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General Category => The Deuce => Topic started by: Custard on October 27, 2021, 11:14:46 PM
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I’m like 15 years late to the bourbon craze but here I am. Anyone else gotten into it? I’m not doing the Blantons and Pappy level shit but am enjoying collecting some nice store picks and whatnot.
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Bourbon is cheap. Good bourbon is cheap. Great bourbon is cheap.
Don't believe the hype.
(Avoid Old Crow)
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Bourbon is cheap. Good bourbon is cheap. Great bourbon is cheap.
Don't believe the hype.
(Avoid Old Crow)
Thanks. I have collected a fair amount of mid priced store pick/barrel proof bourbons to enjoy occasionally.
My current objective is to find a cheap bottled in bond lower-mid shelf bourbon to keep in the crystal decanter I found at TJ Maxx.
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Just drink it. No need to get all faggoted up.
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I like Blackened, the Metallica whiskey. The tavern down the street has it.
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I’m a big bourbon guy. Just picked up a bottle of Eagle Rare last night at the local County Market. In a Dark Water Society Bourbon Club. It’s a pretty cool hobby. Get to taste/try really expensive ones for like $10-$20. We all chip in to equal the cost of the bottle. Try 2 new bourbons a month.
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My current objective is to find a cheap bottled in bond lower-mid shelf bourbon to keep in the crystal decanter I found at TJ Maxx.
1792 has a good bottle in bond. Not a bad price either.
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Which expensive ones have you done? And how expensive?
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I prefer Tequila, much more fun buzz for me
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Scotch (preferably single malt), or you’re a pussy.
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Which expensive ones have you done? And how expensive?
WhistlePig The Boss Hog VII Magellan’s Atlantic - about $500-$700 a bottle depending on it you can find it.
Weller 12 year - between $350-$450 a bottle depending on if you can find it.
Not tried any Pappy Van Winkle yet. Just too damn expensive.
The thing with bourbon is kind what Rob said. Just find something you like and drink it however you want. I like to drink all mine neat and not an ice guy. So all my tastes and favorites are based on that. There’s a lot of snobs that drink stuff. The reason some of these cost so much isn’t because they’re so good, it’s just hard to find. Buffalo Trace which distills Blanton’s and Eagle Rare for example hold back distribution to raise the price. Just like what the diamond industry did to make them valuable.
My personal top 5:
1. Blanton’s- it’s just so damn smooth and great to sip on. Just so hard to find.
2. Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
3. Koval Single Barrel
4. E.H. Taylor Small Batch
5. Pretty much anything made by Barrell Craft Spirits. Love their Dovetail, but it’s just a whiskey, not a bourbon.
There’s just so many to list honestly. Great hobby!
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Scotch (preferably single malt), or you’re a pussy.
The Macallan, The Balvenie, and The Glenlivet are good scotch’s.
I prefer the taste of the corn for bourbon instead of the barley for scotch. Most scotch tastes more like dirt after having a good bourbon.
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WhistlePig The Boss Hog VII Magellan’s Atlantic - about $500-$700 a bottle depending on it you can find it.
Weller 12 year - between $350-$450 a bottle depending on if you can find it.
Not tried any Pappy Van Winkle yet. Just too damn expensive.
The thing with bourbon is kind what Rob said. Just find something you like and drink it however you want. I like to drink all mine neat and not an ice guy. So all my tastes and favorites are based on that. There’s a lot of snobs that drink stuff. The reason some of these cost so much isn’t because they’re so good, it’s just hard to find. Buffalo Trace which distills Blanton’s and Eagle Rare for example hold back distribution to raise the price. Just like what the diamond industry did to make them valuable.
My personal top 5:
1. Blanton’s- it’s just so damn smooth and great to sip on. Just so hard to find.
2. Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
3. Koval Single Barrel
4. E.H. Taylor Small Batch
5. Pretty much anything made by Barrell Craft Spirits. Love their Dovetail, but it’s just a whiskey, not a bourbon.
There’s just so many to list honestly. Great hobby!
