Re: Bourbon and whiskey drinkers

by tTito Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 18:38

Dendrobates wrote:
InTenSity wrote:
I get the bottle tomorrow. It's Blanton gold, which was shipped in from Ireland. I'm not asking what this person paid for this bottle. It's a gift. I'm going to try to save it for special occasions. How long will an open bottle of bourbon last?

Blatons is hard to find. Why is that?

I like it, and I’ve had a few old fashioned with it when I stay at the JW in GR. I think my favorite right now is Basil.
Average every day I like bullet .

Smitty's in EGR gets a barrel every fall. You can get on their mailing list. It's usually $75.00 per 1/5.

by **Dendrobates** Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 19:09

tTito wrote:
Dendrobates wrote:

Blatons is hard to find. Why is that?

I like it, and I’ve had a few old fashioned with it when I stay at the JW in GR. I think my favorite right now is Basil.
Average every day I like bullet .

Smitty's in EGR gets a barrel every fall. You can get on their mailing list. It's usually $75.00 per 1/5.

I might have to do that.

by **tGreenWay** Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 20:16

tTito wrote:https://www.thedailybeast.com/your-craft-whiskey-is-probably-from-a-factory-distillery-in-indiana

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That’s just messed up. I expect polo shirts with designer labels and private labels to come from the same factories. Most people by now know Luxottica makes a big majority of the high and low end labels for eyeglass frames, and private label store foods come from brand name producers. Selling your craft bourbon and rye as small batch microdistilled, complete with a totally phony backstory? That’s bogus, man.

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by **InTenSity** Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 21:47

Looks like I now have to do homework on bourbon as I did beer.

by tTito Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 22:20

InTenSity wrote:Looks like I now have to do homework on bourbon as I did beer.

I bet you feel like a chump.

by **InTenSity** Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 22:22

tTito wrote:
InTenSity wrote:Looks like I now have to do homework on bourbon as I did beer.

I bet you feel like a chump.

Nm too much bourbon.

by **pulling69** Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 22:30

I think I'm doing the Bourbon trail this summer, my Ambassador barrel at Maker's is done and I have my invite to go dip my own bottles. Other than Maker's and Buffalo Trace where do I NEED to go?

by **Robert J Sakimano** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 14:56

while I'm still a faithful follower of Jack Daniels (I will sip Jameson periodically), my lovely wife has gotten on a Glenlevit kick. She had a bottle or two of the Glenlevit 12.. recently she had me tracking down the Glenlevit 15... I fear that the 18 is coming soon.

by Clarett's Folly Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 15:02

I've been a fan of the Wild Turkey, Rare Breed lately.
Sadly it's what I drank right before the game on Saturday but, nonetheless, it has a nice flavor and a good amount of heat.

by **SeeRockCity** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 15:40

Clarett's Folly wrote:I've been a fan of the Wild Turkey, Rare Breed lately.
Sadly it's what I drank right before the game on Saturday but, nonetheless, it has a nice flavor and a good amount of heat.

Speaking of higher end products from lower end distillers, I really dug the Old Grandad 114. Someone told me it was going out of production, but I still see it on a shelf now and again. The higher alcohol content gives it a very interesting mouth bite and almost a cinnamon quality.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 16:40

SeeRockCity wrote:
Clarett's Folly wrote:I've been a fan of the Wild Turkey, Rare Breed lately.
Sadly it's what I drank right before the game on Saturday but, nonetheless, it has a nice flavor and a good amount of heat.

Speaking of higher end products from lower end distillers, I really dug the Old Grandad 114. Someone told me it was going out of production, but I still see it on a shelf now and again. The higher alcohol content gives it a very interesting mouth bite and almost a cinnamon quality.

Honestly I'm not the biggest fan of high alcohol content bourbons. Maybe I'm just a pussy, but I like the flavor or an 80-100 proof bourbon over the burn of say a 130 proof Booker's. You all can keep your barrel proof stuff to yourself. I'll just drink a bit more and end up in the same place.

by **tGreenWay** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 18:00

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
SeeRockCity wrote:

Speaking of higher end products from lower end distillers, I really dug the Old Grandad 114. Someone told me it was going out of production, but I still see it on a shelf now and again. The higher alcohol content gives it a very interesting mouth bite and almost a cinnamon quality.

