Favorite bourbon/ whiskey...

I need to get a bottle of that. Love the Oban line and was lucky enough to visit the distillery in the fall of 2024.

 

I was in Myrtle Beach last week and as always I went to Total Wine because there isn't one close to me. The sales guy in a white shirt who proclaimed himself as an expert, suggested this and said it was fantastic and if I didn't like it he offered to buy it back. It has a nice front palate, sweet caramel but is immediately taken over by some kind of baking spices that linger a little. A 90 proof it is an easy sipper but I wouldn't call it fantastic and certainly wouldn't buy it again at the list price of 119, he sold it to me for $100. If you happen to find it at 50-60 that would be a good price and as high as I would go.

 

Check out Leopold Brothers. They are from CO.

They have a collaborative blend with Dickel, and they have a 4yr bottled for Total Wine. Both are excellent.

The collab is about $110, and the 4yr is about $60.

 

Buffalo Trace had to close their distribution from all the flooding in the area.

Maybe they’ll start a new bourbon called “straight from the river”.

 

Prices are about to get waaaaaay outta control...

 

It’s hard to believe how the distillery looks now compared to when I visited back in 2023.

You can see the river to on the far left of the aerial photo. I can only imagine the damage this has caused to their inventory and memorabilia items.


The first floor of the visitor center is under water.

 

My first thought. Meeting with our key account manager today. I'll report back anything worthy.

 

Got this from a friend. Apparently some more BT aftermath /cleanup

 

So sad

 

it is sad, however the more I look at that photo, the more I think it is fake. I mean all the labels are facing up and toward the camera... Really?

 

It's AI, I'm sure just meant facetiously.

 

I'd have to do more work to get the labels correct, but more fun with AI:

 

Turkey Hunting in rural WI with my Dad. Massive storms this morning so we rolled into town for breakfast and found these hanging out.

 

I haven't cracked my EC 18 yet, let me know when you dive into that one, and I'll do the same

 

That time of year. Pact 11 has arrived.

 

Took the Pony Express out to Wendover and visited Lee's. No unicorns, but two very solid bottles.

 

Peerless has become my favorite ... sooo delish

 

Yeah - it's hard to find around here but I agree, it's a top 5 for me. Really, really good pour. We slowly drank about 1/3 of the bottle last night..

 

I drink the peerless rye often. Have not had the dbl oaked. Now I'll be looking for one though.

 

Def hard to find but it sure as hell isn't hard to drink

 

Yea man it's great ... def try single barrel it's what I keep going back to

 

I bought a bottle of the Peerless small batch several years ago and it was harsh and undrinkable. Even after letting it open up a bit nothing changed, so I ended up giving it away. Maybe I will try it again.

 

I'm on my 3rd 4th bottle & havent experienced that yet ... good luck if you try it again

 

Dao distillery traditional vietnamese rice liquor aged in whiskey oak barrels. Great booze from a small distillery.

 

Meh....I'm a cheap bastard and drink Crown.

 

I'm simple...
Crown Royal is my go to Whisky.

 

When your having a coke and you're like "man this thing is delicious, but I wish it would get me buzzin too!"

Crown Royal

 

The Double Oaked is great, I have never had the small batch...

 

I'm a straight up Whiskey drinker.
Drank a lot of Crown and Coke in my younger days and as the years went by I found myself using less and less Coke.
In the End I said to Hell with it and started drinking it straight up on the rocks.