Good stuff. Here’s my haul today.
(https://i.ibb.co/CBj1yVk/08137949-F49-C-4700-8422-621243-E240-C5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jhC6Y3c)
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Can't go wrong with Woodford. Like Eagle Rare, it's top flight.
I have a soft spot for the Old Grand Dad, because my Old Grand Dad drank it. It's a little bitter by comparison.
Four Roses is the most overrated/hyped and aggressively marketed bourbon I've seen, ever. It's 80° right? That means it's for girls.
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I had some fun doing little samples of these tonight during the game.
I think it’s funny that the person on the bottle of Old Grand Dad is Basil Hayden. I wanted a bottle as it’s an affordable high rye mash bill that’s bottled in bond. You’re right, it’s not a super smooth sipper but got it more for making OF/Manhattans.
The Four Roses is the single barrel version which is bottled at 100 proof. It’s fairly well regarded, especially compared to their flagship crap, and single barrel expressions aren’t that easy to come by for ~$40 so figured I’d give it a shot. I thought it was great at first sip but there was a bit more cinnamon in the finish than I’d prefer.
I have really liked the Woodford DO ever since getting into bourbon, I usually order it at bars and my neighbor buddies have it. But this is the first bottle I’ve bought. I got a store pick bottle of regular Woodford a month or two ago that’s also great. Woodford is probably my favorite mainstream brand at this point.
The 1792 is a single barrel store pick bottled at 125 proof. I sampled it at the store and immediately went and grabbed one. I won’t open it til I have some friends over. It’s pretty special.
The Old Tub is is a BiB unfiltered resurrection of the original Jim Beam bourbon before it was tweaked and watered down for the mainstream after prohibition. It’s got enough punch for cocktails but definitely good enough to drink straight.
Really liked the Belle Meade. A local bourbon aficionado told me it was really good, especially for its price point. He has yet to steer me wrong.
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Good stuff. Here’s my haul today.
(https://i.ibb.co/CBj1yVk/08137949-F49-C-4700-8422-621243-E240-C5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jhC6Y3c)
Lifetime supply?
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Lifetime supply?
Pshaw, that's 83 new threads right there.
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The ironic thing is, I can promise you Rob is a far bigger boozer than I am. Outside of being on vacation (Europe, Mexico, Vegas, New Orleans etc). I’ve probably been drunk 2 or 3 times in 5 years.
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Old Grand Dad is decent. Can’t go wrong with the 1792 or any Woodford Reserve. Not a fan of Four Roses. Basil Hayden Toast is not too bad.
I’ll have to start posting the 2 bottles I try at my tasting each month. 2nd Tuesday of each month.
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Did manage to catch a nice buzz a few Saturdays ago. The kid had a sleepover at his cousins’, and I got out for a handful of Hacker Pschorrs. They tasted mighty fine.
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I went out Tuesday night and had a pour of Blade and Bow. It gets pretty good reviews, but I wasn’t a fan at all.
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The best time I had drinking in the last 6-7 years was in Amsterdam a
few years ago. Damn that trip was fun. Smoked a little weed too, even though I almost never smoke. When in Rome.
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Old Grand Dad is decent. Can’t go wrong with the 1792 or any Woodford Reserve. Not a fan of Four Roses. Basil Hayden Toast is not too bad.
I’ll have to start posting the 2 bottles I try at my tasting each month. 2nd Tuesday of each month.
I went through a bottle of the BH Toast a couple months ago when I had no idea what I was getting into. It was easy to drink but then I kind of got hooked on the flavor profiles of the >90-100 proof stuff and try to stick with them. BH seems like the kind of bourbon you might give someone who says they will never drink bourbon in order to get them into bourbon.
I’d be interested in seeing your tasting results.
