What Bourbon Are You Drinking Spring 2025?

[MM818]

Enjoying some more 6 year old bourbon tonight. Several drops of water to tame into a delicious oak cinnamon flavor bomb. 
 

I feel like the last couple weeks I’ve enjoyed bourbon more than usual. Not sure if it’s my palate, bottle choice, mood, etc.  Regardless, I’ll take it! 

[Grady330]

1792 Full Proof, Nashville Barrel , WT 70th. 

[Anwalt]

Blanton's Red & 4RSBLE '23. I like both quite a lot. The Red is sweet and goes down so easily - 3 years ago I'd have loved it, still do. As I have grown to appreciate rye whiskey and then bourbon with a bit more rye in it, 4R & its mashbills have grown on me...they do know how to put together a glorious whiskey.

 

What an age of plenty. 

[0895]

Enjoying an sbsbs of 3 different single barrel 4R 100p OESK.

 

1.  DS 26-3V

2.  ME 22-5D

3.  DS 37-4L

 

All three are very nice, 

with my ranking today being 3,2,1.

Unfortunately, 3 was a buddy’s bottle and thus I only have a small sample.

Isn’t this always the way…

[Skinsfan1311]

After a looooong day of yard work, cleaning out the garden & breaking down the wood racks, I earned this. 

 

[Skinsfan1311]

John J. Bowman in the glass.

This pour was triggered by the recent BOTM thread, courtesy of @Jazz June

[markandrex]

Having a pour of 2017 WLW.  Rain is backing off and the next three days as supposed to be dry.

 Our property is fine.  One neighbor had a sink hole double in size but it is in an area that is pretty worthless unless you are a deer, skunk or ra+oon.  The next neighborhood over lost a street.

 

[Thomm]

Opened an old dusty (my definition of old dusty is a bottle that has been in my basement during a recent drywall job and is covered in gypsum particulate) Russel's Reserve Single Barrel.  It has been a while since this has been in my lineup.  My mistake. 

 

[Richnimrod]

9 hours ago, Thomm said:

Opened an old dusty (my definition of old dusty is a bottle that has been in my basement during a recent drywall job and is covered in gypsum particulate) Russel's Reserve Single Barrel.  It has been a while since this has been in my lineup.  My mistake. 

 

HA!  I like your very specific and truly accurate definition of 'old dusty'.   I know what that drywall dust is like.   

And, I know how great most of the private pix I've ever tasted of RRSB are.   A couple I've owned are among my top-ten all time greats.

[rzelinka]

On 4/4/2025 at 9:52 PM, fishnbowljoe said:

I lost one of the herd tonight.

 

An easy one to find, at least in my area. Hopefully you can find another. &nbsp

[Kepler]

15 hours ago, markandrex said:

Having a pour of 2017 WLW.  Rain is backing off and the next three days as supposed to be dry.

 Our property is fine.  One neighbor had a sink hole double in size but it is in an area that is pretty worthless unless you are a deer, skunk or ra+oon.  The next neighborhood over lost a street.

 

Geeze!  I hope somebody doesn't unknowingly build a house over one of those spots!

[markandrex]

1 hour ago, Kepler said:

Geeze!  I hope somebody doesn't unknowingly build a house over one of those spots!

We live in a last area (read the rolling hills of KY) that is prone to cane-ins. Essentially this can happen anywhere.  The ground is a porous cave system.  As the water erodes the area, these sinkhole collapse.  Normally small but can be massive (see the Corvette Museum collapse).  The more water/rain is introduced, the faster the deterioration.  The mapped area of Mammoth Cave is seven levels and over a thousand miles.  The seventh level is an active river that is continuing to erode.  This whole area is a catacomb.

You can use ground-pounding radar to check but caves can  “appear” in a matter of months.

There are many underground rivers and local storm drains are routed into the known cave systems to drain towards the rivers.  A neighbor was trying to put a drain into a sinkhole.  When the drilling crew got down about 100’, the Ty hit an active river that came up the pipe.  It likely feeds Drakes Creek.  That feeds the Barren River, that feeds the Green river and likely the Ohio.  
There are very few houses built with basements here.  Only if built on a hill.

