Favorite Bourbon
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pmsummer
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Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
I know it is considered sacrilegious not to be a connoisseur of all things - after all, if one prefers fine audio gear, should not one also strive for 'the best' in all leisurely pursuits?
When I was younger, I tried, I really did, to learn to enjoy single-malt Scotch. I know it is an 'aquired taste' and I gave it my best shot(s) over and over again. You know what? I don't like it. Tastes like poison.
I got good and sick when I was in college on Canadian Whiskey, can't stand the stuff now. Even the smell of an open bottle of Canadian Club will make me wince.
I actually avoided Jack Daniels - and yes, I am aware it is not 'Bourbon' due to where the distillery is located and how it is filtered. But it was so 'blue collar' that when I thought I was hot sh*t, I avoided all things that were not exclusive and rare and thought to be 'good' due to those attribute.
I finally decided that if I could not learn to like Scotch, perhaps I could learn to like Bourbon. And like Scotch, there are definitely some 'high-end' brands that are thought highly of by connoisseurs.
After all of it - and years of trying - I have come to a conclusion. I don't care for most of the fine Bourbons I have tried, from Dickle to Knob Creek and everything with a high price tag inbetween. I used to shop at Applejack's, biggest dang liquor store you ever saw - so I had access to some great stuff over the years.
I like Jack Daniels. And I'll drink it on the rocks or with Coke, I don't care.
Some bratwurst on the grill, a nice tall sweaty tumbler of cold Jack-n-Coke, and I'm a pretty happy guy.
But it ain't cool. Oh well. Bottle of Jack on my shelf in my flophouse right now. Right next to the Goose Creek Dark Ale.
When I was younger, I tried, I really did, to learn to enjoy single-malt Scotch. I know it is an 'aquired taste' and I gave it my best shot(s) over and over again. You know what? I don't like it. Tastes like poison.
I got good and sick when I was in college on Canadian Whiskey, can't stand the stuff now. Even the smell of an open bottle of Canadian Club will make me wince.
I actually avoided Jack Daniels - and yes, I am aware it is not 'Bourbon' due to where the distillery is located and how it is filtered. But it was so 'blue collar' that when I thought I was hot sh*t, I avoided all things that were not exclusive and rare and thought to be 'good' due to those attribute.
I finally decided that if I could not learn to like Scotch, perhaps I could learn to like Bourbon. And like Scotch, there are definitely some 'high-end' brands that are thought highly of by connoisseurs.
After all of it - and years of trying - I have come to a conclusion. I don't care for most of the fine Bourbons I have tried, from Dickle to Knob Creek and everything with a high price tag inbetween. I used to shop at Applejack's, biggest dang liquor store you ever saw - so I had access to some great stuff over the years.
I like Jack Daniels. And I'll drink it on the rocks or with Coke, I don't care.
Some bratwurst on the grill, a nice tall sweaty tumbler of cold Jack-n-Coke, and I'm a pretty happy guy.
But it ain't cool. Oh well. Bottle of Jack on my shelf in my flophouse right now. Right next to the Goose Creek Dark Ale.
fotno
Lunatic Member
I bought a bourbon recently for a particularly stupid reason... Because it was in an interesting cast-glass bottle, and it came with a really cool hat (another of my addictions)!
Bulliet Frontier Bourbon (Don't let the semi-tacky name throw you)- It's now on my top 10 list, and I actually like it better than Maker's Mark. It's labelled as 90 proof but it is smooth, and not a touch of the "morning-afters" - Even though I hit it pretty hard one evening. I'd recommend a tasting for sure, a fifth goes for about $20 in my locale. All in all money well spent IMO.
FWIW Jones, I like Jack too - I just can't stand the headache it leaves me with...
