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Old Feb 20, 2022 | 5:02 pm
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Originally Posted by phillygold
To clear any confusion on the owners/distillers of major brands, this chart is helpful.
Gotta say that it is kind of sad to see the corporate gobble up of all those bourbons. I guess it is a trend everywhere, but lately I am more interested in whiskey from Japan, Scotland and Ireland by independent producers. For as long as that lasts.

And all the hundreds of different rums around the world.
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Old Feb 25, 2022 | 1:46 am
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Originally Posted by stimpy
Gotta say that it is kind of sad to see the corporate gobble up of all those bourbons. I guess it is a trend everywhere, but lately I am more interested in whiskey from Japan, Scotland and Ireland by independent producers. For as long as that lasts.

And all the hundreds of different rums around the world.
Im a bourbon guy through and through, and I dislike most scotch (especially peaty ones) and usually find other malt whiskies uninteresting at best but I was blown away by Glendalough 17yr.
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Old Feb 25, 2022 | 5:06 pm
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Originally Posted by phillygold
To clear any confusion on the owners/distillers of major brands, this chart is helpful.
Only for the former. Not the latter. Regardless of the brand owner, it's all distilled by MGP in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.



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Old Mar 26, 2022 | 2:09 am
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Strong and good
we finished - 8 degens

angels envy Kentucky bourbon



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Old Apr 27, 2022 | 12:41 pm
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Originally Posted by westcoastman
Over the past couple of years I have become really fond of Basil Hayden. At your better bars it is also less expensive then most of the Scotch. I prefer a Basil Hayden on the rocks with a splash of mineral water.
It is my bourbon of choice too. I love the dark Rye which I use in my ole fashion.
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Old May 13, 2022 | 7:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Super Mario
I can't seem to find the bonded bottles anymore. At $20, they were my go-to travel buddies. Thanks for the heads-up on Old Tub. Probably going to find a bottle of it today.
Legally, not bourbon, but Jack Daniel's is introducing two new 100 proof, bottled in bond editions this month.

https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/bourbon/jack-daniels-adds-two-new-bottled-in-bond-whiskeys/

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Old Mar 13, 2023 | 11:01 am
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Went out to dinner this weekend at an Italian restaurant. Food itself ended up being mediocre but they had William Larue Weller behind the bar(not sure what specific year -- presumably 2022, this restaurant opened in 2022 and given how NC ABC regulates Bourbon it's unlikely to be older). Decided just to ask how much a pour was because that is a unicorn bourbon for me big time. Turned out it was $21 (vs. glass of red wine was about $16-18 so very reasonable) and they gave me a very healthy pour (not a 1oz thimble you get for unicorn bourbons at a lot of places).

Holy cow what a fantastic bourbon. If I ever get selected in the NC ABC lottery (unlikely but you never know), that is going to be at the very top of my list of selections
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Old Mar 13, 2023 | 2:00 pm
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Forgot about this thread. Need more bourbon...

...oh wait, here's some:

Originally Posted by DELee
Bourbon flight ("Well behaved women seldom make history"):


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Old Mar 25, 2023 | 11:23 am
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Originally Posted by Duke787
Went out to dinner this weekend at an Italian restaurant. Food itself ended up being mediocre but they had William Larue Weller behind the bar(not sure what specific year -- presumably 2022, this restaurant opened in 2022 and given how NC ABC regulates Bourbon it's unlikely to be older). Decided just to ask how much a pour was because that is a unicorn bourbon for me big time. Turned out it was $21 (vs. glass of red wine was about $16-18 so very reasonable) and they gave me a very healthy pour (not a 1oz thimble you get for unicorn bourbons at a lot of places).

Holy cow what a fantastic bourbon. If I ever get selected in the NC ABC lottery (unlikely but you never know), that is going to be at the very top of my list of selections
That's an amazing find at a shockingly low price. Selling WLW at $21 per shot opens that restaurant up to the risk of violating its liquor license as patrons order 3-5 shots to go. I know I would!
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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 12:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Herb687
That's an amazing find at a shockingly low price. Selling WLW at $21 per shot opens that restaurant up to the risk of violating its liquor license as patrons order 3-5 shots to go. I know I would!
It's nice to see bars selling pours at standard margins rather than marking up based on secondary value. Finding places like this is my favorite way to try allocated/high end bourbon, rather than chasing bottles.
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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 1:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Herb687
That's an amazing find at a shockingly low price. Selling WLW at $21 per shot opens that restaurant up to the risk of violating its liquor license as patrons order 3-5 shots to go. I know I would!
Originally Posted by javabytes
It's nice to see bars selling pours at standard margins rather than marking up based on secondary value. Finding places like this is my favorite way to try allocated/high end bourbon, rather than chasing bottles.
Yeah amazing discovery. I've been scheming to go back just to sit at the bar and have another glass or two. These types of bottles are true unicorns in the RTP area and when you do find them they usually are absurdly priced so this was true double unicorn.
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Old Mar 30, 2023 | 6:12 pm
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Some Woodford on board:



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Old Apr 18, 2023 | 10:14 pm
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Some Woodford at home:



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Old Apr 19, 2023 | 6:04 pm
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Arrow Hmmm.
Originally Posted by DELee
Some Woodford on board:
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Originally Posted by DELee
Some Woodford at home:
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I know tomorrow is April 20th, but I definitely espy a theme in your drinking (and image) posts.
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Old Apr 21, 2023 | 12:21 am
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Originally Posted by pudgym29
I know tomorrow is April 20th, but I definitely espy a theme in your drinking (and image) posts.
Sometimes, even on April 20th, we drink bourbon in cocktail form:



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