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What Bourbon Are You Drinking Spring 2023


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2 minutes ago, IamMatt said:

Wow, that's really giving the finger to your kids!!

 

1 minute ago, mbroo5880i said:

 

That must have been one tough omelet.  I can usually cut mine with a fork.  🤪

 

That's just funny x2!!! 😁

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Delta Sky Club OF86 at LAX. Best kept secret out there. 

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I have had an incredibly productive week as the "Garden Muscle" for my wife's numerous gardens.  I dig, she watches.  I plant, she watches. I mulch, she watches.  Then she says maybe we should these plants somewhere else.  I dig, watches.  I plant, she watches. I mulch, she watches  Then she tells me we have even more to do tomorrow.

 

Time for a couple of pours.  BT then up the proof ladder.  After couple of pours, I might suggest more plants to plant then move.  Nah, who am I kidding?  🤪😀

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Just now, flahute said:

Delta Sky Club OF86 at LAX. Best kept secret out there. 

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City of Angels.  Man, those are some nice legs.  In the glass.  What were you thinking? 😀

 

Safe travels!

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On 5/20/2023 at 9:56 PM, Skinsfan1311 said:

This is how I get rid of that hot mess Stagg Jr 2nd release.  A small splash, into a pour of ER10.

I like the ER10 okay, and I don't care for this Stagg Jr release at all.  

 

I read about this from a fellow SB member, (whose name escapes me), but it really works.

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I did the same thing, except with BT.  As a Cheap Bastard, I didn't want to use a more expensive bourbon.  😀 

 

Seriously, that was back when ER was solid and BT meh.  Now, it is the opposite.  My last two bottles of BT have been worth the Jackson and Lincoln I paid for each.  The last several ER have not been worth the Jackson and Hamilton I paid for each.  

 

Yet, I have not seen a Stagg Jr., Stagg, whatever it is called, since release #3.  It is a lottery item in Indy. 🤪

 

One very ADHD observation.  The fill level of both bottles is exactly the same.  Even Lucy is surprise by the coincidence.  Or is it?

 

You would have a quite special night if you matched the fill level of all three...ER, Stagg, and Glencairn tonight.  😀

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1 hour ago, mbroo5880i said:

 

I did the same thing, except with BT.  As a Cheap Bastard, I didn't want to use a more expensive bourbon.  😀 

 

Seriously, that was back when ER was solid and BT meh.  Now, it is the opposite.  My last two bottles of BT have been worth the Jackson and Lincoln I paid for each.  The last several ER have not been worth the Jackson and Hamilton I paid for each.  

 

Yet, I have not seen a Stagg Jr., Stagg, whatever it is called, since release #3.  It is a lottery item in Indy. 🤪

 

One very ADHD observation.  The fill level of both bottles is exactly the same.  Even Lucy is surprise by the coincidence.  Or is it?

 

You would have a quite special night if you matched the fill level of all three...ER, Stagg, and Glencairn tonight.  😀

Optical illusion.

Well....not really, just tall labels on the backs of the bottles.

I do think ER is just okay. This one was a pick that I thought was going to be great.  Live and learn. 

 

 

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2 hours ago, flahute said:

Delta Sky Club OF86 at LAX. Best kept secret out there. 

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Well I was thinking I needed three!

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53 minutes ago, Skinsfan1311 said:

Optical illusion.

Well....not really, just tall labels on the backs of the bottles.

I do think ER is just okay. This one was a pick that I thought was going to be great.  Live and learn. 

 

 

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Wow, so you drank a lot of Stagg Jr. tonight.  😀  Actually, I just noticed that in the first photo the label on the bottle was obscuring the actual fill level.  Or was it? 😀

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36 minutes ago, flahute said:

Well I was thinking I needed three!

 

I doubt it was due to a fear of flying but more just concerned about being bored.

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BBC bonded 6 yr wheater. (I have no idea what the SB abbreviation for this new bottle should be...  BBC6BiB?  Lots of B's haha).

 

I really like this one.

 

Oh, btw it feels great to be on a little vacation.  Midweek pours are nice!

 

 

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7 hours ago, Anwalt said:

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Though after having had the Bookers 30th Anniversary that Richnimrod so generously shared in Kentucky, I'm probably ruined forever after. Ruined.