Edited April 7 by markandrex

[markandrex]

The first sentence should be karst area, auto correct!
 

Back on thread track, WT Generation on a sunny day!

[JCwhammie]

On 4/5/2025 at 6:01 PM, 0895 said:

Enjoying an sbsbs of 3 different single barrel 4R 100p OESK.

 

1.  DS 26-3V

2.  ME 22-5D

3.  DS 37-4L

 

All three are very nice, 

with my ranking today being 3,2,1.

Unfortunately, 3 was a buddy’s bottle and thus I only have a small sample.

Isn’t this always the way…

Pretty sure I know someone that has a sample waiting for you, and he forgot to schedule an exchange

[0895]

11 hours ago, JCwhammie said:

Pretty sure I know someone that has a sample waiting for you, and he forgot to schedule an exchange

I still have one for you as well.

[Swamp55]

Decided to indulge with one of my favorites today, to further enjoy my alma mater's big win last night!

 

[markandrex]

HMcK10 tonight.  Cheers!

[Saloon65]

Started out with some 1792, then moved from the shop/gun room/ bourbon locker into the house and was forced to switch to Buffalo Trace.   It’ll work out,I’m sure…

[Double C's]

This qualifies as a "what bottle did you open" as well. I really enjoyed the initial pour and will be curious to see how it opens up over time. It does drink a little over it's 95 proof, but that's not a big deal.

[JT3NSB]

cheers

[kcgumbohead]

4RSB, couple pours max left in this one so it shall soon hit the recycle bin. Been a good one since the very first pour ( FYI, I am a staunch “neck pour” denier!!)

Slainte! KC.

[Richnimrod]

5 hours ago, kcgumbohead said:

4RSB, couple pours max left in this one so it shall soon hit the recycle bin. Been a good one since the very first pour ( FYI, I am a staunch “neck pour” denier!!)

Slainte! KC.

Me, Too!   I've yet to find ANY Difference between the "neck pour" and any other pour from a given bottle.   But, I have a notorious "iron palate"... so there's that.

[GaryT]

After a week that seemed to be 9 days crammed into 5, enjoyed a fat pour of PHC BoMB - one of my top 10 whiskies, and definitely one of my favs from the PHC offerings.  Down to just 2-3 more pours, which means it likely is killed off in the coming weeks (or days). This was one of the first and only PHC I purchased at retail for retail (a tip from a fellow SB'er who saw one locally - I stopped mowing the lawn mid-way through, much to the wife's discontent, to go buy it!)  Can't recall if it was late 2012 or spring of 2013, but I've been nursing this bottle for 12-13 years, and I swear it tastes just as delightful as I remember it being back then!

[DPPSmoker]

Hi folks!  This is my first post in a few years.  I'm sorry to have been away for so long.  I always enjoyed this group and the great stories and information shared on here.

 

I purchased this Cream of Kentucky Cask Strength bottle yesterday.  Wow!  I really enjoyed.  The bottle has "double-rich" on the label and it is accurate.  I've always been a sucker for anything that Jim Rutledge puts his name on and this bottle is no exception.

[Richnimrod]

8 hours ago, DPPSmoker said:

Hi folks!  This is my first post in a few years.  I'm sorry to have been away for so long.  I always enjoyed this group and the great stories and information shared on here.

 

I purchased this Cream of Kentucky Cask Strength bottle yesterday.  Wow!  I really enjoyed.  The bottle has "double-rich" on the label and it is accurate.  I've always been a sucker for anything that Jim Rutledge puts his name on and this bottle is no exception.

 

Welcome Back, ya' ole Michigander!   

I agree about Mr. Rutledge.   Others can and have offered some fine Bourbons for sale; but, Jim has always been a step ahead in my book.  ...A real straight shooter that knows Bourbon inside, outside, up and down.

We all can than him for almost single-handedly rescuing the 4-R brand(s) from utter self annihilation.