Bourbon

[JDFish]

On 12/6/2020 at 10:07 PM, MPAndreassi said:

The only thing I have more of than golf clubs. Primarily a bourbon drinker, but some of my favorite whiskies are ryes. 
 

 

The New Riff single barrel ryes are the real deal.

 

[MPAndreassi]

12 hours ago, tiderider said:

what's your opinion J Ocean? 

It’s definitely unique and not for everyone. Personally, I find it good but I have quite a few friends who don’t like it. If you can find it out somewhere I’d recommend giving it a try that way first. 

 

16 minutes ago, JDFish said:

The New Riff single barrel ryes are the real deal.

 

I like all of the New Riff stuff, and found it to be really enjoyable. These are the first ones I’ve been able to scoop up personally. 

[doublepar93]

The collection is slowly growing.

[GooseHook]

16 hours ago, MitchellGolfing said:

The collection is slowly growing.

Two excellent choices that punch way above their price point and should be stocked in any home bar!

[gregh729]

20 hours ago, MitchellGolfing said:

The collection is slowly growing.

I was pleasantly surprised by the Evan WIlliams Single Barrel. Great value and a constant in the cabinet

[Jose c.]

16 hours ago, gregh729 said:

I was pleasantly surprised by the Evan WIlliams Single Barrel. Great value and a constant in the cabinet

Couldn't agree more on the EW.

[tiderider]

Good sip on a cold day (yesterday, not this morning!)

[Bob Cat]

^ Four Roses Small is THE best bang for your buck, IMO.  Great stuff.

Make mine neat, please.

[PappyVanRoyl]

On 12/10/2020 at 10:32 AM, GooseHook said:

Two excellent choices that punch way above their price point and should be stocked in any home bar!

Completely agree.  Buffalo Trace, as a whole-as a distillery, is top notch with everything they do.  Eagle Rare (step above Buffalo Trace release) was my best bang for the buck before pandemic raised prices on bourbon everywhere.  And Blanton’s used to be $50-$70, was a great value.

I highly recommend bourbon distillery tours combined with golf trips. Maybe in 2022 when things return to ‘normal’.

I do keep going back to Woodford Reserve as well.

[tiderider]

saw someone standing out in front of the ABC store yesterday 10 minutes before it opened ... i thought delivery was Wed or Th ... he said it was M, T or W, but didn't know if a delivery had been made ... bout two minutes before opening, the ABC employee holds up some bottles to show us what had been delivered ... score! ... they got 5 bottles of the Old Fitz, their only allotment for the year ... 

Edited December 22, 2020 by tiderider

[gregh729]

Has anyone tried the Russell's 10 year. Just got gifted a bottle

 

[tiderider]

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Edited December 23, 2020 by tiderider

[tiderider]

3/5 barrels ... "above average" ... 

https://www.breakingbourbon.com/review/russells-reserve-10-year-bourbon

 

nice gift!

[gregh729]

thanks. Great link, I hadn't seen that site before

 

[tiderider]

On 11/23/2012 at 3:05 PM, mflores said:

Pappy was released today in Chicagoland - I grabbed a 12 year, 15 year and 20. Most store I visited were down to a few bottles - the rye went the quickest.

lol ... how times have changed ... 

[PappyVanWinkle53]

On 12/22/2020 at 10:02 AM, gregh729 said:

Has anyone tried the Russell's 10 year. Just got gifted a bottle

 

It's pretty good......if you can get your hands on the Russell's Reserve Single Barrel (red label), you will be very pleased.

[PappyVanWinkle53]

On 12/20/2020 at 10:46 AM, PappyVanRoyl said:

Completely agree.  Buffalo Trace, as a whole-as a distillery, is top notch with everything they do.  Eagle Rare (step above Buffalo Trace release) was my best bang for the buck before pandemic raised prices on bourbon everywhere.  And Blanton’s used to be $50-$70, was a great value.

I highly recommend bourbon distillery tours combined with golf trips. Maybe in 2022 when things return to ‘normal’.

I do keep going back to Woodford Reserve as well.

Did you copy my profile name????

[PappyVanWinkle53]

On 12/22/2020 at 7:40 AM, tiderider said:

saw someone standing out in front of the ABC store yesterday 10 minutes before it opened ... i thought delivery was Wed or Th ... he said it was M, T or W, but didn't know if a delivery had been made ... bout two minutes before opening, the ABC employee holds up some bottles to show us what had been delivered ... score! ... they got 5 bottles of the Old Fitz, their only allotment for the year ... 

ABC here in Virginia got the newest release of Stagg Jr on Monday....they post their inventory (and what stores have what) to the website around 10 each morning.  With COVID, stores open at noon, so depending on the bottles that show up, lines begin to form anywhere from 10 to 11.  I scored some Old Fitzgerald a couple months back....sat out front starting at 10. My wife called me a loser.  Picked up a bunch of Stagg Jr, Weller Antique, EH Taylor, Blanton's as well by just showing up a little early.

[gregh729]

Where in VA? I am in Maryland (DC suburb) and am seeing the same thing here. Lines every Friday on delivery day

[PappyVanWinkle53]

16 minutes ago, gregh729 said:

Where in VA? I am in Maryland (DC suburb) and am seeing the same thing here. Lines every Friday on delivery day

I'm in Virginia Beach....I've found that we get stuff here on Mondays and sometimes Wednesdays.  NOVA generally gets their stuff on Tuesdays, and sometimes later in the week.  Richmond is usually Wednesday.....this isn't an exact pattern....just what I've observed.

[gregh729]

I work in NOVA. I'll have to start checking their delivery schedules

 

[PappyVanRoyl]

3 hours ago, PappyVanWinkle53 said:

Did you copy my profile name????

Haha, it seems we have the same affinity for Pappy Van Winkle!

