flahute Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Earlier in the week I emptied this one. This one was special for reasons beyond the fact that the bourbon itself was a fantastic pick. I bought this bourbon at The Party Source after getting a private tour of New Riff with Jim Rutledge and one of his business partners. After the tour we went over to TPS to see if they had anything interesting and of course could not pass up a barrel pick of Jim's distillate. That's a day I'll remember for a very long time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 minute ago, flahute said: Earlier in the week I emptied this one. This one was special for reasons beyond the fact that the bourbon itself was a fantastic pick. I bought this bourbon at The Party Source after getting a private tour of New Riff with Jim Rutledge and one of his business partners. After the tour we went over to TPS to see if they had anything interesting and of course could not pass up a barrel pick of Jim's distillate. That's a day I'll remember for a very long time. Attach that photo, Steve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 minute ago, JCwhammie said: Attach that photo, Steve! Dohhh! Photo now attached. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 2 hours ago, flahute said: Saying goodbye to a WTMK Decades. This was an under appreciated bourbon in my opinion. I'm happy to have another. Agreed. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Kepler said: Agreed. Love it. I thought I only had one other but was pleased to learn upon this evening's bunker visit to learn that have two more of these! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, flahute said: I thought I only had one other but was pleased to learn upon this evening's bunker visit to learn that have two more of these! Another good surprise for you. Don't you just love it when you stumble across a nice surprise while bunker diving... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Kepler said: Another good surprise for you. Don't you just love it when you stumble across a nice surprise while bunker diving... Bunker surprises are the best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FacePlant Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Another small batch of daily drinkers hit the photo booth then on to the trash. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemosabe Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Squashed this one last night. I really loved this bottle, but I seem to love every 4RLE. I wish I could secure the latest version, but I've given up the hunt to you fellas. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markandrex Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Last of a 2015-3 (The Center Cut). The last of this version in the bunker but plenty of its cousins around to take its place. Edited November 23, 2020 by markandrex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 11 hours ago, kemosabe said: Squashed this one last night. I really loved this bottle, but I seem to love every 4RLE. I wish I could secure the latest version, but I've given up the hunt to you fellas. You can never go wrong with Four Roses. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeySnakes Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 A couple for the bin. Gonna miss that McKenna...it was a great bottle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/23/2020 at 8:58 AM, kemosabe said: Squashed this one last night. I really loved this bottle, but I seem to love every 4RLE. I wish I could secure the latest version, but I've given up the hunt to you fellas. A lot of folks didn't like the 17 but I thought it was delicious!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/23/2020 at 4:47 PM, markandrex said: Last of a 2015-3 (The Center Cut). The last of this version in the bunker but plenty of its cousins around to take its place. I loved that one too. I bunkered a couple I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Said goodbye to Junior tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Little bird down. Old bird getting ready to take flight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 The boys at Total Wine have no clue what they are doing but this one comes from a time when you could throw a dart and pick a winner because they were all good. Just a fantastic bottle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz June Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 16 hours ago, Clueby said: A lot of folks didn't like the 17 but I thought it was delicious!! I have not SBS'd it with other years, but I also really liked it every time I had it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Goodbye to a great one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 28 minutes ago, flahute said: Goodbye to a great one. Sad indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfletchgu Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 This was excellent, sad to see it go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 7:14 PM, flahute said: Goodbye to a great one. Love that stuff. Hard to stay out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parksmart Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Glad I snagged a bunch of these 1L on closeout..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosmith Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Jfletchgu said: This was excellent, sad to see it go. If it's any consolation, the barreled in 2010 is even better, IMO. Edited November 29, 2020 by fosmith typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) On 11/25/2020 at 11:01 PM, flahute said: The boys at Total Wine have no clue what they are doing but this one comes from a time when you could throw a dart and pick a winner because they were all good. Just a fantastic bottle. Interestingly enough, here they have a local manager from one of our 3 stores and several employees and customers (not me) that do most of the barrel picks. I’ll give them some credit. They typically do a very good-excellent job for our local picks. My palate doesn’t always align with their picks, but they will usually have a sample bottle available for tasting pre-purchase. At the very least, they are actually picking most of the barrels, unlike another local chain who just takes whatever sight unseen, cuz it will sell regardless. Edited November 30, 2020 by 0895 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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