WhiskeyBlender Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 minute ago, BMartin42 said: Just because you pour over a bar mat doesn’t mean the glass is dry if you spill a bit. Use a coaster on your really nice end table even if you have a beautiful Four Roses mat. Sigh. Agreed! If I'm doing a lot of pouring on my poor dining room table, I'll even put some plastic down underneath my table cloth or place mats. I can't say how many times the high proof alcohol has soaked through all the "filters" I've had for it, although the plastic seems to stop the process. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyro273 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 7/13/2018 at 9:25 AM, Marekv8 said: Thanks, it's actually the start of a cataloguing effort-- as I'm starting to lose track of what's in inventory. The labels are set up in a tri-column MS Word file, hand-cut and simply taped on. I'll just keep adding to the MS Word file as I go and try to keep things categorized and alphabetized. As a nod to TOTC, I added a few liqueurs to the mix this morning just to keep things fair. What, no Southern Comfort...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 54 minutes ago, BMartin42 said: Just because you pour over a bar mat doesn’t mean the glass is dry if you spill a bit. Use a coaster on your really nice end table even if you have a beautiful Four Roses mat. Sigh. Good call. All those years your parents told you to use a coaster should not go for naught! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlutz Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Did someone say “coaster?” 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Folks, you do realize if you drink straight from the bottle, you are less likely to spill any on the table. Of course, you make rip the paper bag if you don't remove it first. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BourbonBuzz Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 11/5/2017 at 5:39 PM, Kepler said: Before tasting, I like to prep my palate with dark chocolate, something like 60% cacao. I've heard 90% cacao is where it's at. Also, if you're on a Keto diet, bourbon and 90% cacao are a match made in Heaven. Bourbon = 0 Carbs, 90% cacao = 3 carbs/serving. Great for when you're trying to differentiate amongst a number of delicious bud different bourbons. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Coasters! Coasters! Did somebody say coasters? The two on the right side of the pics were a gift from Four Roses. They are stone, and in case you couldn't tell, the ones I use the most. I also have several more MM coasters that my wife and I use in our living room. As you can see in pic #2, I've missed the mark on more than one occasion. Biba! Joe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BourbonBuzz Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 12/18/2017 at 6:40 AM, smokinjoe said: Pro Tip: Reposting this from yesterday where Mako lost a cork while opening up a dusty Wild Turkey (Join the club Mako! The membership roll is lengthy! ). See utensils below. BTW, I've never liked the coffee filter thing, as it drains too slow, and the pieces of cork are big. Try this: Pour contents of bottle into big ass cup (Old big stadium cups and/or old big Hannah Montana cups work well...) Take long, sharp, thin object (I have old metal skewer) and stick into emptied bottle to break up cork into sizes that will come out of bottle. Fill up bottle with some water, shake, and pour out water along with pieces of broken cork. This may take a couple of tries in order to get all pieces out. They tend to want to stick to sides of bottle. Pour contents of filled big ass cup through tight wind metal strainer into second big ass cup. Then, pour back through strainer into original big ass cup. Liquid should be clear and without cork now. Pour contents of big ass cup through funnel into cleared bottle. Replace with saved WT corks. Always save a few of the notoriously fragile WT corks for this very purpose! FINITO! Go Braves! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BourbonBuzz Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/11/2018 at 6:21 PM, smokinjoe said: Pro Tip: Dont forget the "mini area" at any liquor store you peruse. A stores selection of 50ml minis offers several potential buy opportunities. This tip migrates over to 200ml sizes, as well. 1. Potential to find any dusty, semi-dusty, or, recently discontinued label. 2. Chance to pick up bottles at a cost that allow an aggregate 750ml purchase to be lower than the cost of a 750 on the shelf. 3. Opportunity to pick up an inexpensive pour of something you want to try. This is not confined to just bourbon, but any other spirit possibility. 4. Airplane booze! 