Best & worst Bourbon?
Oct 23, 2014 | 5:49 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 othčr 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 24, 2014 | 11:09 pm
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We had the master blender of Buffalo Trace in London a couple of weeks ago and I had a steak dinner and bourbon/ rye tasting with him. The company really does some pretty amazing drinks - from the Sazerac range through the surprisingly tasty Buffalo Trace through to some pretty obscure limited production drinks like Eagle Rare 17, Larue Weller and George T Staff.
Fdw
Oct 28, 2014 | 11:08 pm
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Buffalo trace antiques and pappy almost never hit the shelves anymore it seems..,,
Fdw
Oct 30, 2014 | 8:46 am
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Yeah, at Fairgrounds. I don't think any stores in the area are putting BTAC or Pappy on their shelves. I had Amex concierge call around and put me on a bunch of waiting lists, but no luck yet (Pappy is rolling out in MD). Keeping a close eye on PA after they released BTAC via a twitter link.
Oct 30, 2014 | 10:53 am
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Is this shortage still from the crop failure a while back, or are good ryes just so much in fashion? In Europe there's not much of a consumer demand for the higher end stuff, and there's literally a handful of stores which occasionally bring a bottle in but otherwise you're most likely to see it at an upmarket bar where they've been given a bottle or have brought it back from the US themselves.
Oct 30, 2014 | 1:35 pm
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Yeah, at Fairgrounds. I don't think any stores in the area are putting BTAC or Pappy on their shelves. I had Amex concierge call around and put me on a bunch of waiting lists, but no luck yet (Pappy is rolling out in MD). Keeping a close eye on PA after they released BTAC via a twitter link.
Fdw
Oct 30, 2014 | 1:37 pm
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Is this shortage still from the crop failure a while back, or are good ryes just so much in fashion? In Europe there's not much of a consumer demand for the higher end stuff, and there's literally a handful of stores which occasionally bring a bottle in but otherwise you're most likely to see it at an upmarket bar where they've been given a bottle or have brought it back from the US themselves.
Fdw
Nov 3, 2014 | 7:56 am
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My ability for picking winners in food and drinks seems to extend to whisky too. Having just talked about the tasting above, Sazerac 18 and Larue Weller have been awarded #2 and #3 whiskey in the world in the whisky bible:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...the-world.html
#1 went to the Sherry Cask version of the Yamazaki. I've not tried it, but the "house" whisky sitting on my shelf is the Yamazaki 12 which is lovely (18 and 30 are even better, but out of my budget for "drinking" spirits in the bar).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...the-world.html
#1 went to the Sherry Cask version of the Yamazaki. I've not tried it, but the "house" whisky sitting on my shelf is the Yamazaki 12 which is lovely (18 and 30 are even better, but out of my budget for "drinking" spirits in the bar).
Nov 11, 2014 | 10:48 am
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Found one of my new favorites this week, as one of our local finer restaurants just released their own Kansas City style bourbon. It's blended with a little bit of Sherry and balances the sweetness nicely. Yum.
Chris
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Nov 23, 2014 | 6:38 pm
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Nov 24, 2014 | 11:56 am
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