deal all day long. Wish I was into bourbon when this was on the shelf. Sorry about your money Joe Edited August 6, 2017 by Phil T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil T Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Alright, the yard is done. Sipping some 6yr old bonded Dant that was bottled in '74. A nice dark amber color and tastes of butterscotch. Goes just fine with the ribeyes I'm grilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisiana Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Received some much needed rain! Enjoying the time off! Cheers, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) Good friend came over for "smoked meat Sunday" and brought some whiskey. Here's the lineup. Some of his, some of mine. Everything was good! Edited August 6, 2017 by 0895 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Harpo was my favorite Marx brother. Didn't talk much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) I opened one of the Binny's KCSBs I picked last weekend, Barrel # 4519A. I haven't compared it to the tasting notes on their website, but I really like it. It hits all the notes I like in a KCSB. Actually, I think it quite stellar and represents everything a Kentucky Straight Bourbon should be. I wish I had grabbed another bottle or two. It has a nice sweet cherry, butterscotch, spice nose. The taste is nice hot cherry pie, cinnamon and oddly a little baseball mitt leather. As noted by others, while the barrel proof was 129, the bottle proof is 120. I know because I tried it neat and found minimal hint of alcohol or burn. Very thick and viscous. Interestingly, it was 10 years to the day from barrel to bottle. Edited August 7, 2017 by mbroo5880i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Harpo was my favorite Marx brother. Didn't talk much. It made the Algonquin Roundtable sessions rather awkward when Harpo would only respond to Dorothy Parker by honking and chasing her around the table.Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 19 minutes ago, Josh said: It made the Algonquin Roundtable sessions rather awkward when Harpo would only respond to Dorothy Parker by honking and chasing her around the table. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hop Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Started with the final pour from a decanter of ECBP B517 glad I have more and picked up two more this week. Nite cap of 1792FP SB from MC's. may have to get another case of this next weekend on the way back to KY if it's still thereSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm0369 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Hop said: Started with the final pour from a decanter of ECBP B517 glad I have more and picked up two more this week. Nite cap of 1792FP SB from MC's. may have to get another case of this next weekend on the way back to KY if it's still there Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Out of curiosity, what's their price on the 1792 FP store pick? When I stopped in there this spring all the store picks were dirt cheap. Oh, and for the purpose of this thread I started with scotch and finished the night with OWA single barrel...love it. Edited August 7, 2017 by Nm0369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 CEHT BP. Awesome stuff, but truth be told, I find it very difficult to distinguish this from a random bottle of Stagg Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hop Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Out of curiosity, what's their price on the 1792 FP store pick? When I stopped in there this spring all the store picks were dirt cheap. Oh, and for the purpose of this thread I started with scotch and finished the night with OWA single barrel...love it.It was about $36 a bottle or maybe less. One thing though is to ask to taste what they have. I've passed on a couple of different bottlings of other brands because the profile didn't match my palate. Always a good reminder not to look at price alone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm0369 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Hop said: It was about $36 a bottle or maybe less. One thing though is to ask to taste what they have. I've passed on a couple of different bottlings of other brands because the profile didn't match my palate. Always a good reminder not to look at price alone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yep....they had the cheapest Dickel pick I've ever seen at like $26, but I sampled and just couldn't pull the trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 18 minutes ago, Kane said: CEHT BP. Awesome stuff, but truth be told, I find it very difficult to distinguish this from a random bottle of Stagg Jr. Marketing at its finest. But you get a fancier bottle and a cardboard tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthQuake Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) I've got a bottle of CEHT BP and a couple bottles of Stagg Jr Batch 8 at the moment. I love both but slightly prefer the Stagg JR in a blind side by side, and at $50 and reasonably easy to find vs $80 and much harder to find, I won't be going out of my way to pick up another CEHT BP. Edited August 7, 2017 by EarthQuake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 37 minutes ago, EarthQuake said: ...and at $50 and reasonably easy to find Okay, I stopped reading there Granted I got 2 bottles of batch 6 at 49.99, but that was the only time I've seen a Stagg Jr sitting on a shelf with a sane price tag. Just today I passed up a bottle at $89. Not easy to find around Boston either in my experience, maybe it's my luck... I agree that if Stagg Jr can be readily found at that price, CEHT offers nothing to beat that. And in fact, my CEHT bottle here is very old, it might even be from before Stagg Jr was released. I can easily see the exact same juice later being released under the sexier Stagg brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 2 hours ago, Kane said: CEHT BP. Awesome stuff, but truth be told, I find it very difficult to distinguish this from a random bottle of Stagg Jr. 1 hour ago, 0895 said: Marketing at its finest. But you get a fancier bottle and a cardboard tube. 59 minutes ago, EarthQuake said: I've got a bottle of CEHT BP and a couple bottles of Stagg Jr Batch 8 at the moment. I love both but slightly prefer the Stagg JR in a blind side by side, and at $50 and reasonably easy to find vs $80 and much harder to find, I won't be going out of my way to pick up another CEHT BP. 13 minutes ago, Kane said: I agree that if Stagg Jr can be readily found at that price, CEHT offers nothing to beat that. And in fact, my CEHT bottle here is very old, it might even be from before Stagg Jr was released. I can easily see the exact same juice later being released under the sexier Stagg brand. I, for one, prefer the EHT BP over StaggJr. I find it to be a better balanced bourbon and less overly hot most of the time. I'm still a big fan of StaggJr at $50 but I feel the higher price of CEHTBP is worth it. Whether it's worth the extra trouble of chasing it when baby Stagg is readily available is a different question but for me anyway I find the Taylor BP to be a special treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 32 minutes ago, Kepler said: I, for one, prefer the EHT BP over StaggJr. I find it to be a better balanced bourbon and less overly hot most of the time. I'm still a big fan of StaggJr at $50 but I feel the higher price of CEHTBP is worth it. Whether it's worth the extra trouble of chasing it when baby Stagg is readily available is a different question but for me anyway I find the Taylor BP to be a special treat. I've only had the CEHTBP as a bar pour so far, but I found it too be much more caramel than Stagg Jr. Stagg Jr I get cherry cola most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, JoeTerp said: I've only had the CEHTBP as a bar pour so far, but I found it too be much more caramel than Stagg Jr. Stagg Jr I get cherry cola most of the time. I'd basically agree with you. StaggJr batches I've had are dependably heavy on the dark cherry, dark fruits and cherry cola oftentimes. I get more caramel, brown sugar and traditionally balanced classic bourbon flavor on the palate with CEHT BP. For me anyway it might be the balanced flavors on the palate that make the heat less noticeable than on the Stagg Jr. I guess they are aged about the same more or less, but reviewers' unsubstantiated claims notwithstanding, we may never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Marketing at its finest. But you get a fancier bottle and a cardboard tube. [emoji4] Don't underestimate a good tube!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsandBourbon Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 I enjoyed a pour of 4R SiB BP last night while grilling some steaks. Sat down to a rare steak with baked potato & broiled asparagus with a glass of Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Nice night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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