What Bourbon Are You Enjoying? (Fall 2017)

[LCWoody]

Some SAOS batch 154 tonight. Later I think ill have some Weller 12y.

[jshleffar]

Midwinternights dram (yeah yeah not bourbon) after the family goes to sleep Im thinking Ill have a Stagg jr batch 8

[BigSkyDrams]

I’ve been working down a bottle of NAS Noah’s Mill. I read a fair number of lukewarm reviews, but I’m really liking it. It’s twice the price as the OGD114 I also had tonight, for the same proof (roughly), but i would say it’s worth it. Just enough heat and hit, but funky different profile than a lot of what I’m used to. Also tried my Russel Reserve 6yr Rye, and fairly unimpressed. Oh well, should be good for cocktails.

[jshleffar]

I also really like the last two Noahs Mills Ive had quite a bit. And theyve been very similar profiles (a complaint of many), since that had been an issue I saved a pour of the first to compare to the second I got.

[BigSkyDrams]

7 minutes ago, jshleffar said:

I also really like the last two Noahs Mills Ive had quite a bit. And theyve been very similar profiles (a complaint of many), since that had been an issue I saved a pour of the first to compare to the second I got.

Batch number? Here’s what I’ve got,

[elmossle]

Decided to go with some OF Statesman this evening. Usually not a big OF fan other than OFBB, but this version has really grown on me. Still think 1920 is better for the same price point, but still a quality pour in my book.

[jshleffar]

29 minutes ago, BigSkyDrams said:

Batch number? Here’s what I’ve got,

QBC N 17-61

[LongGone]

ER10 SP with some Angels Envy on deck. Hope you all have a good weekend and plenty of tasty pours. 

[Government Beard]

Just popped the hood @Bourbon Fanatic

 

[Wedelstaedt]

Cheers 

[Bourbon Fanatic]

11 minutes ago, Government Beard said:

Just popped the hood @Bourbon Fanatic

 

How is it?!?

[Clueby]

I had a pour of RHF after a PHC11. It wasn't a fair fight and the RHF tasted like Old Crow after the PHC... and I love RHF  I need to move up the ladder, not down.

[Government Beard]

24 minutes ago, Bourbon Fanatic said:

How is it?!?

 

Good. Its a great budget wheater with the sweetness mixed with the oak.

 

Haven't had it in a while because I won't pay secondary prices and I cannot find it for retail locally. Thanks again for the bottle.

 

Huzzah!

Edited November 4, 2017 by Government Beard

[GeeTen]

Had a Blanton's last night at dinner with the granddaughters and SWMBO in their favorite little neighborhood Italian restaurant in Brooklyn while daughter & SIL at a wedding in South Jersey.   Surprised to see it behind a bar filled with inexpensive wine and spirits.  Made the evening even "mo' betta'".  BTW, bourbon is fantastic with grilled pork chops, mushroom risotto, and sauteed spiniach!   

  

[Masset1982]

9 hours ago, Patrick_OKC said:

Will, in defense of Scotch:

I think in the same way that sampling a very sweet wine, such as late harvest Riesling, followed by a dry Riesling, will make the latter appear a poor example of wine and will mute its attributes, one can sample a mildly peated Scotch after first imbibing some good bourbon. The Scotch is best left to an evening of a flight of different Scotches, with bourbon left to another evening. I like Lagavulin 16, but was only able to appreciate it after making a more or less traditional journey from starter blends, such as JW Black or Bushmill Black Bush (Irish), into basic single malts, into the peated varieties. Bourbon is no different, with each of us perhaps mastering the basics of good starter products, such as EW, or JB, BT, 4R, etc. I do like bourbon, and have certainly noticed that you have managed to obtain some really rare unicorns that most of us stateside can only dream of. I like bourbon, and Scotch, and rye, and Tennessee, but I rarely have Scotch in the same evening that I might be sampling the other three variants of distilled grain. BTW, I also really like Belgian ales!!

