I disagree too. There is no requirement that bourbon come from Kentucky.


Well then why not go all out with your bourbon purity test and refuse to drink any bourbon that does not come from Bourbon County?

(Of all of the commercially relevant Kentucky bourbon producers today, none are in Bourbon County.)

The bourbon purity argument centers on silliness given A) the stuff is not from Bourbon County anyway; and B) "terroir" is pretty meaningless in whiskey production as opposed to say winemaking.

Do the bourbon purists really delude themselves into thinking that ol' Pappy's mashbill calls for only the rarest artisinal corn lovingly grown on the Van Winkle family estate? Give me a freakin' break! Even the finest of KY bourbon producers source their grains mostly from out of state.

I'm sure the vaunted purity of Kentucky limestone-filtered water can be replicated in other places.

And by the way, bourbon, unlike Champagne or Scotch whisky, should not be capitalized.


I have never heard anyone refer to Japanese whisky as Scotch.


Well there you have it. A PA bourbon that gets rave reviews, sells for over $1000 a bottle, but gets scoffed at by bourbon purists since it isn't from KY!

^^^^ Posted already about 10 pages back.

I just picked up a bottle at a very reasonable price - $41.99. Very nice. Smoooooooth and a hint of spice. I probably won't open anything else until this one is empty.

Thanks - I bought some of their bourbon yesterday, but prefer the Port Whiskey.

Just picked up a bottle of Widow Jane's 8 Year while I was home in NYC for the holidays. It's pretty good and definitely not something you can find down here in NC

Just sampled it tonight at a friend's place (think mine was 7 year though). He got a 200ml bottle in his stocking. Definitely enjoyed it.

I won a 20 year pappy for Christmas. I drank half the bottle in the past two weeks and then a friend just told me it was like gold.

Enjoy it... I am about to finish a bottle.. it's good stuff.. it tastes better in your mouth than in the bottle....

But yes it is almost impossible to get...
FDW

Too bad you drank it before you knew. If you sold it, you could have bought a lot of excellent whiskey, a vacation, & a 60".

Eagle Rare 10 Year Old Single Barrel is my Burbon of Choice. I learned of it while touring around Kentucky. Was the best of the trip.. Great Value as well! Happy Drinking and Safe Travels

I just picked up a bottle of Lost Prophet from Diageo's Orphan Barrel limited release program. Retail at Total Wine in Edina was $125.

A friend said he thought it was superior to Pappy 20. I read a review that agreed with that assessment so I thought I'd give it a try. $125 is not exactly an everyday drinking price point for me, but it's quite a value if it compares favorably to PVW.

Let us know what you think. I briefly considered a bottle but have held off for now due to the high price and low(ish) proof. Reviews I've read have been mixed, with John Hansell of Whisky Advocate really liking it, while others found it high on price and thin on flavor.

I'm not a huge pappy fan (but do drink it from time to time) but nothing from Diaegos orphan barrel compares. I don't mean to belittle your choice in whisky because it's ok whisky for the most part. My biggest problem is how Diaego has marketed the whisky. They've ridden the coatails of both the names of Stitzel Weller and George T Stagg; two icons in bourbon which honestly aren't at all related to the Diaego products. They play up the limited release nature but some numbers I've seen for the Rhetoric place the run to almost 40k bottles (for instance I think George T stagg this year had 14k bottle run, which was the largest of the buffalo trace). Finally they have tried to make a good story up about the spirit, which is all the new rage but mostly just marketing BS. Orphan barrel? This idea that they stashed it in the back of Stitzel Weller and forgot about it? BS. All barrels have tax paid on them so nobody forgot about them. The truth of the matter is all of the honey barrels are gone at this warehouse and this is just stuff that didn't make the cut. It's still ok stuff but not anywhere what they claim it to be.

So in summary it's ok stuff but Diaego has pumped up the marketing on it so that it just turns me off. I'm fairly sick of all the marketing rhetoric that's going on these days (templeton, whistle pig, etc).

Fdw

If you ever see Dry Fly Bourbon (those words on the bottle, NOT whiskey) for sale -- RUN the other way!