What are you drinking tonight? (Fall '07)

[NickAtMartinis]

got that Stagg last weekend! so how much water (and what kind) do you pour? what's the eyeball ratio!

anyways, just now tasting my first WILD TURKEY RUSSELL'S RESERVE 101 :grin: that i bought an hour ago in Claymont, DE... thanks to Ethan/MissingKY and his tip on a store that he saw had it about a month ago...there were two left...

funny, this store is a few yards from the Dunkin Donuts i often hit on the way to school!

anyways, tasty! but i need to let it spread it's warmth and wisdom before i can make a real judgement...

again, thanks Ethan!:toast:

any guess on how many bottles remain in the world unopened???:skep:

Five parts GTS, one part water. Just checked the calculator and it comes out to just a little of 115 proof. I guesed at around 120 so I wasn't too far off.:grin:

I use spring water, room temp.

[polyamnesia]

Five parts GTS, one part water. Just checked the calculator and it comes out to just a little of 115 proof. I guesed at around 120 so I wasn't too far off.:grin:

I use spring water, room temp.

ah, just a footstep ahead of OGranddad 114!

and is this the balance you've found most pleasing?

did the GTS neat dull your buds? it smoked mine!

and while we're at it, do YOU have a big ole WT RR 101 stash? seems it's still quite available for being no longer 'available'///

[NickAtMartinis]

ah, just a footstep ahead of OGranddad 114!

and is this the balance you've found most pleasing?

did the GTS neat dull your buds? it smoked mine!

and while we're at it, do YOU have a big ole WT RR 101 stash? seems it's still quite available for being no longer 'available'///

Reading my quote in your post alerted me to the fact that my math was off. It's actually four parts GTS to 1 part spring water.

"My friend's a little slow. The town's back that way.":grin:

[NickAtMartinis]

ah, just a footstep ahead of OGranddad 114!

and is this the balance you've found most pleasing?

did the GTS neat dull your buds? it smoked mine!

and while we're at it, do YOU have a big ole WT RR 101 stash? seems it's still quite available for being no longer 'available'///

Yea, GTS '07 definitely compromised my 'buds. However, the '07 WLW, which I'm liking more and more, is a okay for me and the buds.

[NickAtMartinis]

Just switched over to some PVW20 which I'm finding to be a bit sweet but still pleasurable. Though, this will be my one and only pour of it for the night.

WLW, here I come.

[snakster]

ERSB again last. I'm really liking this as a daily pour. It's just rock solid.

[wintersway]

Big old dram of Pappy 20. Favorite time of the year along with my favorite quaff. I truly am a fortunate man!

[polyamnesia]

HOSED down the STAGG to about 116.66 proof.........:bigeyes:

it still presented a complex conundrum to the tongue.

but still, after that mythic stumble thru the fog, i found comfort and more comfort in that biting, lovely pour of WT RR 101. this stuff is stellar.

or/and WT is spliced to my chromosomes...i simply love everything they've put out so far.

but then, i've yet to try to RBreed...or the mythic 12.......

[HighTower]

Last night I had to christen an EWSB mint julep cup, and I had to do it right, so I used some 95 EWSB!

Scott

[ACDetroit]

Well go figure tonight is the gold foil 12yr. Turkey. This stuff should be illegal! It is sweet like candy and smooth like Victoria's Secret :slappin: ! No really this is an amazing pour. Thanks for the Toast Dawn...your right it's a great pour!!

Tony

[bigtoys]

had some 2006 Stagg following work. took some ice from the cafeteria. won't say where we drank it, cuz it'd be frowned upon.

[luv2hunt]

Please raise your glass because we are celebrating!!

#1 Jeremy's home safely

#2 Tony is no longer a "cheesy" virgin

#3 Ed is a grandfather

#4 It's FRIDAY!!!!

Have a good weekend....Go Colts!!

[Virus_Of_Life]

Please raise your glass because we are celebrating!!

#1 Jeremy's home safely

I'll drink to that! Welcome home Jeremy. Assuming SD is still home we'll have to get together for a pour when I am finally back in SoCal...

