What Bourbon Are You Drinking Spring 2025?

[JCwhammie]

13 minutes ago, MSB said:

Nice CLEAR ice cube. 

 

Care to share your "recipe" on the process? Please and Thank you.

 

There's no need to buy any fancy contraption. Follow the instructions in this video. I have an inexpensive Igloo cube cooler that fits nicely in my garage freezer. 

 

 

 

[MSB]

3 minutes ago, JCwhammie said:

 

There's no need to buy any fancy contraption. Follow the instructions in this video. I have an inexpensive Igloo cube cooler that fits nicely in my garage freezer. 

 

I will check this out. I love the big cube but it HAS to be clear. I like a chilled dram but not overly diluted whiskey. I am not disciplined enough to pull the cube out when I think the time is right. So I just add some drops of water instead or more times than not,  just drink it neat.  But that does not chill it enough or open the juice up at all.

Thank you

3 minutes ago, JCwhammie said:

 

 

[PaulO]

MM tonight, and got the dried beans soaking overnight to make chili tomorrow.

[rzelinka]

1 hour ago, MSB said:

Nice CLEAR ice cube. 

 

Care to share your "recipe" on the process? Please and Thank you.

Yes, I would love to know the process as my cubes, rocks are always cloudy 

[MSB]

2 hours ago, JCwhammie said:

 

There's no need to buy any fancy contraption. Follow the instructions in this video. I have an inexpensive Igloo cube cooler that fits nicely in my garage freezer. 

 

 

 

I dig it!

 

Simple and in expensive. Right up my alley  

 

Thank you, sir.

[fishnbowljoe]

[rzelinka]

6 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said:

Nicely done. Always a solid bourbon. I am happy to see it available again at closer to MSRP pricing 

[Grady330]

Today will be some 1792 FP, OGD 114 and WT 101 8 year!!! Happy Fathers Day. A bit of a somber one for me, but we are moving forward... Cheers to you all...

[ebo]

1 hour ago, Grady330 said:

Today will be some 1792 FP, OGD 114 and WT 101 8 year!!! Happy Fathers Day. A bit of a somber one for me, but we are moving forward... Cheers to you all...

That's a good line up. I hope the best for you moving forward.

[rzelinka]

2 minutes ago, ebo said:

That's a good line up. I hope the best for you moving forward.

Happy Father's Day to all. I sampled the WT101 and 1792 Single Barrel last night while watching the hockey game. Has anyone tried the 1792 12 year?

[Kepler]

On 6/13/2025 at 1:46 PM, fosmith said:

Well, I couldn't wait to open one of the WT101 bottles I got on sale at BevMo.  I was surprised by how good this is.  As good, if not better than WT101 has been in years, IMO.  Reminds me of a baby RR SiB.  I followed this pour up with a small pour of a LL/HA bottle from 2018 - from the batches that were reported to have some ten year barrels in the blend.  I have to say, I preferred the 2025 bottle.  Not as complex as the 2018 but it has more depth of flavor and a better, longer finish.  

 

 

Well not to be a debbie downer, but your LL/HA is not from 2018.  HA is from January 2019 and not the batches that reportedly had the 10 year whiskey in the blend.  The laser code for those 2018 "honey batches" (my term, not theirs) with the 10 year barrels were LL/GJ, GI, and maybe some others immediately before or after.  

 

This doesn't mean that your new 2025 batch isn't still excellent but the comparison to the older honey batch is not quite the same.

[Kepler]

On 6/11/2025 at 9:01 AM, markandrex said:

Unfortunately no.  I have had some neurological issues with my hands that make playing impossible.  I was a decent player (about 45 years).  I can’t feel two fingers on my right hand and my hands cannot do what my brain tells them to for music.  The result is frustrating.  They are hand picked and “tuned” and need to be played.  The guy  handling the sale is out of Nashville.  He thinks they will be gone in a week or two.  On for somebody else to enjoy.

Now I just need a home for a 1923 Kimball upright.  Beautiful piece wrapped in quarter-sawn oak, ivory keys and a soundboard better than most grand pianos.  It looks great where it sitting, may just leave it in the house.

Sorry to hear that about your hand.  But I like your outlook to pass the guitars on to someone else to enjoy.  Good luck on your move as well if it happens!

[smokinjoe]

After a heavy dose of 4RSB Old Fashioneds at Father’s Day dinner last night with Littlesmokinjoe and Mrssmokinjoe, an Old Forester 1920 on a clear cube while relaxing on the Father’s Day, and listening to Braves on the radio this afternoon.  Not sure I could do much today even if I wanted to.  There comes a time when, while it’s all great at the time, too many cocktails and way too much great Italian food will take its toll!  These were just the prelims at the bar!  

[fosmith]

3 hours ago, Kepler said:

 

Well not to be a debbie downer, but your LL/HA is not from 2018.  HA is from January 2019 and not the batches that reportedly had the 10 year whiskey in the blend.  The laser code for those 2018 "honey batches" (my term, not theirs) with the 10 year barrels were LL/GJ, GI, and maybe some others immediately before or after.  

 

This doesn't mean that your new 2025 batch isn't still excellent but the comparison to the older honey batch is not quite the same.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up.  Yeah, the H would indicate 2019, not 2018.  Somehow, though, I thought I had heard that the batches with the ten year had overlapped into the new year.  But, it was probably just wishful thinking lol.  I do have a LL/GH bottle, though.  Would that have been one of the honey batches?  

[markandrex]

Rain/Sun/RainSun.  We seem to be caught in a loop.  OGD bonded from 1980 in the glass for all of the dads out there.  

[Kepler]

22 minutes ago, fosmith said:

Ok, thanks for clearing that up.  Yeah, the H would indicate 2019, not 2018.  Somehow, though, I thought I had heard that the batches with the ten year had overlapped into the new year.  But, it was probably just wishful thinking lol.  I do have a LL/GH bottle, though.  Would that have been one of the honey batches?  

 

Yes I think GH is within that same time frame of that.  I think Rarebird101 mentions GH through GJ as the laser codes.

See this article:

Wild Turkey 101 (2018)

 

 

But in a later article he mentions at the end that in a blind SBS he actually preferred a March 2019 batch over the 2018 honey batch. 

article:  Wild Turkey 101 Comparison: 2013 v. 2019

 

So who knows.  Maybe your Jan 2019 has some of the same honey goodness. 

I know I'm a huge fan of my 2018 bottles.  Not sure I have any from 2019 left to compare.  More research required haha 

 

[rzelinka]

1 hour ago, smokinjoe said:

After a heavy dose of 4RSB Old Fashioneds at Father’s Day dinner last night with Littlesmokinjoe and Mrssmokinjoe, an Old Forester 1920 on a clear cube while relaxing on the Father’s Day, and listening to Braves on the radio this afternoon.  Not sure I could do much today even if I wanted to.  There comes a time when, while it’s all great at the time, too many cocktails and way too much great Italian food will take its toll!  These were just the prelims at the bar!  

exceptional. Looks fantastic

[GeeTen]

GW4G after grandbaby #3's 9th birthday party.  Prime dry-aged sirloing strips going on the Napoleon grill in about 20 minutes.  Think I'll have another!  

 

BTW, recipe for Grandpa Weller's 4 Grain blend is 3WSR:2OGD114 (3 parts Weller Special Reserve to 2 parts Old Grand Dad 114).  Sometimes it's a nice thing to explain blends that have been passed down to us "oldies" many moons ago.