What Bourbon Are You Enjoying (Winter 2017)

[MTNBourbon]

4 hours ago, Cigars&Bourbon said:

I should give this a try. Readily available and good juice from what I have been reading.

It's a nice one.

[MTNBourbon]

Still working on this bottle.

[jshleffar]

Some B517 this evening, probably some rum after the gf and kid are off to bed.

[Louisiana]

 

47 minutes ago, MTNBourbon said:

Still working on this bottle.

 

Have you tried the 1920 version?

 

[Basil]

Epic snow day in Charleston. Finished the Weller but the other two survived. Doubt they will make it through tomorrow though....5 inches of snow is going to shut this Southern town down for another day at least. 

[MTNBourbon]

3 minutes ago, Louisiana said:

 

 

Have you tried the 1920 version?

 

I have a bottle, but not yet. I still need to get into this one. To me, OF starts to taste better at the 100 proof mark.

[Louisiana]

 

1 minute ago, MTNBourbon said:

I have a bottle, but not yet. I still need to get into this one. To me, OF starts to taste better at the 100 proof mark.

 

Good Deal. Haven't tried the 1897, but have went through several of the 1920. It's a pretty solid bourbon.

 

[MTNBourbon]

29 minutes ago, Louisiana said:

 

 

Good Deal. Haven't tried the 1897, but have went through several of the 1920. It's a pretty solid bourbon.

 

I've never had a OF higher than 100 proof.

[jshleffar]

1 hour ago, jshleffar said:

Some B517 this evening, probably some rum after the gf and kid are off to bed.

I lied, 9 year OESK instead of opening my smooth ambler revelation rum

[JoeTerp]

On 1/3/2018 at 12:32 AM, Louisiana said:

 

Funny you ask... I was told about a barrel of SAOS11 that was just great (left pic). For some reason most the 11 year bottles just lacked the depth of the 10 year bottles. Not this one. Bought a case!  Have 2 bottles left. Worth every penny! Anyways... Several small batches were in the store when I picked up the SAOS11.  A trusted source told me to pick up Batch #184 (right pic), because there had to be some old whiskey in this batch & that it was very tasty. And that was 100% the truth. It was just so good. Ended up buying 2 cases of Batch #184 & wish I could have bought more. It was $32 per bottle after the case discount. Have 3 bottles left! To answer your question. It was a very rare find & I have thoroughly enjoyed it. 

 

Cheers,

Jeff

 

 

That's pretty awesome.  I have a bottle of the 7, but I haven't gotten around to cracking it open yet.  I had assumed that SA tried to batch these for consistency.  Maybe their batches are smaller given their scale of operation though.

[jeffrey r]

Snow day today, so I decided to open up a couple of bottles, one old, and one new, and do a little SBS. JBB 8 Year/86, and JB Distiller’s Cut/100. Both unmistakably Beam. Neither top shelf. But both good for what they are. I paid about $30 all-in for the JB Distiller’s, but frankly, most reports from around the country seem to be putting it at around $20-$25 OTD. After tasting, I’d say it is a good value at $30, and a damn good value at $20-$25.

 

Bottom line, head to head, they are similar. Both have some nice oak (more oak than you would expect on the 5-6 year old Distiller’s—must be due to the barrel selection). Both good flavor with the usual Beam features. The Distiller’s is simply more viscous, and coats the mouth nicely. The extra proof and NCF at work I presume. Anyway, nothing earth-shattering, but in today’s market, if you can pick up the Distiller’s Cut at $30 or less (particularly $25 or less), and you like the Beam profile, I’d give this a big thumb’s up.

 

 

[Kyjd75]

Not a bourbon, but sure to be appreciated (I think) by most folks.  Another year, time for another bottle of SAOS 8 year Rye.  Yep, bottled by Sarah.

 

 

[Kyjd75]

My goodness, is this stuff good!

