GSG Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I found a bottle of the Balcones whisky that I mentioned earlier. it's pretty smokey, but damn tasty. like drinking smoked meats Quote Link to comment
GM_Tood Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Have tried some Cut Spike Whiskey at thier distillery, and hopefully now it takes off. http://www.omaha.com.../130809994/1181 Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 if anyone has 9 grand lying around: Quote Link to comment
Lyons in the Sea of Red. Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 On the cruise ship I was on they had a bottle of "The John Walker", it was a from one of the original batches or something or other, and was $4000. Quote Link to comment
Lyons in the Sea of Red. Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/top-drop/johnnie-walker-launches-top-drop-with-the-price-tag-to-match-20101028-174pg.html Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Day 1 of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Hit the Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Maker's Mark and 4 Roses distilleries today. The best bourbons we tasted were Basil Hayden's, Knob Creek Single Batch, Makers, and 4 Roses Single Batch. Bookers was pretty harsh, as were the other 4 Roses. I like honey bourbons but Beam's wasn't very good. We're hitting the rest on the tour tomorrow, plus Buffalo Trace. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Day 1 of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Hit the Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Maker's Mark and 4 Roses distilleries today. The best bourbons we tasted were Basil Hayden's, Knob Creek Single Batch, Makers, and 4 Roses Single Batch. Bookers was pretty harsh, as were the other 4 Roses. I like honey bourbons but Beam's wasn't very good. We're hitting the rest on the tour tomorrow, plus Buffalo Trace. Did you try Jim Beam Black double aged 8 year? I think that's my new fav bourbon. (I like George Dickel Black label better. But it's from Tennessee, so technically not a bourbon.) Quote Link to comment
GM_Tood Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Now available if you want to support a local distillery. Cut Spike Single Malt Whiskey Getting ready to open my second bottle below. 1 Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 What filter did you use for that pic? "Drunken haze?" lol Quote Link to comment
GM_Tood Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Cell phone pos filter Quote Link to comment
Husker Red Til Dead Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Makers 46 was a pleasant surprise. Love me some Scotch or Irish whiskey... or just alcohol in general. Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I can't remember if Beam Black double was available for tasting or not, but we did not try it. Day 2 was just as good. Started at Buffalo Trace (their namesake has been my favorite "daily" drinker), Woodford Reserve, Wild Turkey, and finished at Town Branch in Lexington. Wild Turkey's Special Reserve Single Barrel and Rare Breed single were probably the best we tried. Town Branch, a new distillery, was surprisingly good at a reasonable price. They also have a bourbon barrel ale which from a small taste may be my new favorite beer, though it's unfortunately not available here and in very few places west of the Mississippi. It was a really good trip. If you're a real bourbon fan and love to sip them, it's worth a trip. If you're more of a mixer of mid-level bourbons like me, it's still fun, especially if you're nearby, and this will at least partially convert me to a sipper of the finer smooth bourbons. Maybe do it as an add-on to a trip to Indy. It's a great way to try a bunch of bourbons and learn some things, and drive around some pretty Kentucky countryside, and you can pick up some great bourbons not available elsewhere (better prices at liquor stores than at the distilleries since they don't like to compete with their own customers). We did 4 full tours, 1 mini-tour, and at 3 of them we just looked around a bit on our own and joined a tasting (partly to get all 8 in, and partly because we were getting burned out on seeing the distilling process so often. Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I got some laphroig today! It's quite smoky. Quote Link to comment
Nate Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 how nobody mentioned The Macallan 18 is beyond me... Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Picked up a bottle of Wild Turkey rye last week. I've knocked back about a third of it. Pretty good stuff! Quote Link to comment
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