Originally Posted by
Herb687
The best bourbon I have experienced is the James E. Pepper 1776 15 Year. Great stuff. Actually an Indiana bourbon. James E. Pepper has four whiskeys (2 ryes, 2 bourbons) under the 1776 brand so make sure you are drinking the right one.
Originally Posted by
whackyjacky
I'm sure you know you can't call it Bourbon. Thanks for the tip though.
Originally Posted by
stimpy
True. There's no such thing as Bourbon from Indiana!
Originally Posted by
TWA884
I disagree.
I disagree too. There is no requirement that bourbon come from Kentucky.
Originally Posted by
stimpy
True, you won't go to jail for labeling your Indiana whiskey Bourbon. But to a Bourbon purist it has to come from Kentucky, where they've been making it since the 1700's.
Well then why not go all out with your bourbon purity test and refuse to drink any bourbon that does not come from Bourbon County?
(Of all of the commercially relevant Kentucky bourbon producers today, none are in Bourbon County.)
The bourbon purity argument centers on silliness given A) the stuff is not from Bourbon County anyway; and B) "terroir" is pretty meaningless in whiskey production as opposed to say winemaking.
Do the bourbon purists really delude themselves into thinking that ol' Pappy's mashbill calls for only the rarest artisinal corn lovingly grown on the Van Winkle family estate?
Give me a freakin' break! Even the finest of KY bourbon producers source their grains mostly from out of state.
I'm sure the vaunted purity of Kentucky limestone-filtered water can be replicated in other places.
And by the way, bourbon, unlike Champagne or Scotch whisky, should not be capitalized.
Originally Posted by
BamaVol
Wait, next you'll be saying that the Japanese aren't really producing scotch.
Originally Posted by
nkedel
Japenese malt whisky, including some single malts, can be a very fine thing (and some of them downright bargains compared to Scotch) but I've never seen them referred to as "Scotch" except colloquially.
I have never heard anyone refer to Japanese whisky as Scotch.
Originally Posted by
stimpy
From that list, I don't see any Bourbon that I know and love from outside of KY. I see a couple of rye's, but those we know come from all over, and the rye itself mostly comes from Canada.
Originally Posted by
FlyingDoctorwu
AH hirsch 16 yo is delicious. I'm fortunate to have a bottle open and a bottle in reserve. One of the best bourbons ever (look it up). Oh and it's not from Kentucky. Distilled in PA.
Well there you have it. A PA bourbon that gets rave reviews, sells for over $1000 a bottle, but gets scoffed at by bourbon purists since it isn't from KY!