What Are You Drinking Tonight, Winter'07/'08

[spun_cookie]

Had a cup of tea... had a damn cold for a week and having servings of bourbon did not do the trick... I even tried doubling the persciption

I'll have to work extra hard this weekend to make up for the down time...:grin:

[ILLfarmboy]

Had a cup of tea... had a damn cold for a week and having servings of bourbon did not do the trick... I even tried doubling the persciption

I'll have to work extra hard this weekend to make up for the down time...:grin:

I prefer Irish Breakfast Tea with a bit of milk. But My wife buys all those sissy flavored teas. However, the "orange and spice flavor" with a bit of Redbreast or Jameson 12 is one of my favorite cold remedies. That and a nice big helping of liver and onions. Milk with the liver but the tea before bed.

[snakster]

PVW 20 last night. I always note a definite oak wood in the finish.

[spun_cookie]

I prefer Irish Breakfast Tea with a bit of milk. But My wife buys all those sissy flavored teas. However, the "orange and spice flavor" with a bit of Redbreast or Jameson 12 is one of my favorite cold remedies. That and a nice big helping of liver and onions. Milk with the liver but the tea before bed.

Give the Scottish Breakfast a wirl... good and robust like the Irish with its own unique taste...

[Gillman]

Tonight I decided to build a cocktail.

I started with bonded Heaven Hill bourbon (not the corn-oriented 6 year version but the regular black and gold NAS). To this I added a dash of EC 12, to amp up the basic rye-recipe bourbon of HH. It was good, but needed a fillip. I added a dash of Weller 107 for its fruit and alcohol.

Then two dashes of Peychaud's bitters and one of the oak-aged bitters Lenell once kindly gave me (aged in an ex-JD barrel).

It's tasting good but needs a slight sweetness. Here, I could have gone to brown sugar for an Old-Fashioned, or red vermouth for a Manhattan, or the sugar and a bit of something anise a la Sazerac.

I decided to go Manhattan and added some Martini vermouth, not too much, maybe 3:1 whiskeys to vermouth.

Unusually for me and despite the kind of weather outside that reminds me of Kentucky last weekend, I added cubes to this puppy and swirled like nobody's business.

I sipped, and marvelled at how good was the result. Would it have been as good made, say, the same way except only with Knob Creek for the whiskey element? I can't ever be sure, but will hazard an answer: no.

Gary

[Everman75]

Finally trying the Russell's Reserve 101. VERY GOOD!! Thanks Brad!:grin:

[ggilbertva]

Attended a small tasting. No theme, just various bottles we happen to have open.

'06 Saz

'07 Saz

'06 ER17

'07 ER17

Pure KY XO

Willett 22 year old Rye

'65 Old Fitz BIB

That Willett is a mighty tasty Rye..love it.

[birdman1099]

started with a big Weller '06 followed up with a VW lot b.

I gotta say it was a good day !!!:cool:

[StraightBoston]

VBT#92 compared with Jim Beam Black and Old Fitz Prime (in case you're wondering what it's not!)

Now that I'm a "Taster" -- time to add a signature, courtesy of Fountains of Wayne:

[spun_cookie]

Old Charter 13 yr to start the night... I don't drink it much, so I keep forgetting it is a good $20 bourbon sold for $40 :cool: .... at least I'm back on the sause... never did like wagons... keep falling off:falling:

[Old Lamplighter]

After starting with some taste testing between ERSB, OFBB and Wathens, settled into a nice little pour of VWFRR. Now enjoying the first pour from my brand new Saz Jr......perfect end to the evening. Too bad tomorrow is a workday......Saz Jr is tempting me with a desireable second sampling that I will regret 6.5 hours from now.

[HighTower]

After a full on week, I headed for Weller 7/107, then some RR101, followed by VWFRR. Superb!

Scott

[felthove]

Started with the Beam Boys (Black and Rye) and shifted to WT rye (JB and WT rye are night and day, BTW). Then an EW 1783 and finished with an Old Forester.

Last night the Beam Black did me oh so right (could have been 'cause I was reading Jim Murphy's praise in the Bible as a sipped it). It's not a blockbuster but there is a whole range of flavors to appreciate.

Particularly liked the 1783 last night too-- getting no asparagus with that one!.

[dcb]

We rented 3:10 to Yuma last night and I had a glass of weller 107 and then proceeded to finish a bottle of '07 Saz, ended up pretty tanked by the end of the movie.

[SBOmarc]

I've had the whiskey, how was the movie?

[rynot]

i just jumped on the bourbon wagon after taking a trip to kentucky and visiting several distilleries. right now all i have is a bottle of bulleit that i received as a xmas gift. it's certainly rougher than the tastings i had in kentucky, but it got me through a victorian era jane austen movie last night. actually it put me to sleep. not sure which one though.