Honestly I'm not the biggest fan of high alcohol content bourbons. Maybe I'm just a pussy, but I like the flavor or an 80-100 proof bourbon over the burn of say a 130 proof Booker's. You all can keep your barrel proof stuff to yourself. I'll just drink a bit more and end up in the same place.

Damnit, this is the second and third times today I’ve agreed with Pylon. Are we sure it’s not still Monday?

1) Something tragic def could’ve happpened to the axe tosser in the Videos thread,
2) Flavor >>>>>> Heat (no offense, Heat),
3) Pylon is definitely a pussy.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 20:01

tGreenWay wrote:
Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

Honestly I'm not the biggest fan of high alcohol content bourbons. Maybe I'm just a pussy, but I like the flavor or an 80-100 proof bourbon over the burn of say a 130 proof Booker's. You all can keep your barrel proof stuff to yourself. I'll just drink a bit more and end up in the same place.

Damnit, this is the second and third times today I’ve agreed with Pylon. Are we sure it’s not still Monday?

1) Something tragic def could’ve happpened to the axe tosser in the Videos thread,
2) Flavor >>>>>> Heat (no offense, Heat),
3) Pylon is definitely a pussy.

Did we just become friends?

by **Nordic** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 20:10

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
SeeRockCity wrote:

Speaking of higher end products from lower end distillers, I really dug the Old Grandad 114. Someone told me it was going out of production, but I still see it on a shelf now and again. The higher alcohol content gives it a very interesting mouth bite and almost a cinnamon quality.

Honestly I'm not the biggest fan of high alcohol content bourbons. Maybe I'm just a pussy, but I like the flavor or an 80-100 proof bourbon over the burn of say a 130 proof Booker's. You all can keep your barrel proof stuff to yourself. I'll just drink a bit more and end up in the same place.

I like both depending on the mood. I had a Booker's last night. For higher alcohol content, I really like Baker's, which is 117 I believe.

Also had a Dickel 12 last night, which is a Tennessee Whisky. I'm not a big Jack fan, but this was really good. Cheap too. $8 vs. thev $22 Booker's. I would definitely order it again.

by Clarett's Folly Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 21:54

I've found Four Roses to be a pretty goddamn good value for the price.

by **Rocinante** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 22:43

pulling69 wrote:I think I'm doing the Bourbon trail this summer, my Ambassador barrel at Maker's is done and I have my invite to go dip my own bottles. Other than Maker's and Buffalo Trace where do I NEED to go?

That’s pretty awesome.

by **Rocinante** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 22:44

Clarett's Folly wrote:I've found Four Roses to be a pretty goddamn good value for the price.

I haven’t had it in a while, I remember it not being my favorite. I’ll try it again. As cheaper bourbons go, Eagle Rare is my current go to.

by **SeeRockCity** Tue 9 Apr 2019 - 23:08

Clarett's Folly wrote:I've found Four Roses to be a pretty goddamn good value for the price.

Agreed, but Buffalo Trace is still my go to ~$30 bourbon.

by Clarett's Folly Wed 10 Apr 2019 - 6:41

SeeRockCity wrote:
Clarett's Folly wrote:I've found Four Roses to be a pretty goddamn good value for the price.

Agreed, but Buffalo Trace is still my go to ~$30 bourbon.

The store that carries it by me sells it for $15 so I look at it as a step down from that but, otherwise, I'd agree.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Wed 10 Apr 2019 - 8:20

pulling69 wrote:I think I'm doing the Bourbon trail this summer, my Ambassador barrel at Maker's is done and I have my invite to go dip my own bottles. Other than Maker's and Buffalo Trace where do I NEED to go?

Buffalo Trace is the best distillery to visit and it's not even officially on the bourbon trail. Stitzel Weller is pretty cool, I'd hit that one up. Woodford Reserve is a good one to hit up as well. If you've never been to a bourbon distillery before, the smell of old wood and bourbon is amazing in the warehouses.