[dcmidnight]

Virginia is exhausting, especially Northern VA. Its the worst state to live in for anything remotely hard to get. Last year I showed up to a location that had two bottles of Blantons showing on its inventory - people had slept out overnight. This year? Same thing. At 7 AM I saw their inventory and rolled over an hour before opening - didnt matter. The kid in front of the line said he spent the night on the *offchance* that they got some Blantons he read on Reddit that they might. LOL. No pattern, no rhyme or reason, no definitive number. People have no problem sleeping out overnight.

 

This year, its even worse, they have stopped their lottery system. God knows how they will give the stuff away. Same corrupt way they used to, giving it to friends that work in ABC stores and those guys running grey market lotteries on the side. Probably...I definitely dont know from experience LOL.

 

Meanwhile I walked into Jack Rose in DC last week, they have Blantons sitting right there. $125 for a bottle, here you go. Ripoff? Maybe. Its double what I would have paid in VA but my time is more valuable than that garbage - and its right there, cash in hand, take bottle, leave. Man that place has gotten A LOT of business from me the last few months, they were selling off a lot of their collection to keep their folks employed and the bar open. Massive collection. Here, take my money.

 

TLDR - Virginia sucks, LOL

 

/rant

 

So it looks like its been @ six years since I posted in this thread. My collection has definitely become more 50-50 scotch than bourbon. Its also taken over what used to be two shelves for dishes. I have three bottles of Buffalo Trace and a bunch of other stuff just sitting on the floor or sitting on a side table.

 

First shelf - Blantons, ER, Yamazaki 12, Balvenie 12, Balvenie 14 Peat Week, Lagavulin 16, Hibiki Harmony, Nikka Coffey Still, John E Fitzgerald VSR 20

 

Second shelf - Whistlepig Farmstock Rye, EH Taylor BIB, Glenmorangie 15, Jefferson Reserve Roth Cask, Glenlivet 18, '17 PVW 15 yr, Jack Single Barrel, BT, Kilchomen Single Batch, Willet Pot Still, Woodford Double Oaked

 

 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2020 by dcmidnight

[gregh729]

impressive collection!

 

[PappyVanRoyl]

1 hour ago, dcmidnight said:

Virginia is exhausting, especially Northern VA. Its the worst state to live in for anything remotely hard to get. Last year I showed up to a location that had two bottles of Blantons showing on its inventory - people had slept out overnight. This year? Same thing. At 7 AM I saw their inventory and rolled over an hour before opening - didnt matter. The kid in front of the line said he spent the night on the *offchance* that they got some Blantons he read on Reddit that they might. LOL. No pattern, no rhyme or reason, no definitive number. People have no problem sleeping out overnight.

 

This year, its even worse, they have stopped their lottery system. God knows how they will give the stuff away. Same corrupt way they used to, giving it to friends that work in ABC stores and those guys running grey market lotteries on the side. Probably...I definitely dont know from experience LOL.

 

Meanwhile I walked into Jack Rose in DC last week, they have Blantons sitting right there. $125 for a bottle, here you go. Ripoff? Maybe. Its double what I would have paid in VA but my time is more valuable than that garbage - and its right there, cash in hand, take bottle, leave. Man that place has gotten A LOT of business from me the last few months, they were selling off a lot of their collection to keep their folks employed and the bar open. Massive collection. Here, take my money.

 

TLDR - Virginia sucks, LOL

 

/rant

 

So it looks like its been @ six years since I posted in this thread. My collection has definitely become more 50-50 scotch than bourbon. Its also taken over what used to be two shelves for dishes. I have three bottles of Buffalo Trace and a bunch of other stuff just sitting on the floor or sitting on a side table.

 

First shelf - Blantons, ER, Yamazaki 12, Balvenie 12, Balvenie 14 Peat Week, Lagavulin 16, Hibiki Harmony, Nikka Coffey Still, John E Fitzgerald VSR 20

 

Second shelf - Whistlepig Farmstock Rye, EH Taylor BIB, Glenmorangie 15, Jefferson Reserve Roth Cask, Glenlivet 18, '17 PVW 15 yr, Jack Single Barrel, BT, Kilchomen Single Batch, Willet Pot Still, Woodford Double Oaked

 

 

 

 

Very nice!  If I could make an unsolicited suggestion, Bruichladdich Classic Laddie (or any of their unpeated single malts) was an interesting experience to taste the barley mash that forms scotch absent of the peat smoke.  I love scotch, and bourbon, and the unpeated single malt was just another adventure on the whiskey path.  Like a dry wine (single malt barley mash) vs sweet wine (bourbon mostly corn mash).  FWIW. Cheers!

[dlygrisse]

Drinking Whistlepig Rye as I write this. 
 

bang for buck, Four Roses, Weller Reserve. 
 

go to at most bars: Woodford Reserve

 

Favorites:  Woodford double oaked, Blantons, Willet, Jefferson Reserve is good, Knob Creek is great when you are in the mood for some burn.  
 

so many good choices. 

[tiderider]

going to visit my niece and her husband ... he has blanton's single barrel (rye bourbon), and I will bring four roses small batch select and old forester 1920 (rye bourbons), old larceny barrel proof/wellers antique 107/makers mark cask strength (wheated), and whistle pig 6 year old and jack daniels single barrel rye (rye) ... that jd single barrel rye is very smooth ... not a bad bottle at all ... 

[teejaywhy]

[tiderider]

Keystone state residents: 

https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Liquor-Control-Board-Details.aspx?newsid=612

 

good luck!

[tiderider]

in our quest for high premium bourbons, don't miss out on under-rated, accessible values ... 

 

very good whiskey, here ... goes really, really well as a dessert drink with s'mores pop tarts ... probably for b'fast, also ... not that there's anything wrong with that ...