Empty Bottles Support Group New & Improved

[mgilbertva]

My much loved GTS 2006, purchased last April, opened last August, now gone.

Fortunately I have two more bottles. Whew.

[mgilbertva]

Finished another one tonight: Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2004. It's a bitter-sweet moment.

In the past I panned this bourbon for being way too peppery. I opened it a year ago, and for the first few months it was undrinkable - really unpleasant. White pepper dominated the flavor to the exclusion of almost everything else. Here I am almost exactly one year later and it has become an outstanding pour.

I take it back, all the hard feelings, the disappointment, the anger. I take it all back.

Tonight, it rewarded me with a rich, complex experience. Leather, toffee and some woodiness on the nose. More toffee than caramel on the palate, with molasses, leather and tobacco, plus a suggestion of bitter orange. Some spice, but the pepper is almost entirely gone. Very nice finish - not an enormous finish like Handy, but it lasts a long time.

It reminds me of a sweeter, less overpowering GTS, but still strong enough in its own right.

I'll miss you, OFBB '04. Despite our initial rough start, you proved to be a good friend. :cry:

[ggilbertva]

Finished another one tonight: Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2004. It's a bitter-sweet moment.

In the past I panned this bourbon for being way too peppery. I opened it a year ago, and for the first few months it was undrinkable - really unpleasant. White pepper dominated the flavor to the exclusion of almost everything else. Here I am almost exactly one year later and it has become an outstanding pour.

I take it back, all the hard feelings, the disappointment, the anger. I take it all back.

Tonight, it rewarded me with a rich, complex experience. Leather, toffee and some woodiness on the nose. More toffee than caramel on the palate, with molasses, leather and tobacco, plus a suggestion of bitter orange. Some spice, but the pepper is almost entirely gone. Very nice finish - not an enormous finish like Handy, but it lasts a long time.

It reminds me of a sweeter, less overpowering GTS, but still strong enough in its own right.

I'll miss you, OFBB '04. Despite our initial rough start, you proved to be a good friend. :cry:

Mark - his twin brother is sitting on my shelf at home....come get it.

[ggilbertva]

See ya later alligator......Bernhiem Wheat Whiskey. It got ignored and shoved to the back of the pantry because there were other's that needed by attention.

[gothbat]

Finished off my bottle of Old Overholt this weekend. If I find a dusty one or a BIB version I'll buy it but I doubt I'll ever buy another one of the current bottling, it tasted like something you would use to clean.

[JamesW]

Killed an ORVW 10/107... great bottle, easy drinkin'. I have another bunkered but I'll need to stock up on this puppy. At $26.69, it's one great deal.

[JamesW]

Just killed my Lot B. 1 bunkered, great pour. Cheers!

[spun_cookie]

my Vintage 17 came to an end tonight... now on to the WL Weler 90 proof... may she rest in peice soon...

[heatmiser]

Just finished a bottle of ORVW15. Thank goodness I have about 6 more stored in my bunker. This is my all time favorite!!!

[shyster512]

Parkers Heritage Cask Strength. Man was this a pleasant surprise from Heaven Hill. I will buy another, if I can find it.

[DowntownD]

in the last 30 days or so I had going-away parties for bottles of:

- Booker's

- PVW 15/107

- VWFR Lot B

- ER 10yr SB

I see a FR SWmB bottle nearing its end, expect its obit soon.

[spun_cookie]

one bottle of pure KY down... 80% of another to go...

[ggilbertva]

Binny's pick Weller 12 year (which is actually 14 years) dead and gone. Thankfully I have a couple more.

[callmeox]

I guess that this is a bad night for Binny's Weller 12. I take great pleasure in committing my first one to the recycle bin and only because I have three more in the bunker. I should just break down and buy a case of the stuff.

Aw, man. Now I have to pull one out of the bunker. :bigeyes:

[jspero]

Well, since the last time I visited SB.com (last year sometime before I started a new project at work), I've killed a GTS (131), a Weller special bottling, an Eagle Rare 90, 2 Rittenhouse Ryes, an OGD BIB, and an OGD 114. I working hard on a few more.

Jay

[fishnbowljoe]

Said goodbye to my first bottle of 1792 yesterday. Not bad bourbon, but I'm not sure if I'll get another to bunker. I just have way too much for the time being. Gotta make some room. Joe

[spun_cookie]

Killed WLW 7/90. That is a taste little number....

[TNbourbon]

As referenced elsewhere, a 2001 Weller 19yo, gifted by BobbyC recently in Bardstown.

Much enjoyed, and glad to have the bottle as a relic...

[CorvallisCracker]

Finishing off an Old Ezra 7/101, tonight's sip being vatted 1:1 with Weller Antique, which is how I've consumed most of it.

It was okay, especially for $15, but I doubt I'll buy another.

Now that space has been liberated in the liquor cabinet (gotten crowded in there), I'll probably get either a BT (one of my standard pours) which is on sale this month for $22, or possibly JB BL, which I haven't had in years and is also on sale (for $18).

[fishnbowljoe]

Finally finished that bottle of Knob Creek. Joe

[drli]

Well, I finished off my bottle of 07 Stagg... next year I can only hope that its as good a year as the 07 and that I am able to get more... bottles.

I still have a Sazarac 18y and a W.L. Weller left in the bunker. So, I should be alright until fall.

Working on a ORVW 10/107 tonight... 2-3 more bunked.... but, that will be the next KILL.

[JamesW]

Killed a Centennial 13 yr Julio's bottling last night. Only 10 more bunkered and then they're gone. I also prematurely killed a Bakers that had about a 1/4 btl left by pouring into my vatted collection. The vatted has EC18, JBB, WTRB and now Bakers. Good riddance.

[TNbourbon]

...I also prematurely killed a Bakers that had about a 1/4 btl left by pouring into my vatted collection. The vatted has EC18, JBB, WTRB and now Bakers. Good riddance.

I hope you taste that vatting once in a while. Sometimes, serendipity makes it the best thing in the house!

[JamesW]

I hope you taste that vatting once in a while. Sometimes, serendipity makes it the best thing in the house!

Actually I do throw it in the mix once in a while when I'm slumming it with my low-priced pours and it hasn't been too bad. On the rare occasion I make a whiskey sour or Manhattan I'll use it. I liken it to getting a free drink as I'd already written off the contents of that bottle anyhow

[DowntownD]

my first bottle of Elmer T Lee bit the dust tonight, and a damn fine bottle it was - liked by everyone I shared it with.