All About Whiskey

[tertius]

Picked up a bottle of the Elijah Craig Small Batch (on sale for about thirty bucks).
Pretty damn good, if sweet. Used to be one of my favorite bourbons, but I had a couple bottles that didn't hit me quite the same way, and stopped buying it.

[bugbomb]

Old Forester is a fine table whiskey. Not a damn thing wrong with it. Be sure you water the higher gravity expressions.

I picked up a couple bottles of their BIB product when we drove through Kentucky last year. Just opened the last bottle the other night - delicious. Rip, I hadn't been bothering to water things down to 80 unless they started out significantly over 100 proof, but you're right - it's a big improvement taking it down to 80-90 proof.

Picked up a bottle of the Elijah Craig Small Batch (on sale for about thirty bucks).
Pretty damn good, if sweet. Used to be one of my favorite bourbons, but I had a couple bottles that didn't hit me quite the same way, and stopped buying it.

Man, none of the Elijah Craig stuff has ever done anything for me. I'd rather drink Old Crow, and I infinitely prefer regular ol' Buffalo Trace.

[Joe Jaloszynski]

I did find a bottle of Yamazaki 12 locally for $90. Mr. Reynolds told me to buy it. So I did. It is delightful.

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Buddy from the UK visited and brought me a very nice 10-year Jura Superstition. How it manages to be sweet, peated, and a little afterbite of spicy I have no idea, but damn is it good.

[wmilas]

I hate you guys. I listened to the podcast, was curious, bought a Rittenhouse B&B, 4 Roses small batch (was on sale for $30 seemed a good deal), Old grandad 114. Tried all 3. loved the Rittenhouse the best. Fast forward a month and now I have 13 opened bottles. What the hell have you done to me?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Alcoholism.

[Matt Reynolds]

I hate you guys. I listened to the podcast, was curious, bought a Rittenhouse B&B, 4 Roses small batch (was on sale for $30 seemed a good deal), Old grandad 114. Tried all 3. loved the Rittenhouse the best. Fast forward a month and now I have 13 opened bottles. What the hell have you done to me?

Fun right? I have 140 opened bottles. It just gets worse from your 13.

[hollismb]

Fun right? I have 140 opened bottles. It just gets worse from your 13.

... and then you get to where whiskey storage is one of your primary considerations for moving to a larger place.

[tnumrych]

I got these two based on the recommendations seen here. The Willet is a little more then I like to spend on my libations but with what I heard about about the difficulty finding it I had to grab it. The first glass I poured is seen in the picture so I have no opinions on it yet. With the Grand Dad I feel like I'm adding too much water to get it to a drinkable level where I don't get the burn and immediate heart burn, so I don't think I'm getting all the flavor notes people mention. Most of what I get is oak.

[mangen]

I hate you guys. I listened to the podcast, was curious, bought a Rittenhouse B&B, 4 Roses small batch (was on sale for $30 seemed a good deal), Old grandad 114. Tried all 3. loved the Rittenhouse the best. Fast forward a month and now I have 13 opened bottles. What the hell have you done to me?

+1. Exactly one month since first purchase (Eagle Rare 10 and Rittenhouse BIB), I have 15 bottles - 10 of which are open (will be 11 after tonight). Maybe I should spend my $ on coaching instead!?!?