What Bourbon Are You Drinking Today (Fall 2020)

[0895]

On 12/15/2020 at 5:45 PM, GeeTen said:

 

My favorite GTS to date.  So much so that I haven't cracked my second bottle open yet.  First one went waaay too fast!   

 

 

Yeah, but it's basically Eagle Rare 15y at barrel proof.

 

Not saying it isn't good, just that it's not GTS... at least for me...

[FasterHorses]

Weller 12.. stocked up once again so I’m drinkin the good stuff

[Kepler]

A little after dinner dessert...

[Marekv8]

A relatively generous GTS as an aperitif...

 

[GeeTen]

10 hours ago, 0895 said:

 

Yeah, but it's basically Eagle Rare 15y at barrel proof.

 

Not saying it isn't good, just that it's not GTS... at least for me...

 

So brother, you're a "Beat Me, Whip Me, Make Me Write Bad Checks" kind of whiskey guy, eh???    

 

[geclbxf]

8 hours ago, Kepler said:

A little after dinner dessert...

That Boone county is the best bourbon cream I have ever tried.

[CardsandBourbon]

107 night for me.  Baker's followed by some OWA.  Won't pick a winner, they're both good.

[Kepler]

11 hours ago, geclbxf said:

That Boone county is the best bourbon cream I have ever tried.

I don't necessarily disagree. I've never had multiple bourbon cream bottles open at the same time to drink sbs, but this seems every bit as tasty as the last BT I had open. But it's been awhile.

[Paddy]

^^^^^What about Barton?

 

On topic, SAOS SB BP (‘13 release).

[Bret Bret]

21 hours ago, Kepler said:

A little after dinner dessert...

A beautiful after dinner dessert, but why is that Boone County bottle blocking the view of that single barrel dessert?

[BMartin42]

Standard Buffalo Trace while binging season 6 of Vikings. 

[flahute]

Another wheater night because it's the holidays. Started with Weller 12. Then some RY10yr SiB. Now going all in with some '18 WLW.

[CUfan99]

6 minutes ago, flahute said:

Another wheater night because it's the holidays. Started with Weller 12. Then some RY10yr SiB. Now going all in with some '18 WLW.

Very nice. The couple of RY10’s I’ve had would have passed for high rye bourbons rather than wheaters, which I liked. 

[flahute]

1 minute ago, CUfan99 said:

Very nice. The couple of RY10’s I’ve had would have passed for high rye bourbons rather than wheaters, which I liked. 

Oh well that's interesting!

I had the good fortune of having my favorite local being among the few who figured out that RY10 was sitting at the distributor and that there wasn't demand for it. He started bringing it in and I started buying different barrel numbers to figure out which ones were the best. Upon deciding he then put aside all of that barrel number for me. My stash of RY10 is all classic wheater goodness.

[The Black Tot]

18 minutes ago, flahute said:

Oh well that's interesting!

I had the good fortune of having my favorite local being among the few who figured out that RY10 was sitting at the distributor and that there wasn't demand for it. He started bringing it in and I started buying different barrel numbers to figure out which ones were the best. Upon deciding he then put aside all of that barrel number for me. My stash of RY10 is all classic wheater goodness.

Hell yeah.

[flahute]

8 minutes ago, The Black Tot said:

Hell yeah.

Indeed sir. I am 12 deep in great RY10's.

[The Black Tot]

Just now, flahute said:

Indeed sir. I am 12 deep in great RY10's.

That is EXACTLY the way I would have done it.

[flahute]

1 minute ago, The Black Tot said:

That is EXACTLY the way I would have done it.

Oh I know! I learn from the best!

[fosmith]

14 hours ago, flahute said:

Oh well that's interesting!

I had the good fortune of having my favorite local being among the few who figured out that RY10 was sitting at the distributor and that there wasn't demand for it. He started bringing it in and I started buying different barrel numbers to figure out which ones were the best. Upon deciding he then put aside all of that barrel number for me. My stash of RY10 is all classic wheater goodness.

You should have posted this in the "Pro tips" thread.. 

[CardsandBourbon]

Just finished dinner and been banished to the basement so my wife can watch Lifetime or Hallmark Channel movies.  Not all bad since the the bar is downstairs.  Started with PHC Orange Curacao finished bourbon and I've moved on to Booker's 2016-06 "Noe Hard Times".  Don't know where I'll end up.  But hey, the thrill is in the journey, not the destination.

[mbroo5880i]

I had a small pour of OGD BIB followed by a couple of small pours of New Riff.  I love both.  The new Hallmark Christmas movie just came on.  I see another pour in my future.  I wonder if the two stars end up together at the end?

[mbroo5880i]

1 hour ago, CardsandBourbon said:

Just finished dinner and been banished to the basement so my wife can watch Lifetime or Hallmark Channel movies.  Not all bad since the the bar is downstairs.  Started with PHC Orange Curacao finished bourbon and I've moved on to Booker's 2016-06 "Noe Hard Times".  Don't know where I'll end up.  But hey, the thrill is in the journey, not the destination.

I am there with you friend.  I wish I had a basement.  Oh well, at least I have bourbon.

[markandrex]

Stagg Jr. b14 sitting by the fire watching The Nutcracker by the Nashville Ballet.  It sure feels like Christmas!

Edited December 19, 2020 by markandrex

[Harry in WashDC]

On 12/16/2020 at 9:05 PM, 0895 said:

 

Yeah, but it's basically Eagle Rare 15y at barrel proof.

 

Not saying it isn't good, just that it's not GTS... at least for me...

 

On 12/17/2020 at 7:10 AM, GeeTen said:

 

So brother, you're a "Beat Me, Whip Me, Make Me Write Bad Checks" kind of whiskey guy, eh???    

 

RESOLVING THE CONUNDRUM!!  Read on, Duffers!

 

While spending three+ hours in the car on I-95 South today out of Wash DC in really heavy traffic, this SB exchange kept running through my head. as I kept the radio off so I could focus on the traffic.  I have RESOLVED what was bothering me.

 

Many of us know that Saz/BT bourbons are based on three mash bills, one with wheat as the "second" grain and two with rye as the "second" grain.  The two mash bills with rye are: #1 low rye (under 10%) and #2 high rye (10+% to 15%).  Mash bill #1 brands are: ER, Old Charter, GTS, CEHT, Stagg Jr., BT, and Benchmark 8 while mash bill #2 brands are AA, ETL, RHF (YUMMMM!!), Hancock's Reserve, and Blanton's.

 

SO --

 

It appears that, top to bottom by proof, watered down GTS can be Stagg Jr., CEHT,  Benchmark 100 proof, ER, BT, Old Charter, and Benchmark 8 (ignoring some expressions that may jump the line depending on the brand).  Similarly, watered down Stagg Jr. can be CEHT, etc.

 

Reversing the order means that barrel proof Benchmark 8 is really sold as GTS.

 

AHH!! The marketing dumb bunnies are not as dumb as we THINK they are.  They getting us to pay PREMIUM prices for Benchmark 8 before THEY add ice!! IN OTHER WORDS (or in texting, KMA!!), WE pay a premium just so we can add the ice to GTS to make it drinkable by taters!!  Clever vetches!!

 

Um, tonight I sipping on the second and third (one oz.) pours of WP 10 yr SiB 116.8 proof into a glass containing the dregs of an after dinner egg nog with rum and ice.  Ice almost gone, but glass still has a nog haze.

[ABVT]

Did one blind. Turns out it was OKI. I guessed Stagg Jr. Way off but what can you do! I liked this more than recall.