Favorite Bourbon
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pilotprose
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Rebel Yell. Great straight sour mash whiskey, excellent for sippin. Oh, one trick to making any drink, especially whiskey keep its taste, if you drink it on the rocks, is to use a plastic ice cube tray and distilled water. This will only dilute the alcohol and it will not pick up any taste from the ice, especially if you use tap water that has a lot of flouride or minerals in it. This also applies to the ice cube tray. DO NOT USE ANY ALUMINUM ONE! That and tap water will ruin any good drink. I used to use only distilled water, for both ice and plain water while bar tending. Yes, even after a few drinks, I did have some customers who knew the difference....could not find their way out the door, but knew what they were drinking. Besides, if you homebrew your record cleaner, you will have distilled water anyway!
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All-Trac
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Speaking of cubes, anyone try these?
http://gearmoda.com/2009/05/whiskey-stones-keeps-your-drink-cool/
http://gearmoda.com/2009/05/whiskey-stones-keeps-your-drink-cool/
I have seen those somewhere, maybe AK, in the last couple of days. I think they would be hard on your front teeth if they slide down when you empty a glass.
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I gave myself a Christmas present but forgot to post. I usually drink cheap Bourbon, I'm not employed now. I bought a bottle of Jack (Black as we used to call it). I have seen in recent history Jack Green and what I called Jack Yellow, Lem Motlow.
jd single barrel tastes good to me
Good whiskey, but it's not bourbon.
I think we all agree that Jack and George do not say anywhere that they are Bourbon. But they are made using the same process. They both have been mentioned many, many times throughout this thread.
OK tried some W.L. Weller Special Reserve today , gotta say for 90* it's OK . But still prefer the RIP 107* . Glad I still have an unopened bottle .
They had the W.L. Weller Antique 107* but went for the 90 due to a special price , being 1/2 gal was the same price as a Liter of the 107* .
Barney
They had the W.L. Weller Antique 107* but went for the 90 due to a special price , being 1/2 gal was the same price as a Liter of the 107* .
Barney
Russellc
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Have you tried it recently? It used to be a fine Whiskey, distilled by the legendary Stizel-Weller distillery, which has been closed since the 90's. Now it is some 80 proof cheap stuff made by Heaven Hill.
The remaining Stizel- Weller Whiskey, for the most part, goes into Pappy Van Winkle Family reserve Bourbons, 20 yrs and up. Some say there is some in the "Lot B" but I dont seem to be able to find this out definitively.
The demise of the S-W distillery was sad day for bourbon, and when it dries up, that's it. As far as the distilled water, I DO agree...I run a Waterwise distiller in the kitchen. If you ever see or smell whats left in the pot, you would never drink tap water again!
Russellc
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Russellc
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I think I would just chill the bottle. If and when I add ice, I do BECAUSE of the fact they slowly dilute the whiskey. Otherwise, sipped straight.
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Grateful2CH
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Old Pouge and Blanton's are both very good, tying for second place in my mind behind Basil Hayden :thmbsp: ... it is the smoothest whiskey of any kind that has ever crossed my taste buds.
LOT B: http://www.oldripvanwinkle.com/newbs/vw/website3.nsf/docsbykey/HNEY-5FFLNA?opendocument
and it's a beautiful thing.
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pmsummer
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...and has become a very pricey thing, too (at least in these parts). $65 for 750 ml.
Some think the taste of the Buffalo Trace distilled W.L. Weller 12 Year Old is similar to the "Lot B", and I'd have to agree. At $24 for a 750 ml. bottle, it has become my daily Bourbon.
Well, there goes my chances.
pmsummer
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Yeah. I think there's some gouging going on here. very little RVW makes it to Texas.
