Best & worst Bourbon?
 

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.

Fdw

Fdw, what are you up to later on this afternoon? I can provide the cigars if you are so inclined :D

I had 2 or 3 bottles of Hirsch 20 in my bar a few years back and it was wretched. Most everybody sent it back. It was the only whiskey with age I've ever had that was undrinkable. I'm pretty sure I posted it here a million pages back. Good to hear that they've gotten their sh*t together.

I just tried jack Daniels for the first time the other night. I'm at my mother in law's for Xmas, and it's all she has in the house. It does have a sweet aftertaste...I thought it tasted like what I'd expect from a bottle labeled simply "whiskey". There's not much to it.

Unfortunately I was working.. maybe we should have a little mini Baltimore whiskey DO. I know LM225 is also a whiskey fan....

The Hirsch 20 is nothing like the AH Hirsch 16. They are two completely different products. AH Hirsch 16 was last distilled in 1974 at the old Michters Distillery in PA. Todays Hirsch and todays Michters are in no way related to the old stuff. I know it's confusing but think of it as the old Pan Am related to the attempted revivals over the years. There's an excellent book by CHuck Cowdery which does a solid job exploring the history of this amazing product...

FDW

My local store has a full line up for Pappy but no way am I buying it at these prices.

http://www.empirewine.com/search/?s=pappy

Unfortunately you're seeing the effect of the secondary market.. there's a store near here that has pretty much done the same thing. I'm not a huge fan of the markup. But, there will be someone who will buy it. I work with a guy who has way too much money than he knows what to do with it so last year he bought a bottle of the 15, 20, and 23 for $2300....

The rye is the hardest bottle to get right now. The state of PA got 15 bottles total.... I think it's closer to 19 yrs old...

FDW

Wow. You could fly business class to London and drink PVW in a number of bars for less than $2300. It's not like a rare Burgundy or aged Champagne that is priced like that anywhere in the world. It's just artificially high in the US. But if you can afford it, why not?

I haven't posted on this thread before, so forgive me if I'm a tad redundant.

That said, my favorite bourbon (Assuming we're talking about those in a reasonable price range) is Bookers - of the Jim Beam Small Batch family. For everyday house bourbon - Woodford Reserve - currently on sale here in Alaska's Interior for just 32.00 per bottle.

Bookers is good stuff. Have a bottle open at the moment. I also enjoy Rock Hill Farms as one my go to house bourbons.

Thanks for weighing in Seat 2A. Always a big fan of your trip reports. Bookers is great; high proof which I love. If you're ever in Baltimore let me know and I've got a couple of high proof pours that I think you'll enjoy...

FDW

Marketed as "whiskey", but wanted to mention that I bought a 375 ml (half-fifth) bottle of Port Finish (finished in port casks) Wheat Whiskey from Dry Fly distillery of Spokane. Pricey, but I had come into a bit of extra cash, and wanted to try something a bit ... upscale. DAMN - that stuff is smooth!

FTR, it is marketed as a whiskey because it is whiskey. Scotch and Bourbon are protected terms, whiskey is not. Dry Fly also makes a bourbon, too.

I didn't see any Dry Fly bourbon amongst the offerings, although they did have an extra-alcohol whiskey (60 proof).

I had brought along a bottle of Angels Envy for use after a pheasant hunt a couple of weeks ago. The table had a # of single malts & bourbons our group brought. Angels Envy was the one folks went to for additional drinks. I very much enjoyed it as well.