Best & worst Bourbon?
Aug 8, 2012, 4:08 pm
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I find that fine bourbon like fine single malt should be left at cask strength.
Aug 8, 2012, 8:16 pm
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I guess if you are partying with the buddies that ride the Iron Horse ( in this case the hog HD) you will never get a word from the Wild Turkey 100
Aug 8, 2012, 9:43 pm
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Aug 8, 2012, 9:56 pm
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In the mid-priced realm for sipping I really like Eagle Rare. It's super-smooth and easy drinking but still has some interesting flavors. It's from the Buffalo Trace Distillery. It has displaced Woodford in that category for me.
My wallet hasn't allowed me to try enough of the "top-shelf" to lend a worthy opinion. As for bottom of the barrel, if Old Crow doesn't win I don't know what does.
My wallet hasn't allowed me to try enough of the "top-shelf" to lend a worthy opinion. As for bottom of the barrel, if Old Crow doesn't win I don't know what does.
Aug 8, 2012, 11:27 pm
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In the mid-priced realm for sipping I really like Eagle Rare. It's super-smooth and easy drinking but still has some interesting flavors. It's from the Buffalo Trace Distillery. It has displaced Woodford in that category for me.
My wallet hasn't allowed me to try enough of the "top-shelf" to lend a worthy opinion. As for bottom of the barrel, if Old Crow doesn't win I don't know what does.
My wallet hasn't allowed me to try enough of the "top-shelf" to lend a worthy opinion. As for bottom of the barrel, if Old Crow doesn't win I don't know what does.
Aug 10, 2012, 10:24 am
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Perhaps it's decades of conditioning, but I prefer several of the Tennessee Sour Mashes to even the premium and small batch KY Bourbons. Excluding all of Jack Daniel's bottlings which seem to carry a "sweet" after taste, the Sour Mashes carry both yeasty aroma and flavor, while the small batch bourbons err on the edge of harshness (at least to my palate).
My grandfather was an Old Fitz man, and that the first Bourbon I ever learned to drink to appreciate. In my teen years, the choices were price-driven, Old Crow and Ancient (Un)Age, but palate and pocket book soon made me: "A Dickel man bred, a Dickel man born, and likely a Dickel man dead."
My grandfather was an Old Fitz man, and that the first Bourbon I ever learned to drink to appreciate. In my teen years, the choices were price-driven, Old Crow and Ancient (Un)Age, but palate and pocket book soon made me: "A Dickel man bred, a Dickel man born, and likely a Dickel man dead."
Aug 13, 2012, 2:55 pm
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Aug 15, 2012, 5:58 am
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I think I agree, because the 23 costs 2X as much. Another $80 for 3 fricking years ! It's the only 'Pappy' I can get right now at my bar & it's a rip-off. Word on the street is that Costco bought it all. The Black Maple Hill (Black Label) & the Parker Beam 27 (or Heritage or whatever) can compete though. wj
Aug 23, 2012, 5:59 am
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I finally got a bottle of JB Devils Cut the other day. Not bad at all. Slightly overproof (90 proof) and cheap enough that I don't feel bad mixing it with Coke but good enough to sip straight as well.
Nov 26, 2012, 1:33 pm
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Pappy this year was the hardest to get.. I managed to get a bottle @ $160.. they sure have jacked their prices. 2 years ago I was able to get a bottle of 20 for $120 and a bottle of 23 for $180. The 23 is going for $300 now....
but, in my mind, my favorites are the barrel strength William La Rue Weller and George T Stagg... with a drop or two of water to open them up a bit....
mmmmm
FDW
but, in my mind, my favorites are the barrel strength William La Rue Weller and George T Stagg... with a drop or two of water to open them up a bit....
mmmmm
FDW
Nov 26, 2012, 1:36 pm
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I've recently been introduced to, and much enjoying, Knob Creek, especially in a mug of hot chocolate on a cold night or homemade mint julep.