Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)
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Knob Creek vertical tasting. 10, 12, 13, 14 year single barrel, barrel proof. 12 is the best, 13 is darn close. 10 underdelivers on the nose. 14 is over oaked.
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We don't like blood orange, and I think Brandi must've thought that she was buying clementines. So, since they're too sweet for me to otherwise enjoy, made a simple syrup with the innards and torched a twist of the rind over the old fashioned I made with it for the save. Necessity, the mother of invention.
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It's decent. Worth the $35 I found it for. The Stitzel-Weller connection seems tenuous at best.
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Same here @Jett129 , World of Wines sometimes has crazy low prices.
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Baltimore Spirits Company Epoch Rye. Won double gold at SF competition if memory serves. Only way to get it reliably is to go to distillery on release day (which I did today). A nice craft rye, some unique notes. Definitely on the herbaceous end of the rye spectrum (basil, dill), very little of the rye spice you generally expect from a younger whiskey. The finish is quite nice. About 30 seconds after you swallow you get the impression that you swallowed honey 2 seconds ago, which is as weird as it sounds but in a good way. Glad I made the effort to trek into that hellish city to pick some up.
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We don't like blood orange, and I think Brandi must've thought that she was buying clementines. So, since they're too sweet for me to otherwise enjoy, made a simple syrup with the innards and torched a twist of the rind over the old fashioned I made with it for the save. Necessity, the mother of invention.
It's Friday. Revisited the above with half and half orange and ango bitters, and deleted the peel. Worked out great, but perhaps the doubling of the bourbon has something to do with it.
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You and me both, my man. Seems like you're handling it well, or at least classily.
Ginger apple fizz for me (to lazy to photo):
2oz apple brandy (Lairds Bottled in Bond)
1oz lemon juice
1 tsp maple syrup
Shake the above with ice and strain
Top with ginger beer -
This won best in show whiskey in San Fran world spirit comp for 2018. Big deal since it is a bourbon.
Rough Friday. Stuff hit the fan right as the day ended….
Henry McKenna Single Barrel Awarded ‘Best in Show Whiskey’ at 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Kentucky Distillers Association
https://kybourbon.com/henry-mckenna-single-barrel-awarded-best-in-show-whiskey-at-2019-san-francisco-world-spirits-competition/
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I didn’t have that exact bottle,but I tried some Henry McKenna at Whiskeyfest in NYC,,and had heard a lot of good things about it,and really wanted to like it,but I just didn’t care for it. Have to keep my eye out for the Single Barrel version. After posting this I went back and looked it up and it is what I had at Whiskeyfest.
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LOVE boulevardiers!
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I didn’t have that exact bottle,but I tried some Henry McKenna at Whiskeyfest in NYC,,and had heard a lot of good things about it,and really wanted to like it,but I just didn’t care for it. Have to keep my eye out for the Single Barrel version. After posting this I went back and looked it up and it is what I had at Whiskeyfest.
I think I still like Elijah Craig small batch better. But, the Henry M wasn't bad.
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Henry McKenna is absolutely one of the best values in bourbon right now. Somehow it's stuck at 2005 bourbon pricing. Now, whether it matches your taste is another thing. Something to keep in mind, though, being a single barrel bottle each bottle will be a bit different. They'll all be in a zone, but small changes can definitely make a difference in your enjoyment. Luckily with such a great price you can snag one periodically to see if it matches your taste better.
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Bought a bottle of this to keep me lubricated during my week in Liverpool. Reasonably priced, very drinakable and damn tasty. I consistently enjoy stuff put put under the Nikka label…
I'm not familiar with Japanese whisky… I grew up in an Irish/English American family and it was either Irish whiskey or American. Got in to scotches at one point, but it was an expensive habit.
I'm loving sweetness of bourbons at the moment...
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