Kjbarth Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Tot Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 22 hours ago, PaulO said: Near me, I can find the standard BT almost any time at a grocery store or pharmacy, sometimes even on sale ~ $20. To me, BT tastes like flat Pepsi Cola with melted ice. It's not awful, but the others seem much better all around. I like BT, but I cannot wait to get back to a bottle of BT and look for this note. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjbarth Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Great stuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioyada Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Blanton's Gold for a Tuesday evening pour. Was nursing this bottle, but finally have another that will be here in a couple of days so I can hang up my scrubs for awhile. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Well....... I have my HH BIB blend of JTS Brown, JW Dant, and EW BIB’s. I also had a 1/3 full bottle of OF 100. Hmmmm. What the heck. I added the OF to my HH blend. Dayummm! My HH BIB blend was pretty good. IMHO, adding the OF BIB made it real good. What can I say? Biba! Joe 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I am a having a nice pour of a store select New Riff Single Barrel that I purchased today. I was going to wait but I thought "what the hey" let's give it a try. I am glad I did. I have had two or three New Riff Single Barrels in the past and several of the standard bottle. This one is the best yet. It is only 4 years and 4 months old. I was a little concerned by the tasting notes on the bottle but was pleasantly surprised to find those qualities I enjoy are the most pronounced. Solid oak, leather and pipe tobacco on the nose. I enjoy these smells but not as flavors. The palate is a big shift toward solid cherry and cinnamon. A mix between Smith Brothers Cherry Lozenges, Big Red Gum and Cherry Pie. It transitions into a long, long cherry oak spicy finish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I can't edit the post above but want to add. Now that I am having a second pour, of which I am sure @GeeTen would approve, I am not sure I have ever had a 4 year old bourbon with as complex and pleasing of a nose. It is like I am sitting in my Grandfather's living room again 37 years later, smelling his pipe tobacco. A nice cherry tobacco smell. Funny thing is by the time we discussed these things, he no longer smoked a pipe. But, he had that tobacco around. Wow... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLamb Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 WT101 last night, extremely underwhelmed and disappointed, hoping it was me. Nose was moldy cardboard (maybe my glass wasn't clean), extremely hot on the front end with too short of a finish. Will try again in a couple days, it's been close to 5 years since I tried good old WT101, was expecting more. Here's to hoping my palate aligns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-train Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 7:52 AM, PaulO said: Near me, I can find the standard BT almost any time at a grocery store or pharmacy, sometimes even on sale ~ $20. To me, BT tastes like flat Pepsi Cola with melted ice. It's not awful, but the others seem much better all around. That is such an amazingly accurate description to what I get from it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 2/20/2021 at 10:51 PM, k-train said: Had a margarita on the rocks w/ taco dinner tonight, then is was: Buffalo Trace Man, I try & I try... MM101 Ok, that's more like it. OGD114 Now we're talking. WT101 Mission accomplished! I like all of those, but just between you and me, I’m “not allowed to have tequila” (per the Mrs.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, 0895 said: I like all of those, but just between you and me, I’m “not allowed to have tequila” (per the Mrs.) After an "unfortunate incident" with tequila many years ago, I can't stand the stuff. I'm ok with an occasional margarita as the tequila taste/smell is pretty buried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-train Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 2 hours ago, 0895 said: I like all of those, but just between you and me, I’m “not allowed to have tequila” (per the Mrs.) I'm pretty dang lucky. The Mrs. is a former bar manager. It was her suggestion to have the margarita & she definitely makes them right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Killing off an Eagle Rare. Cheers! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markandrex Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 MMCS this evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayouredd Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Day 3 of my 60/40 KC Blend... Day 1: 1st pour, the blend - ahhh!!! 2nd a WR LS select that was pretty good but after the blend - faltered big time 3rd KC 12 - nice recovery Day 2: 1st the blend - ahhh!!! 2nd OF 1920 - after the blend, it was all nail polish remover (stunned) 3rd KC 12 - great recovery Day 3: 1st Bulleit Select - ok, but still not really digging this 2nd KC Blend - this sh!+ just gooood!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayouredd Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 22 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said: Well....... I have my HH BIB blend of JTS Brown, JW Dant, and EW BIB’s. I also had a 1/3 full bottle of OF 100. Hmmmm. What the heck. I added the OF to my HH blend. Dayummm! My HH BIB blend was pretty good. IMHO, adding the OF BIB made it real good. What can I say? Biba! Joe Now you're just cocky!