What bourbon are you drinking now?

[wskybnt]

Back to 101 tonight.....

[bluesbassdad]

Old Rip Van Winkle 10/107

I'm in a crabby mood tonight and the bourbon isn't helping. It seems nowhere nearly as good as I reported early during my membership here.

I had intended this to be a prelude to a comparison tasting of ORVW 15/107 and PVW 15 tomorrow night. Now I'm not sure I'm up to the task. We'll see.

Yours truly,

Dave Morefield

[TimmyBoston]

Started off with Black Maple Hill 16 and then Lot B. Both were excellent.

[Ambernecter]

Jim Beam Black.

Cost me cost less than £20 for the bottle - what a result!

[doubleblank]

Rediscovered the joys of WT Tribute ear;ier this evening. I love the dark fruit cherries on the nose and tongue. But it didn't satisfy my love for something sweet.....so now its Van Blankle......my barrel of Lot B. Two different but excellent whiskeys.

Randy

[DrinkyBanjo]

Tonight was Weller 107 followed by ORVW 10 107. For some reason I always follow one by the other, works for me! The ORVW is starting to grow on me. The longer the bottle remains open the less alchohol I get in the nose.

Now I've moved on to ER 101, this one is starting to grow on me too. Nights not over yet either.

Happy days.

[mythrenegade]

Knob Creek. I like it, but it's not one of my favorites. On the other hand, my wife and I poured a Fenestra 2004 Malbec with dinner, and that IS one of my favorites... Let's hear it for great red wine!

Joel

[gothbat]

After a boring trip to the bar I'm enjoying a snifter of Van Winkle Special Reserve "Lot B", simply excelent.

[TimmyBoston]

Highland Park 12, Not bourbon, but at least its good whisky

[bluesbassdad]

Wild Turkey Rare Breed with a little water. Barrel proof was just a little too potent.

It hits the spot tonight, which one-time favorite ORVW 10/107 failed to do last night. Could it be that another shift in taste is underway? Maybe I'd better pop the cork on my Pappy 20 before I lose my taste for wheaters.

Yours truly,

Dave Morefield

[gothbat]

George T. Stagg ("Hazmat II" bottling), as I mentioned in another post it's going down nice and smooth tonight. It usually doesn't and this fact usually deters me from pouring it so I'm really glad I did.

[bluesbassdad]

It's Wild Turkey Rare Breed again, and on the rocks again. This time it's the 03-whatever.

I am amazed how fast four ounces disappear in this situation. A second pour seems out of the question, and yet . . .

Yours truly,

Dave Morefield

[Gillman]

I started with a blend of bourbon-based whiskeys I intended to make into a Manhattan. There was as well a little Macallan in it to boost the barley content of the bourbons. I found the malt whisky taste obtrusive and added further blended bourbons and ryes until I got it right. Then, I felt the intense flavor, while good, needed to be softened. I added about 20% vodkas (also mixed). Then the vermouths (red and white mixed with a leaning to reds, about 2:1 whiskey to vermouth, high on the vermouth but it was to compensate for the dryness of the white vermouth element, still, it added its accent). This was a 4 ounce pour and built in this fashion, with maybe 50 whiskeys in the blend, it was incredibly rich, elegant and fine-flavoured (oh, there were two bitters added too). Half-way through I added a dash of mixed Canadian ryes and it made it even better. No ice, no cherries, no Pernod or absinthe this time.

Would, say, a Woodford Reserve Manhattan taste as good? Not to my taste, I just can't get the complexity and savour I do when building a mixed drink in this way. The remaining two ounces is for tomorrow night.

Gary

[gr8erdane]

Gee Gary, I'm just afraid that after all that work I'd be too tired to drink it!:slappin:

[FlashPuppy]

I started with a blend of bourbon-based whiskeys I intended to make into a Manhattan. There was as well a little Macallan in it to boost the barley content of the bourbons. I found the malt whisky taste obtrusive and added further blended bourbons and ryes until I got it right. Then, I felt the intense flavor, while good, needed to be softened. I added about 20% vodkas (also mixed). Then the vermouths (red and white mixed with a leaning to reds, about 2:1 whiskey to vermouth, high on the vermouth but it was to compensate for the dryness of the white vermouth element, still, it added its accent). This was a 4 ounce pour and built in this fashion, with maybe 50 whiskeys in the blend, it was incredibly rich, elegant and fine-flavoured (oh, there were two bitters added too). Half-way through I added a dash of mixed Canadian ryes and it made it even better. No ice, no cherries, no Pernod or absinthe this time.

