Best & worst Bourbon?
Oct 3, 2014 | 1:02 pm
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Oct 3, 2014 | 8:12 pm
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I'm out of the business now, but I could never get my hands on much in my bar, unless I bought a lot of Sazerac Group's unsellable Rain Vodka. It was an up front 'quid pro quo'. Just a few years ago the 20 was around $100 (wholesale) & rarely available. The 23 was always around & I thought it was a rip at $190. it's good, but it's not that good. It's analogous to the 'Dutch Tulip Mania'. Has Chinese demand stoked this fire ?
Oct 16, 2014 | 12:17 am
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I'd be curious. I believe it's $40 or $45 at the one and only bourbon bar in my town. The local liquor store caved to competitive pressure and closed. Last year they had 2 bottles, held a bourbon tasting with about 50 brands and had a drawing for both. Sadly, my number was not called.
Oct 16, 2014 | 5:00 am
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I just took the Buffalo Trace tour a couple weeks ago. The guide told us that Pappy comes from barrels treated, aged, stored exactly like one of their othr bourbons. Pappy is just selected from among them by certain tasters. So you can get pretty much the same experience for a lot less.
I was at a party in high school where a guy drank a bunch of Southern Comfort and threw up on the hood of a car. It made the paint bubble. No way I am drinking that stuff.
I was at a party in high school where a guy drank a bunch of Southern Comfort and threw up on the hood of a car. It made the paint bubble. No way I am drinking that stuff.
Oct 17, 2014 | 11:32 am
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I just took the Buffalo Trace tour a couple weeks ago. The guide told us that Pappy comes from barrels treated, aged, stored exactly like one of their othr bourbons. Pappy is just selected from among them by certain tasters. So you can get pretty much the same experience for a lot less.
Oct 18, 2014 | 9:25 pm
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Oct 18, 2014 | 9:27 pm
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Sounds like me. My first experience drinking was with Wild Turkey and Pepsi. It didn't stay down...I haven't been able to touch it since.
Oct 19, 2014 | 8:33 am
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Oct 20, 2014 | 10:12 am
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I have a friend who got wildly drunk from consuming a bottle of cherry brandy in high school and threw up. 40 years later, whenever he smells cherries, cherry cough syrup, cherry beer, cough drops, anything, he gets nauseous. The human brain is an amazing thing.
Oct 20, 2014 | 10:29 am
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It's not a combination I'd recommend to anyone but when you're on a rugby outing choice doesn't always come in to what you're consuming.
Oct 22, 2014 | 12:52 pm
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Per dollar I am going to have to throw my weight behind Jefferson Presidential Select. It's basically Pappy, at 1/3 the price. Not made anymore, but I bought 2 bottles back in the day and have been hoarding it. For my money I don't know of anything better. If somehow you stumble across a bottle anywhere... DRINK IT
Oct 22, 2014 | 2:44 pm
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Per dollar I am going to have to throw my weight behind Jefferson Presidential Select. It's basically Pappy, at 1/3 the price. Not made anymore, but I bought 2 bottles back in the day and have been hoarding it. For my money I don't know of anything better. If somehow you stumble across a bottle anywhere... DRINK IT
Oct 23, 2014 | 4:52 am
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Ahhh someone who knows his mashbills. Sadly weller 12 is also fairly tough to get in some places. I haven't seen a bottle in MD in years. The weller 12/OWA 107 mixture is considered by many to be "poor mans pappy". I'm dying to try parkers wheated whiskey this year. That's been the one that I've most looked forward to this year. I'm a huge fan of most wheated products, with the barrel roof William larue weller being my absolute fav.
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