[El Vino]

Shoveled snow for two hours to clear the driveway (going to the PBR event at MSG tomorrow!).  This was my reward.  I can only say that this bottle is exceptional.  I don't have a lot of experience with ETL, but the purity and integration of flavors is outstanding.  Vanilla, butterscotch, candied orange peel and some oaky barrel notes.  I shared this with Pat (he who picked the barrel) yesterday and we both marveled at how good it is.  Haven't bought an ETL in years...that may need to change.

Going to nurse this bottle as it is the last that I have from this barrel.  Look how dark it is!

 

[jeffrey r]

Looks great there Vino. If we only knew then what we know now, we’d have bought a ton of these when they were stacked on shelves at under $30. I still have 4 bottles of the last Liquor Outlet ETL barrel and one standard bottle, but I wish I bought a bunch more. The LO barrel is also a terrific barrel.

[El Vino]

Jeffrey:  truer words were never spoken.  There are some great barrels now aging in the very same warehouses.  Just hope we see them. Like Pat, I trust Mark’s taste buds .  EV

[kevinbrink]

3 hours ago, jeffrey r said:

Snow day today, so I decided to open up a couple of bottles, one old, and one new, and do a little SBS. JBB 8 Year/86, and JB Distiller’s Cut/100. Both unmistakably Beam. Neither top shelf. But both good for what they are. I paid about $30 all-in for the JB Distiller’s, but frankly, most reports from around the country seem to be putting it at around $20-$25 OTD. After tasting, I’d say it is a good value at $30, and a damn good value at $20-$25.

 

Bottom line, head to head, they are similar. Both have some nice oak (more oak than you would expect on the 5-6 year old Distiller’s—must be due to the barrel selection). Both good flavor with the usual Beam features. The Distiller’s is simply more viscous, and coats the mouth nicely. The extra proof and NCF at work I presume. Anyway, nothing earth-shattering, but in today’s market, if you can pick up the Distiller’s Cut at $30 or less (particularly $25 or less), and you like the Beam profile, I’d give this a big thumb’s up.

 

 

I did a SBS with the Bonded and found it to out class that as well, I think next up is going to be a SBS with KC NAS and KC 9.

[DeepCover]

Low temps call for high proof. 

 

128.1 to be exact.

[jeffrey r]

I did a SBS with the Bonded and found it to out class that as well, I think next up is going to be a SBS with KC NAS and KC 9.

 

Yup, agreed. If I motivate, I think it would be a good SBS between KC (I only have the 9 year) and the DC. Also, I still have some of the Costco 7/103 Beam bourbon around. At the end of the day, I suspect these are all mostly within shouting distance of each other.

[Golferpimp1]

OWA tonight. Taste great tonight and hitting on all cylinders .... caramel and hint of leather and a tiny taste of red hots.


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[HoustonNit]

Low temps call for high proof. 
 
128.1 to be exact.

Warmed up, where you drinking Everclear yesterday?

[HoustonNit]

Jeffrey:  truer words were never spoken.  There are some great barrels now aging in the very same warehouses.  Just hope we see them. Like Pat, I trust Mark’s taste buds .  EV

You and Jefferey making me very jealous.

[kevinbrink]

24 minutes ago, jeffrey r said:

 

Yup, agreed. If I motivate, I think it would be a good SBS between KC (I only have the 9 year) and the DC. Also, I still have some of the Costco 7/103 Beam bourbon around. At the end of the day, I suspect these are all mostly within shouting distance of each other.

You could go Baker's as well but I have a pretty good feeling, as much as I tend to favor KC9, it might not be a contest at that point.  Pretty sure the only Kirkland I have at this point is Tennessee so I might have to kick in the Bakers to keep it interesting. 

[kevinbrink]

10 minutes ago, HoustonNit said:

You and Jefferey making me very jealous.

Having had picks from both of the stores they are talking about, you are not quite as jealous as me! 

[DeepCover]

14 minutes ago, HoustonNit said:

Warmed up, where you drinking Everclear yesterday?

Man, you know I'm from TX. I'm not cut out for this. It's still cold up here in The Woodlands.