OscarV Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 After a long and bizarre week which has finally ended in Mother's Day festivities, I am now getting back to my first new bourbon love, Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit.This was one of my first "premium" purchases several years ago and it is still my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camduncan Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Last night whilst going through our Kentucky photos, I started out with a pour of Van Winkle 13yo Rye, then moved onto some Elmer T Lee after dinner. Inspired by my photo of the Booker Noe statue, I finished with a pour of Bookers from a bottle I stuck in the freezer earlier in the day...... and I enjoyed them all from a very nice Woodford Reserve glass I got at the Sampler :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Starting with Centennial 13 yr from Julio's and then I think I'll have either a Pappy 20 or 15 depending on the mood.... either way it's going to be a nice finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNbourbon Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Courtesy of BobbyC, I am finishing a bottle of 2001 W.L. Weller 19yo from the Sampler just past. Though I realize it is not a favorite of Bobby, I deign to disagree -- it is a very expressive pour of vintage and well-aged Stitzel-Weller.It doesn't hurt that the black walnut nose reminds me of the walnut trees first growing, then harvested from, the yard of my childhood farmhouse. There were many a year when we scattered the walnuts in the driveway in order that passing cars would effectively shell the nuts.The walnuts also pass to the palate, where sweetmeat centers display just before they drying tannins provide a distracting bitterness in the finish.Were it not for that late, tannic dryness, this would be an archetypal wheated bourbon. Still, with a touch of water -- which softens the finish, but also the main savor -- it is a fine pour.And so, I end where I began, with great appreciation to Bobby. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLfarmboy Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Earlier I had a Weller Antique old fashioned and now I'm enjoying a snifter of Booker's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilidawg7 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 2005 BTAC WL Weller. along with a delicious, homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Finished a bottle of Knob Creek, then had a touch of Maker's Mark. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spun_cookie Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Old Forester Birth Day Bouron 2007.... this is as nice if not nicer than the Vistange 17yr, which must have a very similar make... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgilbertva Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Tax stamped J.W. Dant BIB. Excellent pour. One flavor that jumps out at me is creme brulee (burnt cream). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Started off with an OF Birthday Spring 1990 and finished up with a Bookers B95-C31 (7yr,9mo.) 126.7PFI often forget how good the Bookers is..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camduncan Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Last night I started with a Jim Beam & coke (It was poured for me - I drank it to be polite), then moved onto some Blantons Family Reserve and then a 2004 Stagg over ice with a bbq steak & salad dinner. Instead of desert, I finished on some Wild Turkey American Honey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 On the advice of Emerald I bought some aberlour a'bunadh today and I have just finished my first dram. Wow! What a fantastic pour. It's like the GTS of the scotch world. Thanks Emerald! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJack Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 I'm working on Benchmark and Pibb Zero at the moment. I had a nice pour of Weller Antique earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callmeox Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 After my umpteenth evening in a row spent dialed in to work, I'm enjoying some OGD 114. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighTower Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Tonight I had some Rock Hill Farms followed by Weller 7/107. I sure wish I cold get Weller here, especially if it were cheaper than Makers!Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarV Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Four Roses Yellow Label, (the cheap one) with it's low proof, 80, over cracked ice I find it to be perfectly mellow,... hmmm, mellow yellow label? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipped Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Kid grown, wife gone, travel is not a bad option for me right now. Fortunately I like exotic foods, and the company allows me to travel at a premium level. Just spent three days each in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, ate some good food, met some interesting people, did some bidness. Two "30 hour days" on each end going and coming, certainly long but it could be worse, Singapore Airlines business class is not bad duty.Rob,My company does business in Kuala Lumpur, so I've been there a couple times. It's a great place to visit, but I was surprised at the cost of alcohol. They really tack on the Sin Tax. We always stay at the Reneassaince New World, right near the Petronis Towers. It's a nice place, great pool. Tipped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilsFan Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Enjoying VOB BIB neat tonight.-Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spun_cookie Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 free MM on AA... better than WT on SWA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgilbertva Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Something different tonight: Hardys Whiskers Blake Tawny Port. Very inexpensive yet was given a 94 rating. Great tawny. It reminds me of a less overpowering Pedro Ximenez. Lots of raisins and toffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callmeox Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Weller Antique, some Blanton's and then hopefully a really good night's sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Last night it was a nice pour of Aberlour a'bunadh followed by Talisker Distillers edition. Both were exceptional. Tonight I'm probably hitting my Pappy reserves and getting back to good 'ole bourbonville where everybody knows my name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskogee Okie Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Last night it was a Wellers 107 perfect manhattan followed later with a sip of Bushmills 16.All in all a woderful evening.p.s. Two days ago I remembered telling a package store owner that I liked Wellers 107 and he said he'd order some. I went to his shop and sure enough there were two 1/2 gals which I promptly spirited away.:slappin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarV Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I have been doing pours of WT101 over cracked ice.I pre measure with a jigger glass.I love the way Wild Turkey beads.A lot of beads, I difinatly would say that WT proves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callmeox Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I just got my Mellow Moments Club card in the mail today, so I'l be enjoying some FRSB to celebrate (once I'm done with work this evening)Feelin' mellow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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