Bourbon

[billfromlaketravis 11522]

36 minutes ago, RaylanGivens said:

Weller Antique?, and you said it was dry out there

Oh it's still dry, they made me beg. Spec's is getting cute with Henry McKenna 10 now and keeping it in the back. I'm not a fan, but y'all should be cursing Fred Minnick. 

Edited March 23, 2019 by billfromlaketravis

[billfromlaketravis 11522]

27 minutes ago, RaylanGivens said:

Supposedly WT101 is a blend of 6,7 and 8 yr old bourbons...or at least that's the word on the webs

That's pretty, pretty outstanding for $20 a bottle. Wild Turkey 101 deserves better than being jammed into a boot, and being poured into a Sprite at Texas home games. 

[BigDHornfan 6549]

Amen. And the 101 Rye is great as well

 

 

[Llano Estacado 1257]

On the right occasions I’ve been known to enjoy over indulging in both the kickin chicken and the pleasant pheasant.

[brown water 3778]

I'm tired of catching up on the CR threads. Opened my GTS 2017.  Sipping on W12 as an opener. 20 oz ribeye waiting for the grill. Anyone of you assholes that feels like commiserating can PM me. Fair warning- I'm stumbling around a bit. 

[RaylanGivens 29]

2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Oh it's still dry, they made me beg. Spec's is getting cute with Henry McKenna 10 now and keeping it in the back. I'm not a fan, but y'all should be cursing Fred Minnick. 

Trust me, when Fred published his piece on HM10 winning Double gold, he became the enemy. 

[Neonmoon 38130]

As something that can be found at every store, I would think HM10 is one of the best options. 

 

 

[Jimbaround 975]

We made Huge open a couple tonight.  Had the Kentucky Owl 2nd, Boss Hogg, Hancock Reserve, 2013 George T; and a light snip of the Van Winkle Lot B (circa 2012?)

Good times were had

 

Edit: forgot the Midsummer Night's Dram and Elmer T Lee.

Edited March 24, 2019 by Jimbaround

[ckhorn 208]

Found a ETL for $49.00 today or maybe it was yesterday now, plus a Stagg jr for $59 sitting next to it. I was confused by the pricing, but not enough not to buy them both.

[Jimbaround 975]

1 minute ago, ckhorn said:

Found a ETL for $49.00 today or maybe it was yesterday now, plus a Stagg jr for $59 sitting next to it. I was confused by the pricing, but not enough not to buy them both.

You're doing the Lord's work.

 

[RaylanGivens 29]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

As something that can be found at every store, I would think HM10 is one of the best options. 

 

 

The sad thing, at least where I've looked around Houston, (W & NW) it can't be found in every store anymore, many stores sold out, others pushing prices past $35, if they have it. One store had 6 bottles at $39.99. Some are calling it allocated 

[billfromlaketravis 11522]

Buy every bottle of Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Store Pick you come across. My goodness, that's a good daily drinker. Better than Eagle Rare in my opinion. 

[brown water 3778]

14 hours ago, brown water said:

I'm tired of catching up on the CR threads. Opened my GTS 2017.  Sipping on W12 as an opener. 20 oz ribeye waiting for the grill. Anyone of you assholes that feels like commiserating can PM me. Fair warning- I'm stumbling around a bit. 

Before you ask - this is amazing.  I know because I had it a while back at Brennan's.   

However last night Mrs. Brown Water decided I didn't need anymore and poured this glass down the sink because I left it on the kitchen counter to breathe.   

Don't worry guys, she is ok.  But I'm taking suggestions on how she should rectify this matter.  

[ckhorn 208]

33 minutes ago, brown water said:

Before you ask - this is amazing.  I know because I had it a while back at Brennan's.   

However last night Mrs. Brown Water decided I didn't need anymore and poured this glass down the sink because I left it on the kitchen counter to breathe.   

Don't worry guys, she is ok.  But I'm taking suggestions on how she should rectify this matter.  

I think you should move along. You must have done something to piss her off. Take it from me. You can never win in the situations. Besides, she probably home only with your babies than you are.

[TxTower 652]

What's the assumed age statement on Wild Turkey 101? I've been thinking about enjoying a bottle for old time's sake. 

Don’t know about age but I think WT 101 may be the best $20 bottle of bourbon out there. Great in any cocktail.

BTW sounds like wifey has good taste in bourbon.

[Buzzrock 14936]

4 hours ago, brown water said:

Before you ask - this is amazing.  I know because I had it a while back at Brennan's.   

However last night Mrs. Brown Water decided I didn't need anymore and poured this glass down the sink because I left it on the kitchen counter to breathe.   

Don't worry guys, she is ok.  But I'm taking suggestions on how she should rectify this matter.  

Well, you could go over and drop the mic on the wives and stupid shit thread.

[Bert Orange 1120]

BW, nowhere near as bad as my wife making a “Pappy vanhattan” with my Pappy 15. While I was in the emergency room getting my missing fingertip cauterized (accident caused by too much Bourbon). 

