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Old Sep 4, 2025 | 9:55 am
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Originally Posted by Miesque
Is that Kirkland any good (although not sure if I have seen it in my rare visits to a Costco Liquor store in KY). As for myself tonight Basil Hayden 10 yr on the rocks with my small slice of black forest cake.
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about bourbon to tell if this is a good one or not. The old fashioned I made was good but I've also tried it straight and I'm not sure I'll ever have a palate for bourbon. Seemed thin and hot but I feel that way about all bourbons I've tried.
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Old Sep 4, 2025 | 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Miesque
Is that Kirkland any good (although not sure if I have seen it in my rare visits to a Costco Liquor store in KY). As for myself tonight Basil Hayden 10 yr on the rocks with my small slice of black forest cake.
Gets pretty good reviews, like most of the other Kirkland liquors.

https://www.thewhiskeyshelf.com/kirk...ourbon-review/
https://www.bourbonguy.com/blog/2022...ter-distillers
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Old Sep 4, 2025 | 1:26 pm
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Originally Posted by work2fly
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about bourbon to tell if this is a good one or not. The old fashioned I made was good but I've also tried it straight and I'm not sure I'll ever have a palate for bourbon. Seemed thin and hot but I feel that way about all bourbons I've tried.
Are you sure that's an old fashioned? I don't see a twist or a cherry.
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Old Sep 6, 2025 | 10:34 am
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A Rye Mule made with High West Double Rye and Fever Tree Ginger Beer so it was nice and spicy like i like it. First thing I did after coming back from polo scrimmage, really hit the spot as its a hot and humid morning here.
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Old Sep 7, 2025 | 5:42 pm
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Old fashioned with orange peel, no cherry.
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Old Sep 11, 2025 | 2:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Miesque
Is that Kirkland any good (although not sure if I have seen it in my rare visits to a Costco Liquor store in KY). As for myself tonight Basil Hayden 10 yr on the rocks with my small slice of black forest cake.
I also don't drink bourbon straight. The Kirkland Signature Bottled-in-Bond is pretty good when in an Old Fashioned; however, I prefer the Kirkland Signature Small Batch (which is basically Barton 1792) in Old Fashioneds as it's a little more milder. Sadly, I missed this year's drop of Small Batch, so I picked up seven bottles of Bottled-in-Bond to help tide me over until May 2026 (when Small Batch drops again). Each Costco is allotted a few hundred bottles. At my local Costcos, they are usually gone in less than a week.

People call these bourbons as being a great value. Bottled-in-Bond is about $23 for a 1L bottle; about $18 for the Small Batch.
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Old Sep 18, 2025 | 4:26 pm
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We will be dining next week at Guesthouse Tavern in West Des Moines to celebrate BamaVol Jr #2’s birthday. One of the drinks on their menu is a Wisconsin Old Fashioned. Apparently not an old fashioned like I’ve had before. “Lighter and brighter”. I will be trying one.
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Old Sep 18, 2025 | 4:59 pm
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Originally Posted by BamaVol
We will be dining next week at Guesthouse Tavern in West Des Moines to celebrate BamaVol Jr #2s birthday. One of the drinks on their menu is a Wisconsin Old Fashioned. Apparently not an old fashioned like Ive had before. Lighter and brighter. I will be trying one.
Yes!!! Brandy OF!!!
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Old Sep 18, 2025 | 5:07 pm
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Originally Posted by BamaVol
We will be dining next week at Guesthouse Tavern in West Des Moines to celebrate BamaVol Jr #2s birthday. One of the drinks on their menu is a Wisconsin Old Fashioned. Apparently not an old fashioned like Ive had before. Lighter and brighter. I will be trying one.
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Old Fashioneds are THE predominant cocktail in Wisconsin, usually made with Brandy (Wisconsinites drink a staggering % of the brandy compared to the rest of the US). Elsewhere most Old Fashioneds are made with bourbon (we prefer rye if going the bourbon route).
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Old Sep 23, 2025 | 8:11 pm
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Wisconsin Old Fashioned (in Iowa). Very nice. The walleye was excellent as well. Followed it with a draft Hamms.
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Old Sep 25, 2025 | 6:29 am
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Originally Posted by BamaVol
Wisconsin Old Fashioned (in Iowa). Very nice. The walleye was excellent as well. Followed it with a draft Hamms.
In Wisconsin (at least the parts I know), every small town has at least a couple bars/restaurants that are full of people eating fried walleye and drinking brandy old fashioneds on Friday nights. Often with a salad bar, although I'm not sure how prevalent those are post-COVID. 25 minutes south of the border and I don't see that here, I wonder if the restaurant owner is a WI transplant?

Were you given the option of sweet or sour for your drink?
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Old Sep 26, 2025 | 11:30 am
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Old Sep 26, 2025 | 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by JBord
In Wisconsin (at least the parts I know), every small town has at least a couple bars/restaurants that are full of people eating fried walleye and drinking brandy old fashioneds on Friday nights. Often with a salad bar, although I'm not sure how prevalent those are post-COVID. 25 minutes south of the border and I don't see that here, I wonder if the restaurant owner is a WI transplant?

Were you given the option of sweet or sour for your drink?

No choice on the drink. I dont know much about the restaurant. Its called the Guesthouse. As predicted, there were many deer heads on the wall. They treated us well. The manager brought a free appetizer. The server comped one of our drinks for my sons birthday. A couple drinks came with pull tab lottery tickets and we won a couple free drinks as well. Drink description below.


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Old Sep 26, 2025 | 4:59 pm
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Maple smoky old fashioned
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