8$ for a Woodford on the way back on Delta from ORD??? Hey, I like Woodford, and will drop the $8 if needed, but would rather pull a couple of $2 (fill in blank with your favorite) bottles from my toiletry bag in my carry-on instead! #4. If you refill from your 750 or handle, the cost is much less than $2 or you have much better bourbon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannabis Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I didn't see it in there on my read through but I know we've mentioned it before elsewhere: My favorite semi-pro tip is Decoy!! Decoy!! and Decoy!! Have cheap whiskey out for people who just want to get drunk or have mixed drinks. I also barricade all my preferred bottles behind a layer or two of less desired / less pricey whiskeys. Save yourself the heart break of someone pouring your favorite whiskey in to a coke or ginger ale or best case, squirt soda. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayouredd Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I wouldn't classify myself as a pro in the bourbon world, but I am very observant. (almost detective like) Sooooo, in the food world: if you are not sure what it tastes like = tastes like chicken!!! In the bourbon world: If you're not sure = tastes like Dickel!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 4:01 PM, bayouredd said: I wouldn't classify myself as a pro in the bourbon world, but I am very observant. (almost detective like) Sooooo, in the food world: if you are not sure what it tastes like = tastes like chicken!!! In the bourbon world: If you're not sure = tastes like Dickel!!! Now wait just a second here..... Dickel tastes like vitamins and when you taste it you are SURE. I think the proper analogy for you is that when you aren't sure, it tastes like Heaven Hill since HH provides the whiskey for most of the NDP's out there. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 16 minutes ago, flahute said: Now wait just a second here..... Dickel tastes like vitamins and when you taste it you are SURE. I think the proper analogy for you is that when you aren't sure, it tastes like Heaven Hill since HH provides the whiskey for most of the NDP's out there. Yeah when you taste that vitamin note you KNOW. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Now wait just a second here..... Dickel tastes like vitamins and when you taste it you are SURE. I think the proper analogy for you is that when you aren't sure, it tastes like Heaven Hill since HH provides the whiskey for most of the NDP's out there.Well, maybe everyone is not always so sure, but you certainly are able to sniff out Dickel in any form. I’ll admit to you that I’ve gotten to the point where I can usually recognize it too. However, I agree with your response to bayouredd. I was going to respond to his post yesterday, but I actually wanted to wait and get a chuckle with your predictable response. Cheers Steve...drink more Dickel! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 1 minute ago, lcpfratn said: Well, maybe everyone is not always so sure, but you certainly are able to sniff out Dickel in any form. I’ll admit to you that I’ve gotten to the point where I can usually recognize it too. However, I agree with your response to bayouredd. I was going to respond to his post yesterday, but I actually wanted to wait and get a chuckle with your predictable response. Cheers Steve...drink more Dickel! Ahahahahaha! You know me so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayouredd Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 11 hours ago, flahute said: Now wait just a second here..... Dickel tastes like vitamins and when you taste it you are SURE. I think the proper analogy for you is that when you aren't sure, it tastes like Heaven Hill since HH provides the whiskey for most of the NDP's out there. HaHa! this is such an emphatic statement!!! When I posted my "fake pro tip" I thought most everything I had seen posted, was random references; hence my observation, not from tasting experience. What you, Clueby & Icp noted is as clear-cut as it gets. My only Dickel experience comes from a Birthday gift last year, that was in turn, served to my party guests. The remainder, clogs up my decanter. I tried a pour after I posted this but before I read this response. All I know is that I couldn't finish the pour and was willing to cook with it or dump it. Now you guys have me wanting to try a bit more to see if it was the vitamin flavor that is so bitterly pronounced. Thanx for the education. Que, sera, sera... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Never put off trying a new pour til tomorrow, if you have the chance to taste it today. Biba! Joe 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 An other thread (or, maybe this one) months ago asked something like, "Any suggestions on how to re-use an empty Booker's box?" I keep one stashed behind books in the living room with ONE of each - needle nose pliers, regular pliers but with "bent" head, medium headed blade and Phillips screw drivers, medium crescent wrench, small pipe wrench. THUS, I don't have to go to the basement, pull out a tool box (or root around on a crowded workbench top) looking for what I THINK I will need to fix something upstairs. A pretty well used up duct tape roll and a small waterproof/shrinking tape roll are back there, too, but not in the box. I was reminded of this today when I needed a screw driver and the pliers to help me get old wiper blades off my wife's 1997 Nissan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 6 hours ago, Harry in WashDC said: I was reminded of this today when I needed a screw driver and the pliers to help me get old wiper blades off my wife's 1997 Nissan. Only a '97, and the wiper blades are already worn out???!!! WTF? Ain't there some kinda warranty or sumpin' on 'em? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Pro Tip: Keep a wide variety of types of glasses on hand, to offer a changeup when the whiskey doldrums or bland palate syndrome kick in. And, different glassware can provide some individually different nuances to a whiskey as compared to another type of glass. My go -tos are a small rocks glass and smaller stemless wine type glasses. But, I enjoy going to a large rocks glass, glencairn, Reidel bourbon glass, and a number of other types and shapes for variety. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 ^^^^^^^^^This. And no surprise that I and my brother view this the same way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 7 hours ago, smokinjoe said: Pro Tip: Keep a wide variety of types of glasses on hand, to offer a changeup when the whiskey doldrums or bland palate syndrome kick in. And, different glassware can provide some individually different nuances to a whiskey as compared to another type of glass. My go -tos are a small rocks glass and smaller stemless wine type glasses. But, I enjoy going to a large rocks glass, glencairn, Reidel bourbon glass, and a number of other types and shapes for variety. Funny you should mention this now. About three weeks ago, I switched from my normal SB Glencairn to a standard (not a double) Old Fashioned glass. I did so only partly because I was drinking higher proofers before the weather got too hot and always adding at least one ice cube. Even with some 80 proof neat Irish, the OF glass just fit the drink. ALSO, I've been doing more outside grilling, and the OF was less likely to tip over than the Glencairn when I'm staggering back into the house with the food, utensiles, and glass, etc., on a tray. In other words, GREAT tip for the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) SAVE THOSE CORKS AND CAPS! Wife's Lagavulin 16 cork came apart last night. Bottle had too much in it (about 4 OZ.) to drink in one sitting. SAVED THE DAY with a Joseph A. Magnus cork. The Lag's was real cork with a real wood top while the JAM's is artificial cork ALSO with a REAL WOOD top. It was even the same color and size. PERFECT! Edited March 24, 2020 by Harry in WashDC added the bit about size 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyfish Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 On 11/5/2017 at 3:07 PM, smokinjoe said: Arm & Hammer with baking soda toothpaste. Most minty toothpastes funk out the palate, resulting in not the best bourbon tasting experience. A&H just cleans without leaving any breath freshener residue to taint ones palate. So Fellow bourbonians, got any pro tips for us? I rinse with hydrogen peroxide after brushing without any thought as to how this might influence bourbon tasting. Now, just for scientific clarity, I feel obligated to do an official comparison test with and without peroxide. I do know it makes a visual difference. Years ago, blondes seemed to look a whole lot better with peroxide than without. Given the current state of my vision, I might have to make a braille comparison. Just for scientific clarity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 DO NOT EVER EVER TRY TO (A) make up vattings after finishing off the dregs of more than one vatting OR (II) make up more than one vatting after finishing the dregs of two or more. Tonight, I got out my almost empty SB blend (1:1::W12:OWA) AND my almost empty GW4G (mild blend 2:3:: OGD 114:WSR). Finished off the dregs of each vatting bottle and then LOST WHERE THE HECK I WAS about halfway through the measuring. THEN, I misread the markings on the outside of the PYREX (tm) measuring cup so the ratios MAY be messed up. ALSO, I used a one cup/236.6 ml measure so I had to fill it up multiple times, thus compounding the chance of errors while fretting about my prior issues and lost rack of what and how many "fills" I'd done. We'll know in a week or so whether the blends blended. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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