Well now that I think about it, at least the Pappy was consumed. Still infuriates me. 

[Horn21 168]

You fellas who don’t enjoy sipping top shelf whiskey with your wife are missing out. Whiskey is for drinking and wives are for porch-drinking with.

[RaylanGivens 29]

11 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Buy every bottle of Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Store Pick you come across. My goodness, that's a good daily drinker. Better than Eagle Rare in my opinion. 

Keeping my eyes out for one of those jewels in the Houston area Bill, any ideas?

[billfromlaketravis 11522]

1 hour ago, RaylanGivens said:

Keeping my eyes out for one of those jewels in the Houston area Bill, any ideas?

Spec's but not Midtown. You might be too late. I'm pissed I only bought a couple. 

[Smax 3800]

lunch

 

 

 

and as ive said before norcal is flush with good bourbon in stores, no whales at decent prices but 

 

[Anastasis 23481]

16 hours ago, brown water said:

Before you ask - this is amazing.  I know because I had it a while back at Brennan's.   

However last night Mrs. Brown Water decided I didn't need anymore and poured this glass down the sink because I left it on the kitchen counter to breathe.   

Don't worry guys, she is ok.  But I'm taking suggestions on how she should rectify this matter.  

More often than I would like to admit I get really shit faced and my wife packs all my booze up and threatens to throw it out in bulk.  To date there have been no irrevocable catastrophes, but we've gotten close.  

Edited March 25, 2019 by Anastasis

[thrillhammer 684]

super pumped about the whiskey social in houston this coming saturday.  my second time to go.  sampling all 5 btac's, as well as about 200 other bourbons and scotches.  last year i sampled all 5 pappy's too, as well as about 6 different years worth of birthday bourbons.

[TxTower 652]

The Elijah Craig BP can remove paint. That dude had to sit in open air for about an hour. And a sprinkle of water thereafter. 

What’s the going rate for this stuff?

[Bert Orange 1120]

10 minutes ago, TxTower said:

What’s the going rate for this stuff?

Secondary is around $100-120 it seems. I found a bunch on the shelf in DC during spring break for $75 which is still higher than msrp I think. But hey, vacation. 

[TxTower 652]

Secondary is around $100-120 it seems. I found a bunch on the shelf in DC during spring break for $75 which is still higher than msrp I think. But hey, vacation. 

Is it worth a C note?

[Bert Orange 1120]

If you are into high proof it’s a fine example of it. 

[ckhorn 208]

7 hours ago, TxTower said:

Is it worth a C note?

Yes, but I can find it for about half of that if you look long enough. I’ve seen probably 10 Of them on shelf in last two weeks from $58 to $80. The A918 maybe the best value for the money at 135+ proof.

not for the weak hearted

[TXs 226]

On 3/24/2019 at 12:31 PM, TxTower said:

Don’t know about age but I think WT 101 may be the best $20 bottle of bourbon out there. Great in any cocktail.

BTW sounds like wifey has good taste in bourbon.

Last year's lot LL/G was said to even have some 10 year in it by Eddie Russel due to dumping a bunch of 6 year barrels for Longbranch due to it's popularity.

Edited March 26, 2019 by TXs

[Dutchrudder 11150]

super pumped about the whiskey social in houston this coming saturday.  my second time to go.  sampling all 5 btac's, as well as about 200 other bourbons and scotches.  last year i sampled all 5 pappy's too, as well as about 6 different years worth of birthday bourbons.

Uhhhhh, care to share the details of this nirvana? I have no idea what you're talking about, but I want to go to there.

[RaylanGivens 29]

On 3/24/2019 at 8:28 AM, brown water said:

Before you ask - this is amazing.  I know because I had it a while back at Brennan's.   

However last night Mrs. Brown Water decided I didn't need anymore and poured this glass down the sink because I left it on the kitchen counter to breathe.   

Don't worry guys, she is ok.  But I'm taking suggestions on how she should rectify this matter.  

Hopefully, at very least,  she now understands the the gravity of the offense she committed ...

Edited March 26, 2019 by RaylanGivens

[RaylanGivens 29]

14 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

16 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

super pumped about the whiskey social in houston this coming saturday.  my second time to go.  sampling all 5 btac's, as well as about 200 other bourbons and scotches.  last year i sampled all 5 pappy's too, as well as about 6 different years worth of birthday bourbons.

Uhhhhh, care to share the details of this nirvana? I have no idea what you're talking about, but I want to go to there.

https://g.co/kgs/yAhmZf

Hopefully the link works

 

 

 

[RaylanGivens 29]

32 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

16 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

super pumped about the whiskey social in houston this coming saturday.  my second time to go.  sampling all 5 btac's, as well as about 200 other bourbons and scotches.  last year i sampled all 5 pappy's too, as well as about 6 different years worth of birthday bourbons.

