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Yev Kassem

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  1. I love the Bourbon Junkies. I think they give great reviews and their livestream on Tuesday night is awesome. They also have a Facebook group page you can join. It’s a great community.
  2. I’ve seen a few reviews that say don’t feel bad if you miss out as it’s not great this year.
  3. I’m heading up to Plano this weekend for Labor Day. I’ve never hunted for bourbon up in that area. Any good suggestions?
  4. Yeah, much better chance. I usually Pappy raffles going for about $150 a spot (depending on the bottle being sold), but with only 10 spots you’ve at least got a pretty decent chance. I’m not that desperate to take that kind of risk just for a Pappy, but plenty of others are.
  5. Yes
  6. Keep an eye out for Buffalo Trace store picks. The big stores like Total Wine and Twin Liquors do them. They’re about $5 more, but it’s a single barrel pick, so it’s likely to different (and better) than the regular expression.
  7. Turned 40 today, so I need to break out the hitter lineup tonight. Will start with a bit of Rock Hill Farms, and then on to Sam Houston 14, Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend (with an Alec Bradley Tempus Nicaragua stick) and Bardstown Chateau de Laubade. Might have to end with a nightcap of Stagg Jr if I’m not completely hammered by then. Enjoy those drams tonight, fellas.
  8. They got themselves a cult following to convince themselves that the absurd price point is worth it.
  9. The Kosher rye recipe definitely has that mashbill 2 flavor profile. Enjoy it!
  10. I’ve had the Weller SiB and it’s meh. It’s not better than WFP, which is going for $300 less than WSB on secondary. Cigar Blend and Chateau de Laubade (each going for around $300 each on secondary) are two of the most flavorful and complex bourbons on the market right now. They both shitstomp WSB from both a taste and value perspective.
  11. This. The kid came off the bench in the ‘09 championship game and almost won it as a true freshman. He was the all time high school passing leader and national high school player of the year when he stepped on campus. Had we kept the same offense for him, no way does the program crater the way it did. I’m not saying he would have had the career Colt had (few ever will), but Mack sabotaged any chance of his success by going pro style in 2010.
  12. I got lucky a couple months back and got one off the shelf at Spec’s, but I haven’t seen it anywhere since.
  13. Great kid and talent, but no way he was playing with Card in line to start next season and Ewers coming in ‘22.
  14. Steph Curry would regress at shooting under Shaka’s tutelage. Does it matter if the kid can shoot if Shaka is coaching him?
  15. Chateau de Laubade
  16. I cracked open the Bardstown this evening and damn, is it complex. It’s sweet, but not like typical bourbon sweet. It’s like a dark fruit kind of sweet, like raisins or plums. The palate is completely different from the nose (in a good way as both are delicious). It’s a wild and very enjoyable ride from nose to palate to finish.
  17. If you drop $60k on a Honda Civic, you’re damn sure gonna convince yourself it’s worth that much.
  18. I just don’t get the Garrison Bros hype. $300 for an 8 year old, non- cask strength bourbon (Laguna Madre)? How about $75-$80 for an 80 proofer (Honeydew). Hard pass from me.
  19. Really? That’s good to know. One of the reviews I read on it listed a bunch of states it was available in, but Texas wasn’t one of them. Sounds like they expanded distribution, which I’m all for.
  20. Just has an amazing mail call Saturday. My Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend (batch 24) and Bardstown Chateau de Laubade just arrived. I received these in a trade for a Weller Single Barrel (Plus $50 and shipping). MSRP on the Magnus is $150-$200 and for the Bardstown is $150 or so (and it’s not even distributed in Texas). For the $50 MSRP I paid for Weller SiB, I think I did pretty well here. The Bardstown is 12 year MGP sourced juice, finished 18 months in armagnac barrels.
  21. Exactly. Most of it is overpriced and underaged (I’m looking at you, Garrison Bros.).
  22. Yeah, that Old Scout you had was Dickel. That’s why it sucks. The Old Scout Bill is talking about is MGP (since it was only from Indiana). The inclusion of Tennessee means it’s Dickel juice.
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