[fogfrog]

Last night I looked at my bottles and realized my wife doesn't let me have too many of them in the cupboard so I thought maybe I should vacate some of them. I have a bottle of Elmer T. Lee that I bought over a year ago in Kansas and at that time, I didn't really appreciate it. Last night, I poured me half a shot into a glass and sipped it. I couldn't believe how good it was! I never really appreciated it before! How my taste is changing.

Elmer T. Lee is great. I don't know if they sell it in the local liquor stores here in Knoxville though.

[dcb]

I've had the whiskey, how was the movie?

alright, but it felt very polished and clean, all neatly-trimmed beards and clean floors and such, nothing very authentic. Story was interesting enough. I dunno, modern westerns don't really do much for me, last one I really enjoyed was the Unforgiven 15 years ago. Good, Bad, and the Ugly is my favorite western, and while watching this new one I kept thinking it's time to watch Blondie, Angel Eyes, and Tuco again. :bandit:

-dave

[shyster512]

For the last several nights, I have been drinking a few drams of Hirsch Gold foil 16 year old to finish off the bottle and clear space for another brand. Tonight, I drank the last of the Hirsch, threw the bottle away and poured another drink from Four Roses Single Barrell (McScrooges Special Bottling) which has also been open. I don't want this to sound wrong, because I really like the Four Roses. But man the drinking of the FR1B made the boldness and taste of the Hirsch stand out! I already miss it. I had told myself that $85.00 is too much to pay for Hirsch. I was wrong! I will buy another bottle (or two, and bunker one) as soon as I see it. If you have not drawn down on your Hirsch bottle lately, you might want to do so to remember what a truly great bourbon taste like.

[spun_cookie]

alright, but it felt very polished and clean, all neatly-trimmed beards and clean floors and such, nothing very authentic. Story was interesting enough. I dunno, modern westerns don't really do much for me, last one I really enjoyed was the Unforgiven 15 years ago. Good, Bad, and the Ugly is my favorite western, and while watching this new one I kept thinking it's time to watch Blondie, Angel Eyes, and Tuco again. :bandit:

I agree.. not a bad flic... but a little polished... and the Good, the bad, and the ugly is just teh best of teh classics...

Tonight it is four roeses 1442.... I with I had all 1442 bottles of it!!!

[ILLfarmboy]

Earlier I had a healthy pour of WT RR Rye, now I'm having a small pour of Fall '05 Stagg.

[Old Lamplighter]

Spring 05 Stagg and WTRB

[ACDetroit]

Mom turned 60 today so we took her out to dinner! 2 OGD Manhattans with dinner. Dad and I had an after dinner Lot "B" followed by a McScrooges FR1B, a good pour of WT 12 yr. and finishing the evening off with some WT Tribute!

Wow I should be drunk!!

Tony

[Luna56]

For the last several nights, I have been drinking a few drams of Hirsch Gold foil 16 year old to finish off the bottle and clear space for another brand. Tonight, I drank the last of the Hirsch, threw the bottle away and poured another drink from Four Roses Single Barrell (McScrooges Special Bottling) which has also been open. I don't want this to sound wrong, because I really like the Four Roses. But man the drinking of the FR1B made the boldness and taste of the Hirsch stand out! I already miss it. I had told myself that $85.00 is too much to pay for Hirsch. I was wrong! I will buy another bottle (or two, and bunker one) as soon as I see it. If you have not drawn down on your Hirsch bottle lately, you might want to do so to remember what a truly great bourbon taste like.

Haha, I love the FR1B but I'm always ready to hear about something new. No matter what winds up in my bunker, the FR1B will always have a place. To my taste it's more than just great bourbon, it's damn near definitive.

I helped my father in law (step- father-in law?) polish of a bottle of Lagavullin 16 (actually, I helped him open it) and it is great whisky. Scotch guys can get a bit uppity sometimes, so can bourbon guys sometimes. Great whiskey is great whiskey, period. Sometimes you find one that supercedes all others. Tomorrow it may be a different story. In my case, the FR1B is a benchmark but I am open to every new experience that comes my way.

Just rambling a bit here I guess. Hope to try the Hirsch sometime, but if the best I ever get is the FR1B I know in my heart that I've had some of the best.

Here's to ya.

Cheers!

PS- I've had the McScrooge's bottling and, although it is great, it is not the best FR!B I've had. Still damn good, though.

[HighTower]

I recently rediscovered just how much I like Rare Breed, and tonight I paid tribute to that and gave it a good push with a few pours!

Scott