What's the stave recipe for the Select?I do have some special bottles. I buy a special bottle for each time one of my son's come home from deployment and get back onto US soil. These two are currently in a holding pattern.
I’ve tried hard to like the Buffalo Trace. Because it’s readily available and inexpensive and I like so much of that distillery’s other more civilized (aged) offerings. I just can’t. They need to age it 4-5 more years and double the price. They couldn’t keep it on the shelves. Consider yourself lucky to have access to Eagle Rare, EH Taylor, and Blanton’s. Around here it’s only available on the secondary market (not this guy) or once in a while if you know somebody or are willing to buy it packaged in multi bottle buys with other stuff. Local store still has some Eagle but it must be purchased with a bottle each of 1792 Full Proof and BiB for $109. I did it once but I’d rather they just sell me the Eagle by itself.
If I start off with BT I'm ok with it, but if I switch over to it after something a bit older, its a different story. I have had a single barrel store pick that was excellent though.
You mentioned Johnny Drumm. It’s cheap so I figured I’d give it a try. You owe me $19.20.Daily is definitely just a rotation of whatever I am feeling. Found a couple really good Old Fashioned selections though one being Johnny Drumm. Special drinking on occasion would be Blantons but even here in Bourbon country tough to get. Never had Pappy but I am sure I will love it.
Oh man. I’m bummed you didn’t like it. When you Jeep through Kentucky, stop by. I owe you a bottle of something
Have you had the Bookers? The way you describe 1792 is sort of what the Bookers reminds me of. I do like to drink Bookers as a shooter or straight sipper out of a shot glass. My friend did not like it. Then again we drank a bottle of it then he proceeded to drink a bunch of beer and tequila shots after at the bar.
Well, in some cases you never know if you’ll like it until you try it. I didn’t think I’d love the Old Forester Single Barrel. I bought it because it wasn’t too expensive and I am trying to curry favor with the store owner for future consideration as a “preferred customer” when the allocated stuff comes around. I ended up loving it. So I can use the Johnny Drum as hand sanitizer, and if I don’t like the GB I’ll pour it into an empty Blanton’s bottle and sell it for $200.
You sir, are a hero of the republic. Were you able to score all of those on distillery tours?We went to KY last week, did a barrel pick at New Riff and Wildreness Trail. Got Freddie Johnson to sign a bottle of Eagle Rare plus did a “little” shopping.other shopping