Would, say, a Woodford Reserve Manhattan taste as good? Not to my taste, I just can't get the complexity and savour I do when building a mixed drink in this way. The remaining two ounces is for tomorrow night.

Gary

holy crap. and my mixed drinks consist of whiskey, coke, ice and drink.

[Gillman]

They aren't so different, really. Think of all the flavours in Coke. I have never tried to analyse them (I have enough challenge with whiskies. ). But Coke is a complex flavor despite what critics often say. When that is mixed with any liquor especially whiskey, it results in a complex taste many people like. In my Manhattan, instead of coming from the cola the flavor complexity comes from the whiskeys and of course the vermouths. I don't of course mix 50 drinks together. I have bottles already mixed and then I make the drink from two or three of them. If it isn't right I adjust it to make it right. This sometime results in making an extra-large drink but then I've got extra for next time.

Gary

[Gillman]

Dane, really it took about 3 minutes. The ingredients are pre-prepared (the whiskey and vodka mixtures, even the vermouths). I do this specifically for cocktails because I find whiskey combinations make the best cocktails. I will also sometimes sip a blend of whiskeys, but more often I'll take them unblended.

Gary

[Frodo]

Last night I opened a bottle of Bookers to have with a cigar. Got the Bookers on sale, and will report back with a better review when I've had a few more pours. Initial impression is that its more...complex than a lot of bourbons I've had.

[wskybnt]

GTS.... now I think I will back it up with a pour or two or 101....

[Whiskey River]

Having a pour of Eagle Rare tonight. Same mash bill as Stagg, and yet so different......don't you just love bourbon???

[elkdoggydog]

Had a little EC12 tonight, a little more coming up soon. My parents were in town the last few days, and my dad, who goes to KY on business fairly often, brought a bottle of Heaven Hill BIB. That's some good stuff- and for 11 bucks or so, too. You folks in KY have a great deal on your hands.

[tgriff]

Had a little EC12 tonight, a little more coming up soon. My parents were in town the last few days, and my dad, who goes to KY on business fairly often, brought a bottle of Heaven Hill BIB. That's some good stuff- and for 11 bucks or so, too. You folks in KY have a great deal on your hands.

having some EC12 myself right now...quite tasty...

[Nebraska]

tgriff, you're fibbing:smiley_acbt: EC 12yo tasty:horseshit: no way!!! unless you're a turpentine manufacturer:hot: ...or Ed..

Only joking...I'm gonna revisit the EC 12yo...like horseradish, I'm sure it will grow on me! Not that I have a lot of horseradish growing on me.

[TimmyBoston]

Started off the evening with a little Fall 2005 Stagg, I do love the HazMat II. Batting second was Wild Turkey Tribute, always a favorite. Closing off the night, a couple drams of Laphroiag 10 Cask Strength Red Stripe, a wonderful nightcap.

[tgriff]

tgriff, you're fibbing:smiley_acbt: EC 12yo tasty:horseshit: no way!!! unless you're a turpentine manufacturer:hot: ...or Ed..

Only joking...I'm gonna revisit the EC 12yo...like horseradish, I'm sure it will grow on me! Not that I have a lot of horseradish growing on me.

Ha! :grin: I must admit to liking it, t is the second bottle i've bought! Admittedly, though, my range of experiences is still quite narrow. I am working on rectifying that!

I saw an earlier thread, can't remember who, but someone claimed that the bottles of EC12 were inconsistent in taste. The taste ranged from "pretty good" to "metallic" from bottle to bottle. I don't think metallic is a euphemism for tasting good. Hence, they have not purchased any for quite sometime. Anyway, that has not been my experience with the 2 bottles I've bought