kemosabe Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 12 hours ago, mfly86 said: Having a Barton Night to support Barton after their unfortunate collapse today. That's alot of tasty looking booze you have there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlutz Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Beer, tequila and rum last night, so need to start the day with some Kentucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statesboro Blues Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Had my wife’s family over last night for a late Father’s Day Celebration. Started the evening off with a pour of Russel’s Reserve 10, then moved on to CEHTSmB, and finally OWA107. Right before dinner, her sister made a very unexpected and awesome announcement, so we had a celebration after dinner. We polished off a bottle of Barrel Select Blanton’s. It was a good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marekv8 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 4 hours ago, Mako254 said: A lot of Baker’s in this thread so far. Why stop now… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masset1982 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Celebrating the victory of Belgium against Tunisia at the World Cup! Go Belgium, cheers! Will. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Rooting around one of my infrequently visited cabinets and came across an open Willett Crazy Bong Bottle from I don’t remember when. Drinking it over a cube with a CAO La Traviata while lounging on the front patio. This is a damn pleasurable whiskey! Decent heft to it, and does not show any “too” youthful notes. Nice finish...very nice, actually. I would bet this particular bottle is a HH sourced whiskey, and a good one at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 WT MK oroloso the tall all glass makes for good nosing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrel Aged Buckeye Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Having a BT as I watch the tribe take on the tigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Just now, Three quarks said: Some delicious Weller SR. I really believe that quality has improved dramatically. Maybe its just what I like, but whoever is in charge of blending currently is doing a great job! I like the "new" WSR more than an "old" version of W12 I bought in 2015 (I haven't seen any "new" W12s). In any event, this works just fine for me. ^^^ Me too. Though I have never been a fan of WSR, and felt that it had deteriorated even more in recent years, I have sensed an improvement in recent tastings. I’ve had several pours in a couple of bars in the last couple of months that I thought were markedly better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Having some WTKS after a day of sitting outside smoking wings and listening to music. The Misses and I are about to make some s'mores. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 52 minutes ago, Three quarks said: SJ, I used to think WSR was cheap as well, and rarely bought it, focusing instead on OWA and W12. But that has changed. I just pulled some excellent OWA Single Barrel Select from 2016, and it only confirmed my thoughts. Don't get me wrong, some of the "new" WSR is better that others, it just happens the most recent bottle I got (purchased just last week) is really good (better than some of my old shape OWA bottles that were sometimes "off"). Over the years, OWA has always been the cream of the Wellers for my tastes. In fact, I sensed no noticeable degradation after the age statement drop, and tight supplies. Maybe, not as many “lights out great” bottles/barrels as there had been previously, but still well within the good+ profile range. The 12 at times has been so sooty and astringent that open bottles have sat for years on my bar. I only buy it now, so to have for other people who like it. WSR has never been much of a buy, except when it was being pushed into Georgia some years back at $9.99. It went from bad to worse, but as we said before, I believe it has improved. I really think the best barrels during this tight supply environment have been going to OWA. For 90 proof wheaters I take Maker’s every day of the week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemosabe Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Started with a SAOS 10 year, then cracked a fresh bottle of Weller 12. The SAOS tastes much better tonight. I hope the W12 improves with age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTNBourbon Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Parker Heritage Collection #10 (24 Yr. Old) BIB Spring 1990 (100 Proof), thanks goes out to @Masset1982 for the chance. Very nice, very tasty, nice dark/golden amber color, very nice cinnamon, vanilla, nice little burn on the finish, pretty smooth, the finish lingers for awhile. I've never seen any here in GJ since 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTNBourbon Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Doing a little SBS with the Parker Heritage Collection #10 (24 Yr. Old) BIB Spring 1990 (100 Proof), and some Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Barrel Proof BIB (Batch 3 2014) 7-8 Yr. Old (129 Proof). The color, pretty damn close. The nose is pretty close, lots of vanilla, cinnamon, the PHC is kinda sweeter, the CEHT is more of everything. The taste of both is really nice, vanilla, cinnamon, but the CEHT is way more in everything, but still pretty smooth finish, and lingering. Probably not a fair comparison, but..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTNBourbon Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Masset1982 said: Celebrating the victory of Belgium against Tunisia at the World Cup! Go Belgium, cheers! Will. Which year is that bottle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marekv8 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 The '83 Balblair put me in the mood for another old timer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masset1982 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 6 hours ago, MTNBourbon said: Which year is that bottle? That's the 2015 release, a very good one. Cheers! Will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masset1982 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 6 hours ago, MTNBourbon said: Doing a little SBS with the Parker Heritage Collection #10 (24 Yr. Old) BIB Spring 1990 (100 Proof), and some Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Barrel Proof BIB (Batch 3 2014) 7-8 Yr. Old (129 Proof). The color, pretty damn close. The nose is pretty close, lots of vanilla, cinnamon, the PHC is kinda sweeter, the CEHT is more of everything. The taste of both is really nice, vanilla, cinnamon, but the CEHT is way more in everything, but still pretty smooth finish, and lingering. Probably not a fair comparison, but..... Both are nice pours, but i would give the advantage to the EH Taylor too, specially this 129 proof, which is one of my favorite. Waiting to get 2 (128.1) bottles for the Bay Area, they should be here this week. One of those is going on vacation with me to the south of France. Cheers! Will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdcdguy Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 A young man in my office who is just starting his bourbon journey was over yesterday. We sampled all of these. Interestingly, our favorite was Weller Antique. good time had by all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 9 hours ago, MTNBourbon said: Doing a little SBS with the Parker Heritage Collection #10 (24 Yr. Old) BIB Spring 1990 (100 Proof), and some Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Barrel Proof BIB (Batch 3 2014) 7-8 Yr. Old (129 Proof). The color, pretty damn close. The nose is pretty close, lots of vanilla, cinnamon, the PHC is kinda sweeter, the CEHT is more of everything. The taste of both is really nice, vanilla, cinnamon, but the CEHT is way more in everything, but still pretty smooth finish, and lingering. Probably not a fair comparison, but..... Yeah proof will almost always win out in a sbs..almost. For the record, CEHT BP is NOT a BIB since by definition a BIB must be bottled at 100 proof. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Early evening pour of EW BiB. Cheers all! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdcdguy Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 1 hour ago, beasled said: Early evening pour of EW BiB. Cheers all! For the money, not sure how much this is over there, this is one of the best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 26 minutes ago, cdcdguy said: For the money, not sure how much this is over there, this is one of the best! This was £25, which is probably expensive in US terms, but in UK terms for what it is, is great value. WT101 is around £30. And I agree... one of the best. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony. g. Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) sorry. double post. Edited June 24, 2018 by anthony. g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony. g. Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 55 minutes ago, beasled said: This was £25, which is probably expensive in US terms, but in UK terms for what it is, is great value. WT101 is around £30. And I agree... one of the best. its worth the money imo and not a bad price for over here. can i ask were you purchased it from? i wouldn't mind bunkering a few bottles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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