What Bourbon Are you Drinking Summer 2023?

[mbroo5880i]

Summer already?  Started with a couple of pours of FRSiB.  It is back to its spectacular self.  This barrel is stellar.  Followed up with a couple of pours of Still Austin Barrel Strength.  Both are enjoyable. 74 degrees F at close to 10 pm in the Indy area.  Nice summer evening.  Summer pours are always special.  

[fosmith]

Dickel BiB 11 yr distilled in 2008.  Pretty tasty with cherry and citrus notes.  Delicious.  No Flintstones vitamins at all.  My wife usually hates Dickel because of the vitamin note but I handed her the glass and she said, "Oh, this is good.  What is it?" Haha. 

Edited June 24, 2023 by fosmith

[mbroo5880i]

Moderators, can you change the thread title to Drinking not Drink? 

[flahute]

13 hours ago, mbroo5880i said:

Moderators, can you change the thread title to Drinking not Drink? 

HA! We can't change thread titles. Need the Boss for that.

[fishnbowljoe]

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Carry on.

[mbroo5880i]

Boom, you guys rock even when you don't think you can!

[fishnbowljoe]

2 minutes ago, mbroo5880i said:

Boom, you guys rock even when you don't think you can!

I just started a new thread, then merged the two.

[Kepler]

On 6/23/2023 at 8:52 PM, mbroo5880i said:

Summer already?  Started with a couple of pours of FRSiB.  It is back to its spectacular self.  This barrel is stellar.  Followed up with a couple of pours of Still Austin Barrel Strength.  Both are enjoyable. 74 degrees F at close to 10 pm in the Indy area.  Nice summer evening.  Summer pours are always special.  

 

74 degrees?  That ain't summer! 

 

100 degrees across Texas for the next week:  now that is summer!

 

So I pull out my big cubes of ice from the freezer.  Prideful Goat 15yr in my  glass, over a big cube.  Cheers!

 

 

[flahute]

1 hour ago, fishnbowljoe said:

I just started a new thread, then merged the two.

Genius!  Old dog, old tricks. Salute to you sir.

[Cibsie]

Had very surprising blind barrel proof bourbon bracket results this weekend.  We probably could have broken it down further, but it's hard when you're having 12 barrel proofs:

 

Round 1:

-Heaven Hill Select Stock 14yr, 135.8 Proof

-Woodford BP, 124.7 Proof

-Larceny C922 BP, 126.6 Proof

-1792 Store Pick, 125.0 Proof

Winner: Larceny BP

 

Round 2:

-Blanton's SFTB, 130.1 Proof

-Four Roses BS, 110.0 Proof

-Elijah Craig C922 BP, 124.8 Proof

-Benchmark FP, 125.0 Proof

Winner: Elijah BP

 

Round 3:

-Stagg Jr, 131.1 Proof

-Old Forester SBBS, 131.9 Proof

-Makers Mark CS, 110.7 Proof

-Jack Daniel's BP, 128.9 Proof

Winner: Old Forester SBBS

 

 

 

Round 4:

Larceny C922 BP, 126.6 Proof

Elijah C922 BP, 124.8 Proof

Old Forester SBBS, 131.9 Proof

 

Overall Winner:

Old Forester SBBS, 131.9 Proof

Edited June 25, 2023 by Cibsie

[markandrex]

WSR after dinner with some friends.

[markandrex]

Sipping on some McK10 this evening.

[smokinjoe]

Sipping from a DSP KY-14 OGD BIB as my end of business day pour.  Talk about heavy mouthfeel!  

[Obree]

Maybe not the best choice on warm summer's days, but Sagamore DO today. I love that stuff.

[markandrex]

Feeling the need for oak, dark chocolate and cherry, Calumet 16 it is!

Edited June 27, 2023 by markandrex

[FacePlant]

16 minutes ago, markandrex said:

Feeling the need for oak, dark chocolate and cherry, Calumet 16 it is!

I haven't cracked my yet. Thanks for letting me know what I'm in for.

[LCWoody]

2 hours ago, smokinjoe said:

Sipping from a DSP KY-14 OGD BIB as my end of business day pour.  Talk about heavy mouthfeel!  

Love to old 70’s and early 80’s OGD BIB. 

Edited June 28, 2023 by LCWoody

[markandrex]

1 minute ago, LCWoody said:

Love to old 70’s and early 80’s OGD. 

That’s the stuff that started my journey.  I have one left.  I need to open it soon but it hurts to know that there is no replacing it once it is gone.

[Harry in WashDC]

On 6/24/2023 at 9:57 PM, flahute said:

HA! We can't change thread titles. Need the Boss for that.

I confused.  SO! The title should be,  “What bourbon are you drink tonight?”?  What sense THAT make?  Sister Mary  Cookiejar, that four foot tall nun with the BIG ruler who taught English grammar, be rolling around right now.  Mother Duck!  We all going to perdition.

 

Is JD BIB from DSP-TENN-1 which has me by the short hairs tonight.  Nats vs. Mariners in Seattle is moving in front of me. I sure hope I stay awake at least through the fifth inning.

[Grady330]

Yesterday. Col EHT Small Batch, MM BEP, followed by WT 101. Neat as always.  Damn good. 

[JCwhammie]

A good buddy of mine gave me this sample well over a year ago. It's EC12 bottled in the 1986 (which I believe is one of the first years for EC12.

 

This is magical. The complexity, for a 94 prooofer, is astounding. 

The color is a little darker than how it looks in the photo. This is only the 2nd pour of prefire heaven hill I've ever had. The other was 15yr Virgin Bourbon 101 from the early to mid 90s. Both are incredible. 

[markandrex]

Casual evening with a glass of Remus Reserve bV.  Wonderful pour. 

[markandrex]

Bakers SmB tonight.  

[smokinjoe]

OF Statesman here, after 9 hours of driving wrapped around a call on a great customer that went pretty well.  I had to use some statesmanship, to work through a couple of delicate and minor friction points that I wanted to clean up to everyone’s satisfaction.  Still some work to  do, but it’ll get done.  Not quite U Thant work here, but I just sell plastic…

[fishnbowljoe]

16 minutes ago, smokinjoe said:

OF Statesman here, after 9 hours of driving wrapped around a call on a great customer that went pretty well.  I had to use some statesmanship, to work through a couple of delicate and minor friction points that I wanted to clean up to everyone’s satisfaction.  Still some work to  do, but it’ll get done.  Not quite U Thant work here, but I just sell plastic…

Love the reference to Statesman(ship). It sounds like selling plastics is similar to selling tooling and other items for manufacturing. My son has similar stories.  

 

Small pour of MM  in the glass shortly.