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6 hours ago, markandrex said:

The Bookers 30th sounds great.  I have not has a pour in quite awhile.  Thanks for the reminder.

 

 

And thank you both for reminding me that I do need to open mine.  But before that one gets cracked, my next one is an 8 year B96 batch that is on deck!

 

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10 hours ago, Anwalt said:

 

You have found some interesting ones.  The 2015-2 arrived in Columbus.  So I'll try one once I'm back up there this summer. Unless a mule happens to bring one down to PR first. I'll be curious to see how it stacks up against 2022 versions.

 

Though after having had the Bookers 30th Anniversary that Richnimrod so generously shared in Kentucky, I'm probably ruined forever after. Ruined.

 

PS: My daughter referred to our exchange in Paris as "resembling a drug deal" and added "but an efficient one".  Saucy, that one.

That Booker's 30th Anniversary, what an opportunity that was, wish I was there!

 

And yes, your daughter is quite right, it did resemble a drug deal. Sitting in my car, parked by the sidewalk on an illegal spot, waiting for the stash to arrive. While waiting, 2 cops knock on my window, telling me I cannot park there...... Then you and your daughter come up with 2 suitcases full of liquor and the car booth exchange starts, hilarious! We still should do the story here!

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On 5/22/2023 at 10:51 PM, IamMatt said:

Tried another FrankenBlend tonight, something like 70% Knob Creek 9; 20% Benchmark FP; and 10% OF 100.  It has potential so I may work on fine tuning it.  I have been having fun playing with blending.  Nobody is gonna call me Mattsy Fraley but I like some of the ones I have tried.

 

I see what you did there!   👍

 

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13 hours ago, Obree said:

While waiting, 2 cops knock on my window, telling me I cannot park there...... Then you and your daughter come up with 2 suitcases full of liquor and the car booth exchange starts, hilarious! We still should do the story here!

 

Thank God they were French cops and had the proper Gallic appreciation for alcohol! 

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A beautiful afternoon here.  Time for a glass of HH BiB 6 year (old white label) while enjoying the sun on the deck.  Also, someone has a grill on and is bbqing something wonderful.

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38 minutes ago, Anwalt said:

 

Thank God they were French cops and had the proper Gallic appreciation for alcohol! 

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A totally weird day started early, and ended on an even weirder note.  So, a few small sips from a couple of different “special” bottles hoping for that special readjustment, but they were just not getting Joey back on track.  Reached for WT101, and all has come into focus.  But, that’s the reason I went to it.  WT101 just always seems to be on point.  

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22 minutes ago, smokinjoe said:

A totally weird day started early, and ended on an even weirder note.  So, a few small sips from a couple of different “special” bottles hoping for that special readjustment, but they were just not getting Joey back on track.  Reached for WT101, and all has come into focus.  But, that’s the reason I went to it.  WT101 just always seems to be on point.  

WT101 is always on point.    Nothing weird about that part of the day😅

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Introductory pour of what may be my freezer pour of the season - Plain ol' good MM...

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The head chef is out of town for a while with her sister so I am left to my own culinary devices.  I check the freezer and hiding in the back is a white butcher paper package the shape of a shark's fin.   Lo and behold, a lovey T-Bone steak from the butcher!  So starting off with a glass of Calumet 15, and will have a glass of my current favorite zinfandel with dinner. 

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Bourbon & cigars with our small local group tonight. A couple of guys couldn’t make it, but an old friend showed up. A bowling teammate that bowled with me, another guy in our group and @Vosgar came by. Pours of Jefferson’s, Fleischman’s Rye, and JD Triple Mash were enjoyed. Enjoyed even more were the bowling stories about our teams and @Vosgar.  Slightly bittersweet, but oh the stories, and lot’s of laughter. Cheers Gary!  🙏. “Same as it ever was.”  🎳 🥃 🥲

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Just cut the yard, heading out to the deck with a glass of WSR  with a few cubes.  I need to pick a freezer bottle like so many of you advocate.

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On 5/12/2023 at 7:15 PM, Skinsfan1311 said:

Yup!!! 

It's my favorite freezer whiskey.  

 

Alright, then into the freezer mine goes! 😀

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll have to report back later.

 

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