What Bourbon Are You Enjoying (Summer 2017)

[0895]

2 minutes ago, Clueby said:

Throw some WSR in there!!

 

I only have OWA open.  I tried that mix, but I felt really bad wasting OWA like that.

It was pretty darn good.

[CardsandBourbon]

Been under the weather since Sunday night but before I got to feeling bad I had my first pour of Angel's Envy Rye.  Really enjoyed it.

[JoeTerp]

7 hours ago, Harry in WashDC said:

Anyway, while sipping on the pickle, I just read through the last four or so pages on this thread (JOE, I, too, really like MMCS while I find the basic MM just ok). 

I also am a fan of the MMCS while not enjoying the regular MM (I also like the MM46).

Edited August 16, 2017 by JoeTerp

[Kane]

7 hours ago, Harry in WashDC said:

 HOWEVER, the JDSB BP hit some spot in my flavor memory so I now ALWAYS have at least one open and at least one in the bunker.  I think I am on the fourth iteration; I liked ALL the releases and none better than another so even though they are single barrels at different proofs, I'm not bummed when an iteration is replaced.  And that is true even when I add a little water; as long as I keep it around 100 or more, it is fine.

 

Good to know. I suppose it's worth a try then.

 

That said, I can believe the comments that there are occasional problems with JD single barrel selections. I was going through my old tasting notes today, and found that a bottle of JDSB I sampled years ago was the only whiskey that I ever graded a "zero = foul" -- my scores range from 0 to 4. My notes say "flat coke, cloying simple syrup". This was a European bottle at 90 proof, but I wouldn't expect that to make such a significant difference.

[DeepCover]

10 minutes ago, JoeTerp said:

I also am a fan of the MMCS while not enjoying the regular MM (I also like the MM46).

I finished off the last small pour from a bottle of M46 last Friday night and then topped it off with some MMCS. I was pleasantly surprised how good the blend was. Try it out when you get the chance.

[PaulO]

Another one I'm rationing; Old Forester Sig older label (like first decade of 2000s).  I love this liquid pecan pie stuff.  Too bad more recent version disappointed.  I'm thinking about taking a chance on the new paper label OF 100.  Any thoughts?  

[flahute]

6 hours ago, Paddy said:

 

 

 

Joe, Me thinks the reason Steve went with it, was 'cause he'd had as much as I'd had! 

 

Houston, One more pour would've likely resulted in yet another syllable, while (possibly on the upside) creating a fourth Baltic state!  

Possibly.......

 

I read what I wanted to see and noticed the actual spelling a bit later. I thought, eh, what the heck, that works too.

[HoustonNit]

 
Houston, One more pour would've likely resulted in yet another syllable, while (possibly on the upside) creating a fourth Baltic state!  

No I'm pretty sure it's a Yugo country and not a Baltic state. I think our resident Macedonian bourbon fan can agree to this.

[BourbonDude]

Cooperstown Distillers Doubleday Baseball Bourbon. Bought it in Hyde Park, NY on the way to Lake Placid.

 

In tiny print it says aged 6 months. Price was $53.99 plus tax. Comes in a wooden box in this baseball shaped bottle.

 

Unfortunately about the only thing special about such a young bourbon was the bottle, which is too bad, because this is one of the few craft bourbons I've tried at such a young age that had some real flavor that, with proper aging, might have developed into something. 

 

Found it at a small liquor store near the B & B where we're staying. They didn't have much of a selection and this was at least something I hadn't tried and was unlikely to ever see again, so I went for it.

 

Not as bad as most of the underage, over-priced craft juice I've had but still way too young. I'll use it at my next tasting to show the attendees what extremely young bourbon is like and why not to buy it.

 

[MTNBourbon]

13 hours ago, 0895 said:

Some OGD 114.

Hitting all the right notes with me tonight.

That's a nice one.

[Clueby]

Had some store pick KC120 last night. This bottle Is almost gone.  Glad I picked up another from this barrel. 

[MOwhisky4me]

10 hours ago, PaulO said:

Another one I'm rationing; Old Forester Sig older label (like first decade of 2000s).  I love this liquid pecan pie stuff.  Too bad more recent version disappointed.  I'm thinking about taking a chance on the new paper label OF 100.  Any thoughts?  

