BOURBON questions & comments

Has anyone had the 17 year old Eagle Rare? Stopped by a different county store the other day and they had 3 different Pappy Van Winkle's and two Jefferson's, but the 17 year ER got my attention.
 
tsolomon said:
Has anyone had the 17 year old Eagle Rare? Stopped by a different county store the other day and they had 3 different Pappy Van Winkle's and two Jefferson's, but the 17 year ER got my attention.
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Yeah, good stuff.

But which vintage is it? I'd assume the 2007, but for what ever reason the 2006 was still floating around and re-supplied to merchants during the 2007 allocation back in the fall.
 
Eagle Rare 17 is good stuff for sure. I've recently been sipping on a little George T Stagg. Amazing bourbon, but man does it have some heat! My go to is a toss up between Woodford, Basil Hayden's, and Four Roses.
 
Right now I'm drinking regular black label Jack Daniels. May not technically be a bourbon but fits pretty close in this category.

I find that with the JD I will sip it more slowly and not consume as much. Where if it were Evan Williams or Jim Beam I'd keep it in the fridge and do shots in between beers.
 
Went to the local Montgomery County store and they had a lot of bourbons on sale. Picked up a bottle of Knob Creek 9 yr and really liked it. Picked up a 1.75L bottle of Eagle Rare for $39.99 which is my favorite.
 
Mr.Maduro said:
Had some of this watching the derby on Saturday... it was alot better than I remeber the last time I tried Woodford's! :tu

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Is the Woodford Reserve Derby Edition different than the regular Woodford, or just a different bottle? I've been wanting to pick up some Woodford soon and didn't know if I should look out for a particular type.
 
I like Eagle Reserve from the former Ancient Age distillery. Has anyone tried Jefferson Reserve? I've read good things, but I haven't heard any personal anecdotes.
 
jdbwolverines said:
Is the Woodford Reserve Derby Edition different than the regular Woodford, or just a different bottle? I've been wanting to pick up some Woodford soon and didn't know if I should look out for a particular type.
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I thought it was a special edition bourbon, but I'm pretty sure its just a special edition bottle!
 
blindsmoke said:
I like Eagle Reserve from the former Ancient Age distillery. Has anyone tried Jefferson Reserve? I've read good things, but I haven't heard any personal anecdotes.
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Eagle Rare... and although just about every barrel aging in Buffalo Trace's care was labeled "Ancient Age" a fun or interesting trivia fact is - the distillery was never named "Ancient Age".

Jefferson Reserve, though I can't say anything particularly bad about it seems to have it's challenges in the marketplace. From what I understand, the product is made up of purchased whiskey bottled under the namesake.

Further, I understand that they've had trouble securing enough mature whiskey. 5 or so years ago they were marketing a straight 15 year old product - then maybe 3 or 4 years ago that was switched to labeling that suggested 12-17 year old whiskey was used (I assume to give an impression that it averaged out almost 15 years)?

They also were supposed to be introducing some higher tiered products that never came to fruition (again sounded like inability to secure enough make). They did introduce a younger iteration (I think described in the 8 years old range - if I recall correctly). IMHO that one is overpriced, compared.
 
I just picked up a bottle of Wild Turkey Rare Breed without ever trying it. The bottle was on sale, cheapest I've seen it anywhere - $28.00/750ml.

Any thoughts on this? I'll probably sample it Sunday night. :al
 
Mr.Maduro said:
I just picked up a bottle of Wild Turkey Rare Breed without ever trying it. The bottle was on sale, cheapest I've seen it anywhere - $28.00/750ml.

Any thoughts on this? I'll probably sample it Sunday night. :al
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It is very good ,better than Wild Turkey 101 which I usually drink along with a few others. The price is a real good deal too.
 
Picked up 2 decent cheap bottles in Kentucky this week; Heaven Hill (bonded) and Pikesville Rye. I like the Pikesville better than Overholt but still not as well as the Rittenhouse bonded. Interesting the store had these two Heaven Hill products but not the Rittenhouse.

Anyone in Dayton, Cinci, or northern Kentucky know of a retail store that has Rittenhouse? (the bonded 100, not the 80)

Any suggestions on other Rye whiskey I should be trying? I have found the pricey new rye whiskeys to be no better or worse than the $10 - $20 rye brands that have been around for ages.
 
I've had the pleasure of trying Buffalo Trace, since I've moved up here to NY. Anyone else like it. I think it's very good.:tu
 
WOOHOOO SV FINALLY has Rittenhouse BiB 100 back in stock at $13 a bottle. I am ordering several right now! :al

Can a $13 bottle of Rye be that good? Is Matt's taste in whiskey as bad as his taste in cigars? The judges at the 2006 SF World Spirits Competition voted it the "North American Whiskey of the Year." Rittenhouse was unanimously awarded the gold medal by all judges in a blind tasting.
 
txmatt said:
WOOHOOO SV FINALLY has Rittenhouse BiB 100 back in stock at $13 a bottle. I am ordering several right now! :al

Can a $13 bottle of Rye be that good? Is Matt's taste in whiskey as bad as his taste in cigars? The judges at the 2006 SF World Spirits Competition voted it the "North American Whiskey of the Year." Rittenhouse was unanimously awarded the gold medal by all judges in a blind tasting.
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Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered a couple of bottles. :tu
 
Have been going through a bunch of Bourbon in our smoking lounge recently. We started with knob creek then onto evan williams single barrel, bullit, basil hayden, woodford reserve, 1792, jack single barrel, bookers, Blanton's and about 4 or 5 others and now just ordered a bottle of Jefferson Reserve. So far blanton's, woodford reserve and evan willam single barrle are the tops can not wait to try the jeffersons.
 
Mr.Maduro said:
I just picked up a bottle of Wild Turkey Rare Breed without ever trying it. The bottle was on sale, cheapest I've seen it anywhere - $28.00/750ml.

Any thoughts on this? I'll probably sample it Sunday night. :al
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I just cracked this one open over the weekend. Its good, real smooth....dangerously smooth.... I had 4 glasses in a short period of time because they were going down so easy!! :al :tu
 
I have been on a Knob Creek kick for a couple of years now. Before that it was Makers Mark. Before that it was always plain old Jim Beam.

Any of you that used to love Jim Beam, but moved on to "better" bourbons, try JB again. I bought a small bottle of it a few months ago because it was the plastic Traveler bottle and I need it packed hastily in a suitcase.

It was really very good. It stands up next to most "better" bourbons very well. Now it has a place in my regular rotation again.

I would liken it to discovering a stash of cigars in the bottom of your humi. You know, the ones you used to love, or first started out with. Then when you fire one up for the first time in forever you think....wow, these are still great. :tu
 
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