 

Pat

Hi Pat, 

 

It's just my personal experience with scotches, i just don't like it, here's what i tasted yesterday at this little whiskey tasting :

 

This series was called "Scottish region" (they had also a bourbon series but i was there to try new thing and their selections was not very exciting, except the JD Sinatra Select)

 

1-GlenKinchie 12yo (Lowlands)

2-Glenturret 10yo (Highlands)

3-Aberlour 16yo double cask matured sherry and bourbon (Speyside)

4-Lagavulin 16yo (Islay) 

 

After tasted all of them, my conclusion was, i'll never buy a bottle of those for sure. I've almost not finished the Laga 16 (it was a 1cl pour). It's just not my style, even the Aberlour was not my cup of tea. 

 

I've also tried a few other ones before like Yama 12yo, Macallan 14, Glenfiddich 12, 15.

 

I'm not crapping on the scotch world saying Bourbon is better than scotch, it's just not for me. At least i tried. 

 

PS : I also prefer the late harvest to the dry white wine ;-) 

 

Will.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Masset1982]

10 hours ago, Bbstout said:

I feel the same way. Never liked scotch. I always thought it was the peat but I had a bourbon with a high barley grain mash bill and discovered that I am not a fan of barley either. Thank God most bourbons have little barley.

Same story here, Peat is really something, in a bad way for me. In scotch, i feel like there is two main flavors, peat and i don't know what, must be the barley/malted barley, not my cup of tea. At least, i tried. 

 

Will.

[GeeTen]

12 minutes ago, Masset1982 said:

Same story here, Peat is really something, in a bad way for me. In scotch, i feel like there is two main flavors, peat and i don't know what, must be the barley/malted barley, not my cup of tea. At least, i tried. 

 

Will.

 

I do like (love) scotch - mainly Speyside or Highland Single Malts (special family gatherings I share my The Macallan 25 with my sons-in law, and the "girls" drink The Macallan 18 or Rare Breed) .  DO NOT like peaty Islays - I give any tastes of Islays to others (after nosing them, of course).  YMMV.   

 

[Clueby]

Pretty much the only Scotches I DO like are heavily peated Islay. Ardbeg is my favorite.  I love that briny, smokey,  'wet campfire by the seashore' thing. I'm not a fan of unpeated Scotch. 

[JTaylor]

17 hours ago, Richnimrod said:

The 'new' Early Times BIB is really doing it for me at the moment.     ...And, at a decent price to boot! 

Nice stuff, if one doesn't mind a fairly narrow focus, and a rather short but intense finish.    Loads of molasses/brown sugar in front.     I like it a lot.

Nice, Rich. I haven't seen it in these parts, but my cousin muled me up a couple liters from Lexington. @ $22/liter it sounds like a great value pour!

[Radioyada]

Enjoying a glass of Bookers while waiting on some friends. Heading to the Whiskies of the World here in Atlanta later on

[Masset1982]

6 hours ago, GeeTen said:

 

I do like (love) scotch - mainly Speyside or Highland Single Malts (special family gatherings I share my The Macallan 25 with my sons-in law, and the "girls" drink The Macallan 18 or Rare Breed) .  DO NOT like peaty Islays - I give any tastes of Islays to others (after nosing them, of course).  YMMV.   

 

Maybe my taste will change in the future, but for now, i'm sticking to bourbons.  

 

Will.

[CardsandBourbon]

Tried to develop a taste for scotch and just have never been able to do it.  To me it tastes like putting a wet wool sock that has been worn on a hot day in your mouth.

[Richnimrod]

6 hours ago, JTaylor said:

Nice, Rich. I haven't seen it in these parts, but my cousin muled me up a couple liters from Lexington. @ $22/liter it sounds like a great value pour!

It's on the Michigan list, so yer local LS can likely order it for you (if they wanna), though in liter size some prefer not to disturb their tightly packed shelves to accommodate the bottle.    This brand is supposed to be aimed squarely at the tavern business, and I imagine that factors into LS availability as well.   

Though I rarely mix drinx, Early Times BIB's bold profile likely would do well in a variety of cocktails.    Lemme know how you like it once you have a chance to try it.

[JCwhammie]

1792 Small Batch in an old fashioned. It’s just okay neat, but it dig it like this. Cheers to a wonderful Saturday. Boomer Sooner! 

[HoustonNit]

^Love that setup. If you end emptying those cases you might need to make an IKEA run.