Uhhhhh, care to share the details of this nirvana? I have no idea what you're talking about, but I want to go to there.

https://g.co/kgs/yAhmZf

Hopefully the link works

It does appear that all the VIP tickets are sold out. 

 

 

[Bert Orange 1120]

9 hours ago, ckhorn said:

Yes, but I can find it for about half of that if you look long enough. I’ve seen probably 10 Of them on shelf in last two weeks from $58 to $80. The A918 maybe the best value for the money at 135+ proof.

not for the weak hearted

Then why do you want to know if it is worth $100?

[thrillhammer 684]

7 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

23 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

super pumped about the whiskey social in houston this coming saturday.  my second time to go.  sampling all 5 btac's, as well as about 200 other bourbons and scotches.  last year i sampled all 5 pappy's too, as well as about 6 different years worth of birthday bourbons.

Uhhhhh, care to share the details of this nirvana? I have no idea what you're talking about, but I want to go to there.

do i need to google that for you?  i think this is the third year of it.  i missed the first year. it's a blast.  with the vip tickets you had your choice of either the pappy or the btac tasting.  last year i could do both.  10 of the best bourbons on the market in a two hour period.   this year they are at the same time so i had to pick and chose the btac.   i'm hoping there will be some other rare bourbons there too, aka weller and elijah craig.

[Bert Orange 1120]

So sad today to hear Weller and EC in the same sentence as “rare”. Oh how the times have changed....

[thrillhammer 684]

19 minutes ago, Bert Orange said:

So sad today to hear Weller and EC in the same sentence as “rare”. Oh how the times have changed....

there's rumored to be some single barrel weller antique there, as well as some single barrel EC.  last year i was not expecting to see all the birthday bourbons there, but they must have had at least 6 years worth.  that was a popular booth to say the least.

[Dutchrudder 11150]

9 hours ago, RaylanGivens said:

https://g.co/kgs/yAhmZf

Hopefully the link works

It does appear that all the VIP tickets are sold out. 

 

 

Yeah, I figured there was some special willy wonka ticket for the BTAC stuff. Too bad, sounds like a great deal, and I would gladly pay $200 to sample all that stuff. No way I'm paying 80 bucks for GA to try some scotch I have never heard of. 

[TxTower 652]

I scored some SB Weller’s Antique recently. Anybody tried it yet?

[RaylanGivens 29]

15 hours ago, RaylanGivens said:

3 hours ago, TxTower said:

I scored some SB Weller’s Antique recently. Anybody tried it yet?

SB selects I've run across lately are KCSB, EC, RR, and FRSB. Dare I ask where you found it ? 

😎

 

 

Edited March 26, 2019 by RaylanGivens

[ckhorn 208]

11 hours ago, Bert Orange said:

Then why do you want to know if it is worth $100?

I didn’t ask that question. Is it worth compared to others, yes. Can I find it cheaper, yes to this also.

[huge 3795]

Going to the Bahamas this weekend.

 

Blantons Gold $109

SFTB $124

 

Can anyone convince me on the latter?

 

Or just bring home two regular for $67 each

 

 

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[Neonmoon 38130]

20 minutes ago, huge said:

Going to the Bahamas this weekend.

 

Blantons Gold $109

SFTB $124

 

Can anyone convince me on the latter?

 

Or just bring home two regular for $67 each

 

 

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Pay attention kids. This is how you humblebrag 

[Neonmoon 38130]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/fredminnick/2019/03/24/best-whiskey-how-bourbon-dominated-the-2019-san-francisco-world-spirits-competition/#732692dc6d3a

Henry McKenna 10 won best whiskey 

[Burt Macklin 19038]

7 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/fredminnick/2019/03/24/best-whiskey-how-bourbon-dominated-the-2019-san-francisco-world-spirits-competition/#732692dc6d3a

Henry McKenna 10 won best whiskey 

I fucking love McKenna and I love even more that I can find it on a shelf at plenty of places for like 30 bucks.

[Bert Orange 1120]

1 hour ago, ckhorn said:

I didn’t ask that question. Is it worth compared to others, yes. Can I find it cheaper, yes to this also.

Yes you did. You specifically asked if it was worth a c-note. But hey, whatever. 

[Paco 1934]

I fucking love McKenna and I love even more that I can find it on a shelf at plenty of places for like 30 bucks.

Not for long.

[Smax 3800]

Today was a good day

[BigDHornfan 6549]

Going to the Bahamas this weekend.
 
Blantons Gold $109
SFTB $124
 
Can anyone convince me on the latter?
 
Or just bring home two regular for $67 each
 
 
Sent from my iButthole

All 4.

[Burt Macklin 19038]

15 minutes ago, Paco said:

1 hour ago, Burt Macklin said:

I fucking love McKenna and I love even more that I can find it on a shelf at plenty of places for like 30 bucks.

Not for long.

I know. I need to stock up.