fosmith Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 13 hours ago, Kepler said: Back home and sipping on some Colonel Taylor Small Batch. I don't care that this stuff is tatered to death; I get plenty of it at msrp or I don't buy it, and I have always been a very big fan. To me, it's worth the $15-18 upcharge over regular BT. I'm with you. CEHT SmB is way better than BT or ER. It's getting hard to find here these days but I can still get it occasionally from $40 to $50 and it's well worth it IMO. Always feels like a special occasion pour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz June Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 For Bourbon Heritage month, I decided to try to do a bit of a tour through the breadth of North American whiskey (couldn't limit it to just bourbon). I attended a bottle share and another event that had whiskey tastings, in addition to getting to some graciously given samples and a few dusties I have. For the month, I tried: Sazerac 18 (Fall 2008) Wild Turkey 101 Elijah Craig SmB PS Jack Daniels SiB BP PS Jack Daniels Green Label (bottled 1973) Old Forester BP PS Four Roses Yellow Tom Moore BiB (bottled 1994) Remus Repeal Reserve Series III Wathen's SiB PS Four Roses PS OESF Four Roses PS OBSO Weller Full Proof PS Wild Turkey PS - Single Cask Nation 2021 9yr BP Jack Daniels Tennessee Tasters BP rye Jack Daniels SiB LE rye (2020) Wilderness Trail 8yr John J. Bowman PS Kentucky Gentleman KSBW (bottled 1978) Lucky Seven The Proprietor PS Four Roses SiB Knob Creek SiB PS 14yr Weller CYPB (2021) Wild Turkey American Spirit Old Scout SiB PS 1792 BiB Colonel EH Taylor SmB Jefferson's Reserve Twin Oak Custom Barrel PS Willett Family Estate rye 3yr Blanton's Straight from the Barrel Maker's Mark The Ambassador Elijah Craig BP PS Starlight rye Blanton's Straight from the Barrel Wild Turkey 101 rye WhistlePig 10 Fistful of Bourbon Wilderness Trail rye recipe bourbon PS Woodinville SBW Woodinville port finished WhistlePig Boss Hog IV Michter's 10 rye (2018) Lock Stock & Barrel 18 Most of these I'd had before, but it does drive home the point that there is a ton of great bourbon and rye out there right now. While there are certainly frustrating aspects to the current boom, we are light years better off than the bad parts of the glut. They might be hard to find, but the premium and LE products largely didn't exist before the boom. Yes, the few that did were way easier to get, but still. And the high proof options were few and far between, whereas now it seems every brand has a cask strength expression. If your daily drinker has disappeared, doubled in price, lost its age statement, or otherwise been negatively impacted by the boom, then yeah that sucks, but there is so much else on the shelf that tastes great, 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzhead Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) OF1897 sipping really, really nice tonight. What a velvet fog of vanilla and oak. The Mel Torme of bourbons. Edited October 1, 2022 by Jazzhead 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markandrex Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 A glass of ER before dinner. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzhead Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Here, here, @Jazz June. There is more good bourbon out there than ever before. Take the OF1897 I'm sipping. Beautiful stuff, at a well- nigh perfect proof for me. But if I want a cask strength version, it's out there, as is a double barrel variant. OF now now puts out a rye too. And the tried and true originals at their value price point are still available and delicious. It's an embarrassment of riches out there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptTim Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Couple fingers of Sazerac Rye for me tonight. After a great day on the water.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrray13 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 KC9 over a cube with some cherry smoke is the current pour. First was a 1792 old fashion. This current glass is good… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Had a nice sampling over 5 hours. As one of you aptly said, "an embarrassment of riches" (great book by the way). This is what happens when one visits a Kentuckian who moved to Puerto Rico. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoFingers Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 WT101 watching Washington lose to Dallas. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markandrex Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 RR-CNF while relaxing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT3NSB Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Opened a Guero. Tastes exactly like 17yr old 100 proof Dickel, which I happen to enjoy… oak, dark fruits and a little tingle on the tongue. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 After an unsatisfying pour of WP12 Old World Rye, I need to set my palate straight. First, a nice helping of my wife's super fresh made Apple Crisp. I could smell it baking this afternoon but passed on a serving until Sunday Night Football and bourbon. I am following up with my weekend drink cap of OE7. