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What a difference a year makes.  1 year ago I was crapping all over Old Tub as an astringent, hot mess.  I. Hated.  It.  Picked one up earlier today just to see if my impression would be the same.  Nope.  I’m enjoying it much more now.  All those things I was getting then, I do not get, now.  It is very full of classic Beam signature notes.  There is that juiciness that I really like in younger Beam whiskies.  Totally digging it.  
I’m pretty confident that this is not a change in the whiskey, but more a change in my palate.  I don’t know what was funkin’ out my taster a year ago that had me hatin’  on the Old Tub, but I hope I avoid it from now on! 🤪

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These two are sharing a clear November night;  the ECBP, batch C921,  is a superb vanilla bomb with a luscious mouthfeel.   The 1792 Full Proof is just bourbon at its most kickass traditional.  

 

The clear sky under a waxing gibbous tempts me to throw some Full Proof in a flask and check out the beach,  not another soul in sight.

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My local often does his barrel picks at my house (when picking from sample bottles) and he always leaves the sample bottles behind.

My first pour tonight was the remains of two samples of 1792 Full Proof that I vatted. Very nice.

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41 minutes ago, flahute said:

My local often does his barrel picks at my house (when picking from sample bottles) and he always leaves the sample bottles behind.

My first pour tonight was the remains of two samples of 1792 Full Proof that I vatted. Very nice.

If he does his picks from your house, that makes him very local!  Sounds like a great time and a great score since you were left with the samples!

 

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A nice pour from a freshly opened bottle of WT 101 tonight, making homemade chili tomorrow (beans are soaking), then watch football games.  Wife will be at work.

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1 hour ago, mbroo5880i said:

If he does his picks from your house, that makes him very local!  Sounds like a great time and a great score since you were left with the samples!

 

Still sitting on samples of OFBP and Stagg Jr which will be consumed soon!

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Was needing a snack so I pulled out some Wheat Thins and put salami and havarti cheese on top of them.

Then poured some ECBP. Was surprised to discover how great this pairing is. 

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11 hours ago, flahute said:

90 proof 10 star also has a 36 month age statement.

Really, boo, never actually ever seen one.

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Nothin' fancy, just good ol' MM with George Winston "Autumn" on the kitchen stereo, tossing a ball a little for the growing-like-a-weed Lab pup...she's just full of the dickens...Woodmans has been having the MM for 20.99 for a 750...no brainer at that price. Turkey 101 is 19.99...need to grab another of that soon...

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Finished off a bottle of KC12 that a few pours left.  Having Basil Hayden as a night cap on a cold late Fall evening.

 

 

 

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24 minutes ago, B3Nut said:

Nothin' fancy, just good ol' MM with George Winston "Autumn" on the kitchen stereo, tossing a ball a little for the growing-like-a-weed Lab pup...she's just full of the dickens...Woodmans has been having the MM for 20.99 for a 750...no brainer at that price. Turkey 101 is 19.99...need to grab another of that soon...

Nice Todd. I agree on the MM, and on George Winston. 👍

 

Biba! Joe

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29 minutes ago, B3Nut said:

Nothin' fancy, just good ol' MM with George Winston "Autumn" on the kitchen stereo, tossing a ball a little for the growing-like-a-weed Lab pup...she's just full of the dickens...Woodmans has been having the MM for 20.99 for a 750...no brainer at that price. Turkey 101 is 19.99...need to grab another of that soon...

Both are no brainers.  WT101 is an excellent whiskey these days.

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Just now, mbroo5880i said:

Both are no brainers.  WT101 is an excellent whiskey these days.

Yep. Those two are what I call "comfort bourbon"...always good, affordable, and readily available, and never fail to hit the spot. 

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12 minutes ago, B3Nut said:

Yep. Those two are what I call "comfort bourbon"...always good, affordable, and readily available, and never fail to hit the spot. 

Wait a minute!  Is this you guys?  Wow!

 

 

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1 hour ago, mbroo5880i said:

Wait a minute!  Is this you guys?  Wow!

 

 

Hmmm. They look kinda familiar to me too. 🤔

 

Biba! Joe

 

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1 hour ago, mbroo5880i said:

Wait a minute!  Is this you guys?  Wow!

 

 

 

wow!!  fantastic sound. talent.  I'm new fan

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On 11/13/2021 at 4:16 PM, smokinjoe said:

What a difference a year makes.  1 year ago I was crapping all over Old Tub as an astringent, hot mess.  I. Hated.  It.  Picked one up earlier today just to see if my impression would be the same.  Nope.  I’m enjoying it much more now.  All those things I was getting then, I do not get, now.  It is very full of classic Beam signature notes.  There is that juiciness that I really like in younger Beam whiskies.  Totally digging it.  
I’m pretty confident that this is not a change in the whiskey, but more a change in my palate.  I don’t know what was funkin’ out my taster a year ago that had me hatin’  on the Old Tub, but I hope I avoid it from now on! 🤪

Burned out all your taste buds over the last year huh?

 

On a different note, I finished the last third of a L&K Russell's Reserve (Thanks @GeeTen).  The first half of the bottle was pretty dry and almost too woody.  The second half of the bottle was a home run.  Gushing with cherry, caramel, and warm creme brulee notes.  It's a little more believable of a palate turnaround than Old Tub. 🤔

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16 minutes ago, BigRich said:

On a different note, I finished the last third of a L&K Russell's Reserve (Thanks @GeeTen).  The first half of the bottle was pretty dry and almost too woody.  The second half of the bottle was a home run.  Gushing with cherry, caramel, and warm creme brulee notes.  It's a little more believable of a palate turnaround than Old Tub. 🤔

 

And here I am, all bummed out, thinking it was ME all along!   🤪

 

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1 hour ago, BigRich said:

Burned out all your taste buds over the last year huh?

I won’t discount any reason at this point…I am going to SBS it with a Beam Bonded, though, to see if I still favor it to OT.  

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