Evan Williams is kind of lame. It's right in the downtown area of Louisville. I could have skipped that one. The drive out to Wild Turkey is neat but kind of bare bones, the same with Four Roses. You do get to keep your tasting glass at Four Roses if you do the tour though.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Wed 10 Apr 2019 - 8:24

SeeRockCity wrote:
Clarett's Folly wrote:I've found Four Roses to be a pretty goddamn good value for the price.

Agreed, but Buffalo Trace is still my go to ~$30 bourbon.

The baseline Buffalo Trace is hands down my favorite bourbon at that price. Four Roses single barrel is my favorite single barrel at the $40/$50 range. If you ever find a bottle of Colonel Taylor single barrel buy it. It's fucking great. You're going to pay around $90/$100 per bottle though.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Wed 10 Apr 2019 - 17:34

Not bourbon or whiskey.. but just had a swig of moonshine.

And not the commercialized kind where you get a receipt and a "have a nice day"..

the kind where your cousin hooks you up with someone he knows, you drive over in the dark, pull around the back of a schoolhouse.. a guy you've never seen before walks out of the shadows, takes $80 bucks and hands you two quarts of white lightening... looks around and says "get the fuck outta here".

Good stuff.

by **SeeRockCity** Wed 10 Apr 2019 - 20:11

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Not bourbon or whiskey.. but just had a swig of moonshine.

And not the commercialized kind where you get a receipt and a "have a nice day"..

the kind where your cousin hooks you up with someone he knows, you drive over in the dark, pull around the back of a schoolhouse.. a guy you've never seen before walks out of the shadows, takes $80 bucks and hands you two quarts of white lightening... looks around and says "get the fuck outta here".

Good stuff.

Be honest, this has never really happened to you.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Wed 10 Apr 2019 - 20:40

SeeRockCity wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:Not bourbon or whiskey.. but just had a swig of moonshine.

And not the commercialized kind where you get a receipt and a "have a nice day"..

the kind where your cousin hooks you up with someone he knows, you drive over in the dark, pull around the back of a schoolhouse.. a guy you've never seen before walks out of the shadows, takes $80 bucks and hands you two quarts of white lightening... looks around and says "get the fuck outta here".

Good stuff.

Be honest, this has never really happened to you.

it pretty much has.. with the exception of the schoolhouse. It was actually by an alley in a bar in the town I grew up in.

I gotz connections, yo.

another time, one of my other relatives actually dropped the moonshine off at my parents house after church.

by **SeeRockCity** Wed 10 Apr 2019 - 20:44

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
another time, one of my other relatives actually dropped the moonshine off at my parents house after church.

Well, yeah, who hasn't had this happen to them? I mean c'mon.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Wed 10 Apr 2019 - 21:05

SeeRockCity wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:
another time, one of my other relatives actually dropped the moonshine off at my parents house after church.

Well, yeah, who hasn't had this happen to them? I mean c'mon.

it was pretty funny..

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by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 22 Apr 2019 - 9:34

was in Grand Rapids over the weekend - my wife had a Glenlivet 21. She seemed to enjoy it.

I had 3 Old Styles.

by **Nordic** Wed 3 Jul 2019 - 22:53

Noooo! Fire at Jim Beam, more bourbon lost!

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/03/thousands-barrels-jim-beam-bourbon-burn-kentucky/39650447/

Some interesting info from the article..

One standard bourbon barrel usually holds about 53 gallons of bourbon that eventually turns into around 150 to 200 750 milliliter bottles, the Courier Journal reported. If all the barrels held bourbon, that would be a loss of at least 6 million bottles, the Louisville newspaper reported.

The whiskey maker suffered a total loss in the burned warehouse. The destroyed whiskey amounted to about 1% of Beam’s bourbon inventory, it said.

. The distiller said it operates 126 barrel warehouses in Kentucky that hold about 3.3 million barrels for its brands.

The Beam fire was the latest warehouse loss suffered by a Kentucky distiller.

Last month, a storm caused the partial collapse of a warehouse at O.Z. Tyler Distillery in Owensboro. The painstaking process of recovering barrels is continuing as part of the distiller’s overall plan that included taking down the entire structure.

