0895 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 7 hours ago, The Black Tot said: Pre-job quarantine just got a little more bearable... Got any open positions I could apply for? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSJon Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Finally found the right shop in town. I don’t see these a lot. When I do they are $25 or more over msrp. So, I pass because I’m cheap. But I finally found a store amply stocked and pricing right at msrp. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 hours ago, 0895 said: Got any open positions I could apply for? Unless your name is Erika Eleniak and know your way around a big cake, there is no room left on Tot’s boat... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, smokinjoe said: Unless your name is Erika Eleniak and know your way around a big cake, there is no room left on Tot’s boat... LOLOLOL! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 i know what it is.. but this is nice..if your store does a pick its worth the $59 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 40 minutes ago, FasterHorses said: i know what it is.. but this is nice..if your store does a pick its worth the $59 Did you intentionally seek out bottle #69? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Always enjoyed MMCS but the initial pricing ($50 for a 375 mL IIRC?) pushed it out of my consideration. Virtual shelf gazing on-line and seeing the price at $40 for a 750 mL convinced me to pull the trigger. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 14 hours ago, 0895 said: Did you intentionally seek out bottle #69? Nosir. Just a few left and most were grubby with fingerprints 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewberg Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 19 hours ago, KSJon said: Finally found the right shop in town. I don’t see these a lot. When I do they are $25 or more over msrp. So, I pass because I’m cheap. But I finally found a store amply stocked and pricing right at msrp. The C batches of ECBP have been so good the last couple years and I have seen reviews that claim more of that this year... Can't wait for them to hit MI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parksmart Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Weather got cool ebough to send some other bottles, so a good buddy filled out the case with these. One will be in @fosmith’s bunker next time we meet up....... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskeyBlender Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 12:34 PM, GeeTen said: Attention @WhiskeyBlender! Hit the Joseph A. Magnus & Co. Daily Double today: The Murray Hill CLub is Bottle 191/700 of Batch 13, 51.5% ABV (103 pf). The Cigar Blend is Bottle 293/375 of Batch 31, 59.63% ABV (119,26 pf). Been looking for a Cigar Blend "forevah!" since running into a Murray Hill Club in Florida a couple of years ago (seems like a lifetime ago). Nancy, can you tell me more about these two (2) bottles, please? Hey there @GeeTen and @mal00768, glad you guys managed to snag a bottle of Cigar Blend! @GeeTen, looks like you got batch #31 while @mal00768 got batch #34. So, both #31 and #34 come from the same "coupe mere" (mother blend) of 16 Bourbon barrels ranging from 13.5 to 20 years old. These mixture of these 16 barrels then go into 6 separate Armagnac casks. For these particular six batch releases (29-34), they would have been finishing in the Armagnac casks for 5 months. It always varies how long I leave the batches in the barrels. It could be as short as 4 months if there are a lot of tannins in the Armagnac casks and they are basking in the heat of summer, all the way to well over a year. @GeeTen, the bottle from your batch, which I named "James Bond," came from Armagnac cask number #11, while @mal00768's bottle came from Armagnac cask #14. The batch that came from cask #14 I named "L'Artagnan vs. The Santa Fe Six-Shooter." Hope that helps, and hope you fellas are enjoying them! Cheers, Nancy 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil T Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Went to Bellevue this morning to pick up a couple whiskey club bottles from New Riff. Talked myself into walking thru TPS. Came away with a MC, some Ryan's for my coffee and a 4 pack of Founders Blushing Monk for football on Friday. Also grabbed some budget bourbons. A Rebel 100 for $17, and a couple T.W.Samuels family sized for $21 each. A HH bonded 1.75 sized for 21 bucks...yes please! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTen Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 37 minutes ago, WhiskeyBlender said: Hey there @GeeTen and @mal00768, glad you guys managed to snag a bottle of Cigar Blend! @GeeTen, looks like you got batch #31 while @mal00768 got batch #34. So, both #31 and #34 come from the same "coupe mere" (mother blend) of 16 Bourbon barrels ranging from 13.5 to 20 years old. These mixture of these 16 barrels then go into 6 separate Armagnac casks. For these particular six batch releases (29-34), they would have been finishing in the Armagnac casks for 5 months. It always varies how long I leave the batches in the barrels. It could be as short as 4 months if there are a lot of tannins in the Armagnac casks and they are basking in the heat of summer, all the way to well over a year. @GeeTen, the bottle from your batch, which I named "James Bond," came from Armagnac cask number #11, while @mal00768's bottle came from Armagnac cask #14. The batch that came from cask #14 I named "L'Artagnan vs. The Santa Fe Six-Shooter." Hope that helps, and hope you fellas are enjoying them! Cheers, Nancy Thanks for your comments. Always helpful and informative. Hope to see you soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal00768 