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12-26-2010, 02:46 PM #76
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12-26-2010, 02:50 PM #77
At our company Christmas party I asked the Ethiopian Bartender for a Bourbon and Ginger. She started pouring Scotch in a glass. When I stopped her and said "No, bourbon" she looked at me like I was high and said "I know - it's whiskey. This is the Whiskey I have." I pointed to the bottle of Beam behind her, laughed, and asked her if that was Vodka.
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12-26-2010, 08:14 PM #78
^^^^This FTW. I had to have (4) bottles of this shipped out here to I-de-ho for the holidays as there was none to be found state wide. An absolute perfect sipper. Very buttery, with "peaty" notes here and there. Served 3 fingers neat, in a rocks glass of course.
Stranahan's is the first distillery in the nation to use a combination "pot/column" still in the distilling of their whiskey. They (Jess Graber) had Vendome Copper Co make one specially for them, and with this, their whiskey is imparted with both Bourbon and Scotch notes. Single malt, small batch combination. They define it as "Colorado Whiskey" as it doesn't fit easily into any category due to the experimental nature of the production.
*Highly* recommended.
Fats-
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12-26-2010, 08:16 PM #79
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12-27-2010, 10:00 AM #80
At the other end of the spectrum:
About 16-18 for a handle and still 86 proof. If you are mixing, its a waste to use the good sipping stuff. EW is tasty.Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon.
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol.
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel.
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12-27-2010, 10:08 AM #81
My bottle of basil hayden's is almost empty, I know I love that on the rocks.... but would like to find another great sipping bourbon, I'll sift through the thread and figure something out, but anyone have something good to recommend?
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Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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12-27-2010, 10:15 AM #82
Russels Reserve by Wild Turkey, less expensive than Basil and very tasty. Actually Wild Turkey has a couple small batch offerings that are great sipping bourbons.
Blantons, very good, but dear in cost.
Knob Creek, good but a little harder flavor than the above offerings IMO"You damn colonials and your herds of tax write off dressage ponies". PNWBrit
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12-27-2010, 07:23 PM #83
I'm an absolute Woodford Reserve slut, but will swear by that as an affordibly priced higer end bourbon. Also reccomend Eagle Rare. I prefer smooth carmel and vanilla notes so keep that in mind. I think if you like Basil you will definately enjoy these two. Woodford's Masters Collection is nice too if you want more depth and flavor in my opinion. (not to mention more $$$)
I've never gone wrong with any (most) of the other suggestions in this thread of really high end stuff but I have to agree with Whipper, the Four Roses single barrel is truly nice as well.
Had a tasting of all of Hudson's offerings at NYC's WD-50 a couple months back including their "white" whiskey or unaged corn whiskey (which is the base of their "baby bourbon") and I found the baby bourbon disappointing. The 4 grain was nice, but the "New York Corn Whiskey" (white) was garbage. I've had better 'shine around here year-in, year-out than that crap.
+1 for all who mentioned that despite the law, there is something to be said about straight bourbon from Kentucky.I still call it The Jake.
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12-27-2010, 10:33 PM #84
Why, thankee. I must retreat a little. I still like all that I mentioned, but there is something else. I really have different reactions to different bottles of the same type and year. I expect that when I feel one bourbon is somehow harsh one one day and another is smooth, then get the reverse results another day, it is my chemistry that day. Sometimes letting the bottle or glass breathe for many hours makes it better, sometimes not. And yet, on a given bourbon-tasting there is more unanimity on how a given bourbon tastes--I don't believe it's entirely groupthink. So.... I hope I have muddied the waters. Or barrels. Speculation: some people (= me) are more chemically challenged than others, and are moody imbibers.
BMills, it's funny that Woodford is not liked too much among my local besnotted pals. I had some basic WR a while back and didn't fancy it. But a WR special batch was first class. As above, I'll bet that if I buy a standard WR bottle, some days I'll love it and some days not. So I urge others and myself to take make recommendations with a pinch of salt. Wait! That's not wh
Everyone please be safe and moderate.
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12-28-2010, 12:15 AM #85
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12-28-2010, 09:38 AM #86
About 30 years ago I had a roommate who drank about 1/3rd of a 1.75 ltr bottle of Evan Williams on a bet. After he painted most of the walls with projectile Evan Williams barf, I can't even go near that stuff.
I recently started drinking Buffalo Trace and it's replaced Woodford Reserve as my favorite.
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12-28-2010, 10:04 AM #87
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12-28-2010, 10:45 AM #88
Buffalo Trace makes all these bourbons:
* Ancient Age — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort
* Blanton's — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort (single barrel)
* Buffalo Trace — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort
* Eagle Rare — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort (single barrel)
* Elmer T. Lee — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort (single barrel)
* George T. Stagg — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort (barrel proof, uncut, unfiltered)
* Hancock's President's Reserve — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort (single single barrel)
* McAfee's Benchmark — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort
* Old Charter — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort
* Old Rip Van Winkle — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort (wheated)
* Old Taylor — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Clermont
* Pappy Van Winkle — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Louisville (wheated)
* Rock Hill Farms Single-Barrel — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort (single barrel)
* W.L. Weller — Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac brand), Frankfort (wheated)
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12-28-2010, 10:48 AM #89
Thanks for the suggestions....
www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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12-28-2010, 10:49 AM #90
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12-28-2010, 11:07 AM #91
Eagle Rare is good stuff.
With that said and digressing, one of the guys brought Jack D's single barrel to the mountain, which was shared by all after shift. Good stuff.In order to properly convert this thread to a polyasshat thread to more fully enrage the liberal left frequenting here...... (insert latest democratic blunder of your choice).
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12-28-2010, 11:14 AM #92"You damn colonials and your herds of tax write off dressage ponies". PNWBrit
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12-28-2010, 12:46 PM #93
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12-28-2010, 01:01 PM #94
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12-28-2010, 01:04 PM #95
Get your ass up here and we'll hit up "Bourbon" in Glover Park.
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12-28-2010, 01:06 PM #96
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12-28-2010, 01:08 PM #97
12 v 17
Eagle Rare is very good indeed.
I just "stumbled" onto some Eagle Rare 17 over Christmas.
Even better! Hard to find however.
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12-28-2010, 09:56 PM #98
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12-28-2010, 11:51 PM #99
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12-29-2010, 01:47 AM #100
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