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Opened the recently acquired OF Statesman and did a SBS with OF 1920. I still have a mad crush on OF 1920, so it would have been tough sledding for the Statesman anyway, but because the two bottles are similarly priced, I thought the comparison was warranted on that level, at least. OF Statesman, to my palate, has more of the characteristics that I enjoy in OF 100. Soft vanilla and maraschino cherry are the prominent flavor notes I get from both. The mouth feel is rather thin, however, and the finish too short and almost astringent in Statesman. I find 1920 to be fuller and more viscous in the mouth. Dark brown sugar, maple syrup and creamed corn come to the forefront mid-sip and linger near the back of the throat for a ridiculously long time. Long story short, I think Statesman will be better compared SBS with 100, and I will need to do it blind. Also, although I am not sobbing uncontrollably about paying $50 for this bottle, it certainly won't happen again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 5 hours ago, JT3NSB said: Opened a Guero. Tastes exactly like 17yr old 100 proof Dickel, which I happen to enjoy… oak, dark fruits and a little tingle on the tongue. Remember when Dickel sold those 375s of Dickel 17 for a ridiculous amount of money (back then at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven s Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 current Bourbon rotation: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Pre anniversary dinner out at The Canoe House on the Big Island. Back at the hotel with a pour of’21 WLW that I brought and it is unsurprisingly stellar. Got some GTS cued up for tomorrow for the big day. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I'm not an all knowing BT guy, but this seems more like a mash bill 2 than mash bill 1 barrel. It's elegant and rich, yet soft. Those guys in Eastern MA got themselves a winner with this one. And a HUGE cheers to Frank @GeeTen 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTen Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 41 minutes ago, JCwhammie said: I'm not an all knowing BT guy, but this seems more like a mash bill 2 than mash bill 1 barrel. It's elegant and rich, yet soft. Those guys in Eastern MA got themselves a winner with this one. And a HUGE cheers to Frank @GeeTen Aww, shucks. Sometimes it's really "nice and easy" (thank you, Tina Turner) when you have a local mule to do deliveries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Many years ago, I was able to procure a ps ER from this store. (?) It was really good. Then I heard that they’d also bought a second very short barrel, and they didn’t put the bottles out on the shelf. Thanks to a member here, I was also able to get a bottle from the short barrel. I’ve had numerous ps ER’s over the years. To cut to the chase, the bottle from the short barrel was THE BEST bottle of ER I’ve ever had. Thick, chewy, rich and surprisingly sweet. “ Mahhvelous!” Biba! Joe 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 My 2 oz last night were EHT SmB, thanks to a member here. Solid, nice & sweet. I really like that one. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz June Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 8 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said: Many years ago, I was able to procure a ps ER from this store. (?) It was really good. Then I heard that they’d also bought a second very short barrel, and they didn’t put the bottles out on the shelf. Thanks to a member here, I was also able to get a bottle from the short barrel. I’ve had numerous ps ER’s over the years. To cut to the chase, the bottle from the short barrel was THE BEST bottle of ER I’ve ever had. Thick, chewy, rich and surprisingly sweet. “ Mahhvelous!” Biba! Joe My understanding is that prior to a pause in Eagle Rare picks a few years ago there were often much older barrels available for ER selections (like 13-14 years old). Nowadays ER picks are so marked up around here that I’m unlikely to buy one. Regular ER at MSRP remains a great value though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markandrex Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Finishing off a 2019 RC6 on a beautiful afternoon in the Bluegrass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 My wife is watching the Voice so....I am watching the Voice but not really since I am surfing the internet and....drinking bourbon. I saw Eagle Rare so that is the pour. It is a solid bourbon. I think I will have a second pour and hunt out some music on YouTube. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 And a good day to you, my little baking spiced friend. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 22 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said: Many years ago, I was able to procure a ps ER from this store. (?) It was really good. Then I heard that they’d also bought a second very short barrel, and they didn’t put the bottles out on the shelf. Thanks to a member here, I was also able to get a bottle from the short barrel. I’ve had numerous ps ER’s over the years. To cut to the chase, the bottle from the short barrel was THE BEST bottle of ER I’ve ever had. Thick, chewy, rich and surprisingly sweet. “ Mahhvelous!” Biba! Joe 14 hours ago, Jazz June said: My understanding is that prior to a pause in Eagle Rare picks a few years ago there were often much older barrels available for ER selections (like 13-14 years old). Nowadays ER picks are so marked up around here that I’m unlikely to buy one. Regular ER at MSRP remains a great value though. Every coin has two sides. Not long after I purchased the “good ER’s”, I found and purchased a ER 10 101 mirror on eBay. It was in the Milwaukee area, so I went to pick it up rather than have it shipped. Today’s habits started long ago. No smart phone back then, so I printed out a list of liquor stores in the area. We picked up the mirror and stopped at a liquor store. Jackpot! They had some Pappy, and several other nice things. I grabbed a Pappy 15, a gift set, two or three other bottles, and headed to the checkout. By the checkout on the end cap were cases of a private pick ER they did. On sale for $21.99! I so loved my other ER’s, I got really excited. I asked if there was a discount if I bought a case. The checkout person shook his head and said it was already on sale at a really good price and couldn’t give me a case discount. I looked at my wife. She gave me the look. She matter of factly said that I already found some good bottles, and suggested we call it a day. She added that if I really liked the ER, I could comeback up and buy a case later on. I gave in. I’m so glad I listened to her. That ER was awful. To this day, it’s the worst ER I’ve ever had. Biba! Joe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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