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, WhiskeyBlender said: Hey there @GeeTen and @mal00768, glad you guys managed to snag a bottle of Cigar Blend! @GeeTen, looks like you got batch #31 while @mal00768 got batch #34. So, both #31 and #34 come from the same "coupe mere" (mother blend) of 16 Bourbon barrels ranging from 13.5 to 20 years old. These mixture of these 16 barrels then go into 6 separate Armagnac casks. For these particular six batch releases (29-34), they would have been finishing in the Armagnac casks for 5 months. It always varies how long I leave the batches in the barrels. It could be as short as 4 months if there are a lot of tannins in the Armagnac casks and they are basking in the heat of summer, all the way to well over a year. @GeeTen, the bottle from your batch, which I named "James Bond," came from Armagnac cask number #11, while @mal00768's bottle came from Armagnac cask #14. The batch that came from cask #14 I named "L'Artagnan vs. The Santa Fe Six-Shooter." Hope that helps, and hope you fellas are enjoying them! Cheers, Nancy Thanks, love the comments! Did you also christen this batch with a few atoms of the original Magnus bourbon? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Phil T said: Went to Bellevue this morning to pick up a couple whiskey club bottles from New Riff. Talked myself into walking thru TPS. Came away with a MC, some Ryan's for my coffee and a 4 pack of Founders Blushing Monk for football on Friday. Also grabbed some budget bourbons. A Rebel 100 for $17, and a couple T.W.Samuels family sized for $21 each. A HH bonded 1.75 sized for 21 bucks...yes please! Could you clarify the HH bonded with a pic? Is this a dusty or do they make a 1.75 in the new 7 year BiB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm0369 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Happy to have snagged these today! Got lucky on the JD thanks to a tip, but I actually saw the Alberta at two different stores. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The camaro show Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Supposed to be one of the best newbie bourbons so I picked up a bottle! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskeyBlender Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, mal00768 said: Thanks, love the comments! Did you also christen this batch with a few atoms of the original Magnus bourbon? @mal00768, drat, no I didn't! But I did christen Cigar Blend batch #1 with a few drops of the original Magnus. I also added a few to the Family Reserve that was released a few years ago, and I've also added a few drops to the upcoming Family Reserve release. I keep a little bit of the original 1892 Magnus in "an undisclosed location in Berkeley, CA" (), so that's what I use. Joseph Magnus' great-great grandson's family keeps the rest. Edited December 30, 2020 by WhiskeyBlender 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhettro Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I purchased a bottle of Booker’s Pigskin Batch 2020-03 a couple of weeks ago. I liked it so much, I added another to the bunker today. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil T Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 9 hours ago, FasterHorses said: Could you clarify the HH bonded with a pic? Is this a dusty or do they make a 1.75 in the new 7 year BiB? Faster, This is one of several NAS bonded bourbons put out by HH. The others are: Evan Williams J.W. Dant J.T.S. Brown Prost!! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Phil T said: Faster, This is one of several NAS bonded bourbons put out by HH. The others are: Evan Williams J.W. Dant J.T.S. Brown Prost!! Phil Oh! Thanks Phil. I left some old gold and red HH BiB 1.75 on the shelf a year or two ago and have regretted it. Thought there may be some still out there. Do any of those come close to the HHBiB 6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil T Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, FasterHorses said: Oh! Thanks Phil. I left some old gold and red HH BiB 1.75 on the shelf a year or two ago and have regretted it. Thought there may be some still out there. Do any of those come close to the HHBiB 6? They are all similar, but to my palate, the youth of the whiskey is apparent...YMMV. I'm thinking they are all barely over the minimum of 4 years old. Still, solid and inexpensive bourbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The camaro show Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 5:23 PM, silverc said: Some pickups this week at VA ABC (ECBP C920) and at Smooth Ambler's distillery in WV. Never seen or heard of the old Scout and I live in WV (Wheeling). How was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosmith Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 5 hours ago, FasterHorses said: Oh! Thanks Phil. I left some old gold and red HH BiB 1.75 on the shelf a year or two ago and have regretted it. Thought there may be some still out there. Do any of those come close to the HHBiB 6? Last year I did a sbs with HH 6 BiB, EW BiB and JW Dant and, to my palate, they were pretty close to each other, i.e., the differences were pretty subtle. My takeaway was that the EW and Dant are adequate substitutes for the discontinued HH6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosmith Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 18 hours ago, parksmart said: Weather got cool ebough to send some other bottles, so a good buddy filled out the case with these. One will be in @fosmith’s bunker next time we meet up....... Very excited to try the Early Times BiB as it's never been available here in CA. And, especially now that the brand has been sold to Sazarac. Thanks Gene! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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