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Hank Kingsley

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12 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’m drinking some Redwood Empire Lost Monarch before supper. It’s fine, but it drinks real thin. I like OF100 better. 

For me, the thin-ness is kinda the point. It's what I drink when it's a 5-6 glass night and I don't want to raid the good stuff. 

But I still like it more than OF100. 

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My last allocated pickup if the year was a THH so I had to crack it and take a flex shot with the unopened ones I have.  I like it a ton, but it’s starting to feel like a let down on most of these bottles relative to the secondary value.  I’ve had some very good MGP lately in the $100-$200 range that is probably as good.  The NFC foil cap is kinda cool, tho. 

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My last allocated pickup if the year was a THH so I had to crack it and take a flex shot with the unopened ones I have.  I like it a ton, but it’s starting to feel like a let down on most of these bottles relative to the secondary value.  I’ve had some very good MGP lately in the $100-$200 range that is probably as good.  The NFC foil cap is kinda cool, tho. 
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9 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

With the popularity of the Barrel Proof Rye and Coy Hill, I hope Jack Daniel's is trying to expand their special releases. 

When, at any point in time has any brand in the entire wide wide world of whiskey increased production of a special release? That kind of makes it less special when you make it more readily available 

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The JD special releases are not for me. I got last year's Rye at retail and was wholly underwhelmed. I ended up trading my open that was ~65% full for a sealed Stagg Jr. 15 and couldn't have been any happier about that. That whiskey had no idea what it wanted to be, other than just loud. 

I had two separate pours of the Coy Hill and walked away thinking it was a step down from last year's Rye. Oak for days, with a short dry finish that left me wondering why anyone would want to own a bottle.

I guess that's what's so crazy about whiskey. One man's drain pour is another man's unicorn. 

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The JD special releases are not for me. I got last year's Rye at retail and was wholly underwhelmed. I ended up trading my open that was ~65% full for a sealed Stagg Jr. 15 and couldn't have been any happier about that. That whiskey had no idea what it wanted to be, other than just loud. 
I had two separate pours of the Coy Hill and walked away thinking it was a step down from last year's Rye. Oak for days, with a short dry finish that left me wondering why anyone would want to own a bottle.
I guess that's what's so crazy about whiskey. One man's drain pour is another man's unicorn. 

Yea, different strokes for different folks.
Although I haven’t heard anyone not liking the rye until your post.
But like you said, whiskey is crazy.
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49 minutes ago, RichUT said:

The JD special releases are not for me. I got last year's Rye at retail and was wholly underwhelmed. I ended up trading my open that was ~65% full for a sealed Stagg Jr. 15 and couldn't have been any happier about that. That whiskey had no idea what it wanted to be, other than just loud. 

I had two separate pours of the Coy Hill and walked away thinking it was a step down from last year's Rye. Oak for days, with a short dry finish that left me wondering why anyone would want to own a bottle.

I guess that's what's so crazy about whiskey. One man's drain pour is another man's unicorn. 

I mean it can happen. I wasn’t impressed with Booker’s 30th. I think the 14 year + Knob Creek Longhorn Steakhouse picks are better. 
 

It feels like there was a lot more JD Barrel Proof Rye than Coy Hill. CH was gone in like an hour. I was able to buy the rye on consecutive days. 

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Booker’s is tricky. People blindly buy it when they see it at the store, but there’s usually only one good batch a year. So by the time you figure out a batch is good, it’s already sold out. 
 

Also, I don’t think it’s priced very well. Knob Creek SiB is the Beam product people should be snapping up. 

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Interesting that you say that.  As I've looked around at various reviews that has been a constant theme (one good batch for the year.)  

I guess I'll be content to score a bottle from 2021 and let it sit on my bourbon/whiskey shelf and look cool until I find a time to open it.   

Tonight, I've been enjoying a bottle of OF1920 as the 2nd SEC Championship is played.

 

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