I am in Minneapolis tonight, had dinner downtown with my girlfriend and a pour of Bookers followed up with Bakers. Then bumped into, literally, Daunte Culpepper in the lobby of the Marriott downtown, he and a couple other players whose names escaped me at the immediate moment were going up in the elevator at the same time as us. Damn, those are some big boys!

I have officially decided it is the tour the country and find a new place to live business trip :grin:

[mgilbertva]

Some Sam Houston, which really appealed to me tonight for some reason. I'm usually kind of neutral on SH, but tonight it hit the spot. I followed that with EWSB '96. Fine whiskey.

[TBoner]

you've got 14??? yow!

what was the range of prices you paid?

and when did you purchase the last bottle of WT RR 101?

just curious...i am REALLY liking it ALOT on second pour. i know i will need more.....now to just pace it...between Stagg, ER 10...

No, I didn't get 14. I got 18. But two went to another SBer, one is gone, and one is open. Hence, the bunker holds 14.:cool:

I paid between $22.99 and $31.99. FWIW, the last price is not too high IMO given the quality of the whiskey, but I wouldn't have bought this many had they not been mostly at the low end of the scale. I really like the RR101, and it is very close to a Top 5 bourbon for me. The WT12 gold and split are both better, but not by much IMO.

The last bottle I got was this week, and there is one more that I know of priced at $29.99 here in town. But I won't buy it. The guy who has it jacked up the price four weeks ago because I bought 2 bottles. When he went to reorder, he discovered the price has gone up...you know, on the bottles he hasn't ordered yet.:hot: It's not like his price on the bottle he's had for five years went up. So, yeah, he ain't gettin' my money.

Anyway, last night I had some of the new WTRR Rye and some '07 Handy Rye (amongst others). No detailed notes as of now, but I liked both.

[HighTower]

After emptying the contents of a Basil Hayden's bottle, I decided to fill it's spot with something I haven't tried before.

Enter Eagle Rare Single Barrel 90 proof. I became well acquainted with this pour last night, and found it very impressive.

Scott

[bigtoys]

Truly enjoying Four Roses Single Barrel on the rocks this evening. I'm really glad that they decided to come to Illinois. As I submit this, I think I'll go for another pour.

[CrispyCritter]

Handy is a little too big...I'm discovering that over 100 proof is beyond what I really like. Just means 1 cube of ice for the Handy/Stagg seems to do it well.

Think of it as "whiskey concentrate." I could take Handy OK, but Stagg works best for me with a splash of water. It doesn't lose one iota of its character.

[FlashPuppy]

Just had myself a nice little pour of some WLW '05. I wanted just some WT101 or JBB or something really simple, however my bunker is the only bourbon I have here right now...

I think the WLW outdid my taste buds. I gotta work myself back into this stuff...

[NickAtMartinis]

I'm throwing back some '06 GTS with a bit of water (five parts GTS to one part water). It's very good and am liking this more than the '07.

Watch, tomorrow I it will be viceeee verseeee.:grin:

[CrispyCritter]

At the moment, Hirsch 16 gold wax. Earlier, ER101 and Old Fitz 1849, and I also got around to opening a WT101 that had had escaped my notice until now.

[TNbourbon]

...I think the WLW outdid my taste buds. I gotta work myself back into this stuff...

Nothing wrong with your tastebuds, Jeremy -- though, perhaps, your memory:grin: . Alcohol and wood were the primary features, without dilution, of the original Larue.

[heatmiser]

Welcome home Jeremy! Glad to hear you arrived home safe. Thanks for serving our country!!!

[macon]

Last night a nice pour of Rock Hill Farms. Hit the spot.

[snakster]

Last night was four roses small batch. It was very tasty. However....

I'm no expert by any stretch of the definition or in the remotest of fashions, but the finish seemed pretty short compared to virtually everything else I have been drinking lately. That could be just me. The taste was good, but was gone rapidly (I assume that's the definition of a short finish....see, I told you I wasn't an expert).