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The ironic thing is, I can promise you Rob is a far bigger boozer than I am. Outside of being on vacation (Europe, Mexico, Vegas, New Orleans etc). I’ve probably been drunk 2 or 3 times in 5 years.
Thing is, when you get drunk, we all find out in real time.
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BH seems like the kind of bourbon you might give someone who says they will never drink bourbon
Correct. Again, girls.
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Thing is, when you get drunk, we all find out in real time.
Extra memey.
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Extra memey.
You're easy to caricature. Like, real easy.
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I like Blackened, the Metallica whiskey. The tavern down the street has it.
Just stumbled across this
https://www.breakingbourbon.com/review/blackened-batch-107
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Just stumbled across this
https://www.breakingbourbon.com/review/blackened-batch-107
Man is that hard to read on my phone. Who came up with that layout?
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You're easy to caricature. Like, real easy.
When you repeat multiple lies literally hundreds of times over for 12 years, I suppose so. You think you’re not?
Pretty sure more than a couple people here think you’re a pedantic, rapey, compulsively lying trust fund kid.
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The defamation suit, and counterclaim, between the two of you will be exciting to monitor.
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It sucks that Illinois SLAPP statute is weak because it would so much fun* watching then fight cross-motions for sanctions.
*lawyer fun.
On bourbon I like the bottle of Koval I'm working through. 1792 is on my short list to fill the liquor cabinet.
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Got the Makers cask strength last week. It’s pretty good.
Evan Williams BiB and JTS Brown BiB are my favorite cheap bourbons.
Circled back and tried the Four Roses single barrel again thinking maybe I’d missed something last time. Tastes like cinnamony Chloraseptic throat spray.
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Also I have a friend in Ohio (a control state) picking me up all the Weller she can find at MSRP. Got 3 SR and 1 A107 for a total cost of $125. And another friend in PA who entered into their allocation lottery for me. 🤞
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Also I have a friend in Ohio (a control state) picking me up all the Weller she can find at MSRP. Got 3 SR and 1 A107 for a total cost of $125. And another friend in PA who entered into their allocation lottery for me. 🤞
Good deal.
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I don't touch the stuff, but I did see this thread .....
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/bourbon-whiskey-news-and-covid.305263/
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I was gifted a nice bottle of Don Roberto 1924 Tequila for xmas
no bourbon though
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Awesome. I’m on my way to Reno
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Awesome. I’m on my way to Reno
good luck!
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I don't touch the stuff, but I did see this thread .....
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/bourbon-whiskey-news-and-covid.305263/
Not sure if I should laugh or cry !
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(https://i.ibb.co/VpNnSF2/5680-F5-E9-712-C-4-C9-E-9-BFC-C71-C536172-D4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fGS6p34)
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Tried this last night and it is fucking awesome! At that price point it’s unbelievable. It’s being called the “Blanton’s Killer.” It’s just as good, way cheaper, and much easier to find. I HIGHLY recommend!
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Where do you get it? Not sure I’ve seen it locally.
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The defamation suit, and counterclaim, between the two of you will be exciting to monitor.
I'm waiting to see if Lisa Madigan will be called as a witness when her dad (finally) goes on trial.
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Where do you get it? Not sure I’ve seen it locally.
Not sure if you have any County Markets in your area, but they carry it. If not, you’ll probably have to order it online I’m assuming. Not sure who all carry’s it honestly, but I’m gonna get many bottles 😂
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Tonight’s two selections. $9 for a pour of both. Fucking Bardstown just got bought by Pritzker, so I wanna boycott lol, but it is pretty good. Barrell Seagrass was voted one of the top whiskeys of 2021, but damn it’s HOT. 118.22 proof. Bardstown is a middle of the road drink. Nothing too special or bad.
(https://i.ibb.co/F0k55pH/C4-AC4292-2-B9-A-4-D21-AD2-F-53-BEB53-AC7-E0.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9VmbbPZ)