Another Kentucky bourbon barrel warehouse collapsed last year. Half of a warehouse collapsed at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown in June 2018, and the other half came down two weeks later.

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by **The Pantry** Wed 3 Jul 2019 - 23:32

Pardon my math but working through the reported number of 45K barrels lost and it being only 1% of inventory equates to 4.5M barrels, not the 3.3M reported in the story. Calipari write that story?

by **Nordic** Wed 3 Jul 2019 - 23:38

45/3300 = 0.013636 repeating of course

So 1% works if you're rounding Bourbon and whiskey drinkers - Page 10 2599972566

I dunno, probably shouldn't be doing math this late.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Wed 3 Jul 2019 - 23:53

I've been to a few bourbon distilleries. Most of the warehouses are all wood structures. None of these building have sprinkler systems either.

by **The Pantry** Wed 3 Jul 2019 - 23:54

Nordic wrote:45/3300 = 0.013636 repeating of course

So 1% works if you're rounding

Not a math, accounting, engineering major, correct? ACT/SAT scores not needed. 45K barrels being 1% of inventory = 4.5M barrels total...not the 3.3M reported in the article. Kentucky math?

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Fri 5 Jul 2019 - 10:59

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Bourbon. It's what's for dinner.

by **Cameron** Mon 8 Jul 2019 - 15:01

Nordic wrote:Noooo! Fire at Jim Beam, more bourbon lost!

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/03/thousands-barrels-jim-beam-bourbon-burn-kentucky/39650447/

Some interesting info from the article..

One standard bourbon barrel usually holds about 53 gallons of bourbon that eventually turns into around 150 to 200 750 milliliter bottles, the Courier Journal reported. If all the barrels held bourbon, that would be a loss of at least 6 million bottles, the Louisville newspaper reported.

The whiskey maker suffered a total loss in the burned warehouse. The destroyed whiskey amounted to about 1% of Beam’s bourbon inventory, it said.

. The distiller said it operates 126 barrel warehouses in Kentucky that hold about 3.3 million barrels for its brands.

The Beam fire was the latest warehouse loss suffered by a Kentucky distiller.

Last month, a storm caused the partial collapse of a warehouse at O.Z. Tyler Distillery in Owensboro. The painstaking process of recovering barrels is continuing as part of the distiller’s overall plan that included taking down the entire structure.

Another Kentucky bourbon barrel warehouse collapsed last year. Half of a warehouse collapsed at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown in June 2018, and the other half came down two weeks later.

Punk ass fish can't handle their liquor.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48911918

by AvgMSUJoe Mon 8 Jul 2019 - 15:11

Cameron wrote:
Punk ass fish can't handle their liquor.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48911918

"People using the Kentucky River in the area of the plume will likely see and smell dead fish."

to go with their nasty ass local ladies.

hey oh!

by **Nordic** Mon 8 Jul 2019 - 17:19

The Pantry wrote:
Nordic wrote:45/3300 = 0.013636 repeating of course

So 1% works if you're rounding

Not a math, accounting, engineering major, correct? ACT/SAT scores not needed. 45K barrels being 1% of inventory = 4.5M barrels total...not the 3.3M reported in the article. Kentucky math?

Engineering. What part of my math was wrong?

by **tGreenWay** Mon 8 Jul 2019 - 18:28

AvgMSUJoe wrote:
Cameron wrote:
Punk ass fish can't handle their liquor.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48911918

"People using the Kentucky River in the area of the plume will likely see and smell dead fish."

to go with their nasty ass local ladies.

hey oh!

“[Sniff Sniff] Hey, Bobbi Sue must be over in that holler.”

by **InTenSity** Fri 3 Apr 2020 - 18:03

Hey WOP!
Are you looking for this?

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by **Watch Out Pylon!** Sun 5 Apr 2020 - 13:06

InTenSity wrote:Hey WOP!
Are you looking for this?

Oh nice! Where'd you find a topper in that bright gold shade? All of mine are a darker brown color.

by **InTenSity** Sun 5 Apr 2020 - 16:49

It's only sold in Europe, I guess. It's a 700 ml bottle.

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