Regrettably I'm nursing a cold and I didn't want to waste a glass of great bourbon when my taste buds aren't 100% ready for it. Next time I'm in London I'll head back to this bar. But as I think I've posted above, there are several other hotels and restaurants in London that serve these great whiskeys.

if some arent served (by glass) elsewhere, then price doesnt matter, but arent most prices for these kinds of things in london high?

From this thread it seems that it's actually cheaper in London than in the US. Any high end bar in London is going to be very expensive for drinks. At the Rosewood Scarfe's bar I paid 9 pounds for a Manhattan I don't even know what kind of bourbon they used. However if you look above there are some ridiculous prices being paid for RPV 23 in the US. If you can even find it!

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.

I'm sure you know you can't call it Bourbon. Thanks for the tip though.

I'm fond of bourbon, and can't stand adding water to it. Give me a glass of cold water on the side.

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Trader Joe's brand isn't too bad for the price.

True. There's no such thing as Bourbon from Indiana!

I disagree.

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.

Courtesy of csufabel.

There are several bourbon distillers in Texas, the best of which is Garrison Brothers.

Wait, next you'll be saying that the Japanese aren't really producing scotch.

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.

They aren't. It can't be called Scotch unless it's made in Scotland. They can, however, call it whisky every day of the week and twice on Sunday, if they wish. ;)

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.

Well I learned something today. I thought it was illegal like calling Schramsberg sparkling wine - 'Champagne' or Yamazaki Whisky - 'Scotch'. BTW, Pritchard's, a great Tenn Whiskey, made a 'Single Malt' a few years back of barley & rye. It tasted more like Irish than Scotch & it was great. Then there's Glenora Distillery in Nova Scotia that won the right to use "Glen'. Their whiskey - meh.