Bulliet Frontier Bourbon (Don't let the semi-tacky name throw you)- It's now on my top 10 list, and I actually like it better than Maker's Mark. It's labelled as 90 proof but it is smooth, and not a touch of the "morning-afters" - Even though I hit it pretty hard one evening. I'd recommend a tasting for sure, a fifth goes for about $20 in my locale. All in all money well spent IMO.
FWIW Jones, I like Jack too - I just can't stand the headache it leaves me with...
deaner33
Drew loves Thin Lizzy
Van Winkle
Yeah, I like all of the "wheated" Bourbons and I buy a lot of Rebel Yell and Wellers. I know I wouldn't be able to pick it out in a blind taste test, but my favorite is Van Winkle and it better be - my wife just bought me a case of it. She had to special order it as it is not available too often here in Mississippi. It may be BS but the liquor store told her that it is small batch and they don't ship that much out. Does anyone know anything about the Pappy Van Winkle? It sells for about $70 a bottle here (way out of my price range for one bottle).
roseskunk said:
Yeah, I like all of the "wheated" Bourbons and I buy a lot of Rebel Yell and Wellers. I know I wouldn't be able to pick it out in a blind taste test, but my favorite is Van Winkle and it better be - my wife just bought me a case of it. She had to special order it as it is not available too often here in Mississippi. It may be BS but the liquor store told her that it is small batch and they don't ship that much out. Does anyone know anything about the Pappy Van Winkle? It sells for about $70 a bottle here (way out of my price range for one bottle).
KeninDC
Hazy Cosmic Jive
Pappy 23 years is $120 a bottle at Schneiders on Capitol Hill. Jack, Turkey, or Black Maple Hill, bourbon is great. Drink it neat and don't think too hard about Walter Cronkite on the TV and and the Plymouth Fury II in the driveway. Bourbon lets you in on life's little secrets.
Merry Christmas,
Ken
Merry Christmas,
Ken
doctorbongo
Super Member
I'm a big fan of blind taste tests. And I'm glad to hear (see) lots of other people here like Weller. I was very impressed by it the first time I had it, and haven't lost that zeal. Thanks for the education, Roseskunk. That was one of the most edifying (non-audio-related) missive I've seen on here. Of course, I'm more impressed because I'm a Weller fan.
doctorbongo
Super Member
Well, to "distill" it:
There's bourbon, a Plymouth Fury II, and Walter Cronkite.
As a whiskey-drinkin journalist whose first car was a Plymouth Fury,
I'm with you, tentoze, sounds entirely coherent to me....
There's bourbon, a Plymouth Fury II, and Walter Cronkite.
As a whiskey-drinkin journalist whose first car was a Plymouth Fury,
I'm with you, tentoze, sounds entirely coherent to me....
KeninDC said:
Wait ! !
There is something incoherent about that post?
roseskunk
Well-Known Member
thanks bongo- wouldn't it be fun to do blind audio tests? i saw your other post...
i've had pappy as well and frankly i prefer the cheaper 12 year old to the more rare and more expensive 20's. they are the same whiskey as weller too, just sit around in a barrel a lot longer. btw, unlike wine, once it's in a bottle, whiskey stops aging. so that fifty year old royal crown will taste the same today as it did the day it was bottled.
for anyone interested, i'd highly recommend a trip to kentuck for the annual bourbon festival. there's also an amazing shaker community nearby if you have an interest in architecture. the only odd disappointment with ky is that you can buy bourbon cheaper in chicago than right at the distilleries...
i've had pappy as well and frankly i prefer the cheaper 12 year old to the more rare and more expensive 20's. they are the same whiskey as weller too, just sit around in a barrel a lot longer. btw, unlike wine, once it's in a bottle, whiskey stops aging. so that fifty year old royal crown will taste the same today as it did the day it was bottled.
for anyone interested, i'd highly recommend a trip to kentuck for the annual bourbon festival. there's also an amazing shaker community nearby if you have an interest in architecture. the only odd disappointment with ky is that you can buy bourbon cheaper in chicago than right at the distilleries...