 

I've only had the opportunity to work on one bottle of the new label OF100 so far, but I find it a lot closer in nose and flavor to what I've always loved about Old Forester bourbon than some of the recent Signature bottles. I didn't find the "newer" OFSig to be a bad pour or off-putting, but just didn't always seem to have the flavor I expected. The OF100 I've got open is considerably better... I even did a SxSxS with a bottle of OFSig and some OF1920 and found the nose and flavors on the OF100 to be a "less full" version of the 1920 offering. The OF100 wasn't as thick as the 1920, but was definitely closer in overall profile than the bottle of Sig I was tasting from.

 

Give it a try... I don't have the most sensitive palate or discerning tastes so I'd be interested to see what others think of the new label OF100.

[mwmac]

Enjoying a pour of Weller 12.  Very enjoyable.

[hn4bourbon]

Had a really tiny pour each of 1792FP SP and KCSB SP last night. Ended the night with some BT SP. The BT hit all the notes for me last night. Could be my palate asking for a break from all the high proof stuff recently. This store-picked BT tasted like powdered sugar on initial sip and then the layered complexity shining through the sip with a fairly long finish.  Really enjoyable. 

[hn4bourbon]

14 hours ago, JoeTerp said:

I also am a fan of the MMCS while not enjoying the regular MM (I also like the MM46).

 

Same here as well. Enjoy MMCS but unable to enjoy the regular MM. I also enjoy MM46.

[Swoboda]

4 hours ago, mwmac said:

Enjoying a pour of Weller 12.  Very enjoyable.

Had one of these myself last night . . . nursing the last of a bottle with a 2015 date code . . . delicious.

[Phil T]

Sweet corn....check

Garden tomatoes. ...check

Egg salad made with Dukes....check

Refrigerated HHBIB....check 

[Hop]

Long day of vacation doing some yard work if you can call what we are dealing with a yard. Anyway I went into my office to pour my first for this evening. Had trouble deciding from the open bottles. It there was a Makers in the center of the shelf and I thought why not. I normally only drink Makers when out to dinner or at a bar when there aren't a lot of options. It's a good bourbon but I do seem to pass over it most of the time


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[mwmac]

Having a pour of 60/40 OWA/W12 that I blended in June.  This I could get used to...

[kwshannon]

3 hours ago, Phil T said:

Sweet corn....check

Garden tomatoes. ...check

Egg salad made with Dukes....check

Refrigerated HHBIB....check 

 

My refrigerated bottle is WTRB.  Really hits the right tune these days.

[Mako254]

Took a flyer on this which is outside my buying plan/pattern. Pleasantly surprised. 

[kevinbrink]

Opened a bottle of Yellowstone that I picked up for $30 upstate, I remember enjoying it when I was at Limestone Branch last November. It's a good pour, if I had to guess the source I would say Beam as that familiar Peanut thing is there which I personally dig. Also picked up last years LE since it was on sale for at the local Stew Leonard's, might just crack that sucker as a follow up pour.

[flahute]

5 hours ago, Phil T said:

Sweet corn....check

Garden tomatoes. ...check

Egg salad made with Dukes....check

Refrigerated HHBIB....check 

Oh man.........you make me pine for the home state.

 

Tonight - drinking some Bourbon Crusaders RR SiB - a recent pick - while watching a live stream of the Metallica concert in Edmonton BC. My wife wasn't able to attend the show in Seattle with me last week so this is as close as it's going to get for her.

I have more Russell's and a recent 4R pick on deck.

[fishnbowljoe]

I had a number of things with our local bourbon/cigar group tonight. We had MM and KC from the bar, and amongst the things we brought to share were a SAOS SB 9yr 108 proof, an unknown, (probably HH6 BIB), and I brought a sample of a port barrel finished whiskey from The Traverse City Whiskey Company. Despite a few intermittent rain showers, it was still a pretty good night all in all.  FWIW, I think the SAOS was pretty much the favorite. 

 

Cheers! Joe

[jshleffar]

Noah's mill, I know people are pretty divided on it but I really enjoy how unique the flavor profile is.