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 40 minutes ago, bayouredd said: Now you're just cocky!!! Heeheehee.... Y’all atay tuned. I currently have four different MM iterations opened. Biba! Joe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosmith Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 14 hours ago, bayouredd said: Day 3 of my 60/40 KC Blend... Day 1: 1st pour, the blend - ahhh!!! 2nd a WR LS select that was pretty good but after the blend - faltered big time 3rd KC 12 - nice recovery Day 2: 1st the blend - ahhh!!! 2nd OF 1920 - after the blend, it was all nail polish remover (stunned) 3rd KC 12 - great recovery Day 3: 1st Bulleit Select - ok, but still not really digging this 2nd KC Blend - this sh!+ just gooood!!! I missed or, more likely, don't remember, earlier posts about this so, could you provide details on the 60/40 KC Blend? It would be much appreciated.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayouredd Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, fosmith said: I missed or, more likely, don't remember, earlier posts about this so, could you provide details on the 60/40 KC Blend? It would be much appreciated.. I recently did a blind sbs with KC over 2 nights. The winner ended up being 60% KC9/40% KC120. If the next blend works this well, I may never go back to the standards. I will keep honey barrel Sibs in tact as I have had very few bottles that I like better. Here is the post: Knob Creekin' Blind SBS... - Tasting - Straightbourbon.com Edited February 25, 2021 by bayouredd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayouredd Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 An enjoyable revisit... I wasn't really feeling the first bit of the bottle, nor was I very pleased with the cocktails; even over the regular MM, but revisiting the MM 101 has proven to be worthwhile. It was nice before supper & quite tasty for desert, too... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.B. Babington Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 proof 1st impressions sometimes wrong. Popped open new bottle of rare breed and impressed with grade above kerosene flavor. actually tasted similar to kerosene. hard but refrained from pouring rest of glass out. went to same proof OF 1920 and wow, great. to test palate vs bottle hit a familiar WT101 and it seemed off, got better with second glass. Two lessons learned: 1) if bottle stinks, might be palate, not bottle 2) go to store early to get more OF 1920 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) On 2/20/2021 at 11:51 PM, k-train said: Had a margarita on the rocks w/ taco dinner tonight, then is was: Buffalo Trace Man, I try & I try... but I just find this stuff to be incredibly boring. A burst of generic bourbon sweet notes followed by mediocre spice & an almost non-existent finish. It's insane to me that this has gotten to damn near unicorn status in places like my particular area of NC. If anyone else made this same whiskey, nobody would ever think twice about it. MM101 Ok, that's more like it. OGD114 Now we're talking. WT101 Mission accomplished! Uh, in defense (defence!) of basic BT - THAT IS WHAT I WANT WHEN I DRINKING ONE MORE WHILE WAITING FOR MY WIFE TO COME BACK FROM THE BOOKSTORE AFTER WE EAT AT OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT!! Why else would one drink it? Cannot disagree/comment with those other three. I concur. EDIT -One more thought: Lime and bourbon REALLY SCREWS UP my palate. For whatever reason, I've never been able to reconcile ANY bourbon drink/cocktail/brand with Mexican/Hispanic/Even Spanish food, especially if lime is involved. Lime and gin?? All Guy Fawlkes Day long. Just saying - your palate may differ. Edited February 26, 2021 by Harry in WashDC ONE MORE THOUGHT! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 7:41 AM, PaulO said: EWSB used to be 10 years old, then they started to get quite a bit younger. I think that put some people off. Even at that, a good barrel is good, and I need to revisit. I bought a 2012 EWSB last year in hopes it might be have improved over recent bottles. I was wrong. It is now in the bourbon stash set aside for cookies. I get that it is a SiB but my understanding is that they shoot for a specific profile in each year's vintage. If the bottle I purchased was what they were shooting for with 2012 vintage, they might as well just flavor this stuff with honey, cinnamon, or some other flavor and sell it to that crowd. I still see a lot of EWSB 2012 bottles on the shelves. I wonder if anyone has found it good enough to purchase a second bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 7:52 AM, PaulO said: Near me, I can find the standard BT almost any time at a grocery store or pharmacy, sometimes even on sale ~ $20. To me, BT tastes like flat Pepsi Cola with melted ice. It's not awful, but the others seem much better all around. This. I have been seeing BT quite a bit recently. Not tempting at all. For the price, I can buy OF100, WT101 or even MM. I do like ER, CEHT and loved OC10. I assume the issue is that the BT #1 mashbill to me is better with age or proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Enjoyed a couple of pours of Rossville Union Rye Store Select Single Barrel, 100 proof, followed by a pour of OF100. All were solid. Tonight, I preferred the rye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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