What Bourbon Are You Drinking - Fall 2023

[fosmith]

2 hours ago, Anwalt said:

If this ain't Dickel then I'm just plain confused.

I saw a review of the Widow Jane Lucky Thirteen that said it is a blend of bourbons from KY, TN and IN.  So, yeah, you're probably picking up the Dickel in the blend..

[Anwalt]

44 minutes ago, fosmith said:

I saw a review of the Widow Jane Lucky Thirteen that said it is a blend of bourbons from KY, TN and IN.  So, yeah, you're probably picking up the Dickel in the blend..

 

I'm not crazy!

 

OK, maybe I am. Just not on that particular issue.

[Kepler]

We are ordering in spicy Indian food tonight (which I love) so I took the opportunity for a rare weeknight pour ... but before the spicy food arrives. 

 

I'm enjoying the last dregs of a 2007 WTKS whse B, one of the better Kentucky Spirits from that year that I've had.  I'm going to miss this bottle when it's gone.

 

[GeeTen]

WTRB 116.8 in the old style decanter (bottle).  Had to replace the original toilet (mfg. 1958) in the basement today and found the 2/3 empty bottle behind the bar while cleaning up.  WIll probably have a dram a night and finish off whatever is left on Thanksgiving.  SWMBO and I will be alone for Turkey Day as both daughters and their families will be with different in-laws in New Jersey for the holiday.  Good thing/BAD thing.  /

 

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by GeeTen

[FasterHorses]

Back to the JDBP (rye) tonight. Was intending to open something new but the rye sounded good. 

[PaulO]

EW 1783 American Hero's Edition 

[Obree]

12 hours ago, Anwalt said:

Office bottle I have not tried in a while. Funny how the palate changes & perhaps grows. If this ain't Dickel then I'm just plain confused. Enjoying it, but not like I did a year ago.

 

 

"office bottle" 

[Obree]

7 hours ago, GeeTen said:

WTRB 116.8 in the old style decanter (bottle).  Had to replace the original toilet (mfg. 1958) in the basement today and found the 2/3 empty bottle behind the bar while cleaning up.  WIll probably have a dram a night and finish off whatever is left on Thanksgiving.  SWMBO and I will be alone for Turkey Day as both daughters and their families will be with different in-laws in New Jersey for the holiday.  Good thing/BAD thing.  /

 

 

Have seen that before, the current 116.8 WTRB in old style bottle, think that was a Japan only release?

[Kepler]

12 hours ago, Obree said:

Have seen that before, the current 116.8 WTRB in old style bottle, think that was a Japan only release?

 

No, the 116.8 proof batch was first released in the old bottle design for a very short time before the new bottle design went into production.   Don't see them very often but they were available for a short time.

[Obree]

5 minutes ago, Kepler said:

 

No, the 116.8 proof batch was first released in the old bottle design for a very short time before the new bottle design went into production.   Don't see them very often but they were available for a short time.

thanks, did not know that!

[Kepler]

On 11/14/2023 at 12:20 PM, fosmith said:

Baby Baker's last night from my dwindling supply.  I think Beam discontinued Distiller's Cut because it was putting their premium brands to shame. 

"Baby Baker's" ... I like that name a lot better than what I was calling it (poor man's Baker's).   I'm gonna start calling it Baby Bakers now too!

Great bourbon all things considered.

 

[Anwalt]

I liked this one. Having another go at it. As Tina said before singing Proud Mary...nice and easy.

 

 

[Double C's]

first pour of the evening.

[Jazz June]

I'm having a sample of a Peerless bourbon store pick, which is timely as today my group booked a pick at Peerless for next month (although we are selecting a rye). When Peerless first hit the scene, I found their pricing on young rye offensive and refused on that basis alone. But now their products have aged up without much, if any, increase in the price. And I think the quality is there for both the rye and the bourbon. This particular pick has a silky mouth feel and is very rich, with quite a bit of rye spice on the finish. Some water smooths out the finish nicely. A good bourbon, especially considering it's (I think) 5 years old. I'd love to taste this at 8-9 years old. So I have done a real 180 on them and think they have a bright future. And I haven't even had their double oaked whiskeys, which are quite popular.

[bayouredd]

8 minutes ago, Jazz June said:

I'm having a sample of a Peerless bourbon store pick, which is timely as today my group booked a pick at Peerless for next month (although we are selecting a rye). When Peerless first hit the scene, I found their pricing on young rye offensive and refused on that basis alone. But now their products have aged up without much, if any, increase in the price. And I think the quality is there for both the rye and the bourbon. This particular pick has a silky mouth feel and is very rich, with quite a bit of rye spice on the finish. Some water smooths out the finish nicely. A good bourbon, especially considering it's (I think) 5 years old. I'd love to taste this at 8-9 years old. So I have done a real 180 on them and think they have a bright future. And I haven't even had their double oaked whiskeys, which are quite popular.

I have to say that a few years ago, I bought a LS Peerless that gave me the only "Truly-Peach" note that I have had in a bourbon. It was exceptional!!! Nothing since has done it for me quite like that one. Bourbon, what a BITCH!!!

[bayouredd]

Whipped up my 1st batch. Compliments of "Frank The Enabler". Sounds pretty mafioso. (Asian rendition, no less)

This is a very decanter worthy blend!!! Thanx, Frank...

Not all of it, decanter full, also...

[smokinjoe]

I am on a Brown-Forman rocket to utopia tonight.  Picked up another Jack Daniel’s Bonded and took a flyer on an Old Forester 100 Proof today. Alternating between them both, and both are spectacular.  I typically prefer the OF 86 to the 100, but this 100 bottle seems much less prickly than past bottles.  Very enjoyable.  The Daniel’s Bonded is always wonderful.  No exception to that sentiment tonight.  

[GeeTen]

51 minutes ago, bayouredd said:

Whipped up my 1st batch. Compliments of "Frank The Enabler". Sounds pretty mafioso. (Asian rendition, no less)

This is a very decanter worthy blend!!! Thanx, Frank...

Not all of it, decanter full, also...

 

Stick with me, kiddo - I'll have you in handcuffs!!!   

 

 

[markandrex]

Calumet 16 for some oak and cherry to start the night.

Edited November 18, 2023 by markandrex

[markandrex]

It feels like an oaky night.  I pulled out a 4 year old EC-18 for the second round.

[JGriff]

Yum

[Double C's]

had a benchmark bonded earlier, and now some 1910.

[Kepler]

I have a pour of both CEHT Small Batch and JJ Bowman Single Barrel.  Equivalent in price.  I'm not gonna tell ya which one I like better.  Nope, not gonna do it...

[Davesnothere]

On 11/17/2023 at 3:55 PM, Anwalt said:

I liked this one. Having another go at it. As Tina said before singing Proud Mary...nice and easy.

 

 

My wife brought a couple bottles of that from Hamamatsu last year. I haven't had a chance to open one and I'm  afraid I may have missed my chance. They've migrated to the souvenir cabinet. 

[LCWoody]

Having a great pour of OS 10y SB.