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Blanton’s wants to be Bowman SiB when it grows up.
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Here’s sorted by secondary: Old Rip Van Winkle Parker's Heritage 10 Year Heavy Char Old Forrester 150 Anniversary Elmer T Lee Michter's 10 yr Rye Michter's Toasted Weller 12 Elijah Craig 18 Four Roses OESO Blanton's OWA Hancock's President's Reserve
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Redemption Wheated, Elijah Craig store picks, Old Ezra 7, Dickel BiB 11 yr, John J Bowman SiB…..getting hit by a truck….Larceny.
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III > IV > II, never had I. Did you crack that Widow Jane 13 year yet? They all pale in comparison to that Spec’s single barrel.
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Alight, this wasn’t a tough decision and I’m at Belle Meade all the way. Noses are all pretty similar except U/U smells a bit grainy while the Redemption has a weird savory note to it and Belle Meade is all tobacco and oak. Palate, U/U a little hot and sweet, Redemption oakier and weirdly meaty, Belle Meade balanced with cola and tobacco. Finishes were all pretty similar except a little more oaky on the Redemption. The U/U is pretty clearly the youngest of the bunch and I can see why the early no-dash Belle Meade CSR bottles are pulling the most on secondary. I also poured a little Remus Repeal II at the end and would generally say you’re best off grabbing one of these for $77.99 at TW instead of chasing any of the bottles in the pic.
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Semi-blind tasting coming up between a 2018 shelf turd (batch 15 Belle Meade), the U/U hype machine and the easiest to find barrel strength MGP (Redemption 10 yr). Put your bets in now.
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Unpopular opinion, but even Uncut/Unfiltered is just OK. I wouldn’t bother with Small Batch.
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Yeah, I missed on the 99.0 barrel but grabbed a pair of these. Traded one off and almost wish I’d kept both. Older, relatively low proof stuff is on a bit of a hot streak with my tastes currently.
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Did some great smoking on pork belly burn ends and Costco prime brisket that I finished off with Boutique-y 24 year Heaven Hill, Widow Jane Lucky 13 Spec’s, Woodford 128.3 and a fresh crack Blue Note 17 year Dickel single barrel from Alamo City in SA. It’s barrel proof 94.5 and surprisingly tasted nothing like any Dickel I’ve ever had. I was calling it a cherry note and my neighbor went with plum, but either way more like a Sazerac product and less like vitamin sadness. A bit steep at $150, but no regrets on opening it with friends to celebrate America.
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They have date codes but not barrel numbers or anything.
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I don’t mind the regular version, which is somehow roughly equivalent to 4-5 year MGP. Not sure it would rise above mixer in the collection at cask strength so I doubt I’ll pick it up.
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Oh, never mind, I’ll just drink during the rain delay.
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Holy balls he squared that one up in the rain. Only disappointment is that I planned about 3 more pours of bourbon for extra innings.
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Batch 16 or leftover 15?
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Bowman single barrel is so damn good. If you can’t get Blanton’s or Blanton’s Gold you’re really not missing much if you grab a $48 bottle of this off the shelf.
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Nothing is more distasteful to me than sitting in lines with flippers. Even waiting for a club drop for ER store picks left me feeling a bit sad about humanity.
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A little pre-fire Heaven Hill (allegedly) action tonight.
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I’m not sure it would be worth buying just samples from Still Spirit in the UK, but if you’re just rounding out another order it’s kinda fun. I grabbed the Wm Heavenhill 3rd Edition, 2017 Birthday and 2016 FRSmBLE. The bottles are like scale models with heavy bases and everything. Anyway, the Heavenhill is very nice with a brown sugar nose and just a little nuttiness with an amazing oily mouthfeel.
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They do look a bit hate crimey. Hard to put a finger on exactly why.
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Exactly. I like the SH 14 as much as any of the mystery 15 year KSBW tote bourbon that has dropped and I think I paid $96 at Spec’s.
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Would be funny if they dropped Maker’s FAE-01 quantities and decimated the $300 secondary value. And by funny I mean tasty.
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Completely striking out on the Russell’s 13 year. Almost got a bit stabby today just trying. I really wanted to do a 13 yr showdown with the Widow Jane and a 13 year SAOS sample I have sitting around.
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You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers. Unless you have 175 open which would be pretty incredible.
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Go to Heaven Hill and grab some old Fitz and you should be able to trade for a few ER.
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But if this is like $86 and WJ Lucky 13 is $97 then what are you grabbing? I haven’t had any of their batches since 14 so maybe I need to try again
