New Bourbon Thread: Bourbon Trail

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  1. gilstein21

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    You underestimate my family. They, not myself, think southern comfort is good whiskey. When I buy something nice they are like never heard of it
     
  2. Degausser

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    Good ole Boise, Iowa
     
  3. Gotch Yarbrough

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    Ankeny is a suburb of about 70k 5 miles north of Des Moines, so it's definitely a metro location. And when I say local grocery store I'm referring to a Hy-Vee, which is headquartered here but technically a regional chain with resources to endorse Mahomes, etc. They should get eviscerated but won't because everyone here is dumb.
     
  4. BrickTamland

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    Yeah, so it’s Des Moines.

    Not cool.
     
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  5. CoastalOrange

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    Was in the general area and had a $5 coupon so figured why not stop on in to the Total Wine. Ended up purchasing a Nikka from the bottle, Heaven Hill BiB, and Glenmorangie Lasanta. Starting with the Heaven Hill, not too bad for the price point at all. Actually, I enjoy it so far.
     
  6. dathalfnukkahd

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    Love my Heaven Hill BiB. Have a couple bottles of it now
     
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  7. Keef

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    Because we are in the middle of a pandemic?
     
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  8. CoastalOrange

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    Actually it was because I am an idiot. Received a text in a group chain that said our governor was going to shut down alcohol sales on Monday so I figured I would go grab some today and beat the crowds. Didn't even dawn on me that it was April Fools Day because, again, I am an idiot.
     
  9. Degausser

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    Liquor store here in Columbus just advertised a Crown Peach drop tomorrow at noon and asked that people line up outside due to their 10 person in store limit. I fucking hate people so much.
     
  10. gilstein21

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    Alabama did shut them down I believe. State run and I tried to verify the sources. My mom told me and she doesn’t drink,
     
  11. Keef

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    We have several stores that are order and pay online and then contactless pick up, but I’m still iffy on it and haven’t tried.
     
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  12. Degausser

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    How does the contactless pick up work?
     
  13. dathalfnukkahd

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    Bout that time to pour one up
     
  14. Ramblin' Man

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    Just cracked open some Bourye. Really like it
     
  15. tjosu

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    Re-visiting 4R Single Barrel for the first time in a few months. This will likely be one I keep in the regular rotation, just a solid, cheaper option
     
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  16. Keef

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    You drive up open the back of your vehicle they put it in and drive off without having to touch or be close to the person.
     
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  17. Degausser

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    I probably wouldn't have an issue doing that and just making sure to disinfect the bottle when I got home. It wouldn't be near the top of my to-do list right now though.
     
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  18. Keef

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    Yeah exactly, I’d probably also leave it in my car for several days and then wipe it down.
     
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  19. BrickTamland

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    Letting it sit for a couple hours is apparently all you need to do to break the transmission chain, same with mail or boxes :twocents:
     
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  20. The_Baumer

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    I tried the 2018 OF Birthday Bourbon last night. I bought a 4 oz. sample off a friend. Lots of oak on the nose and pallet. There's also heavy spice and a nice long finish. I don't think this justifies the hype and I would not buy a bottle on secondary but it was a good pour.
     
  21. gritzy

    gritzy I am a hurricane on the golf course

    ran a bourbon tasting for my father and sister in law last night, they like the lower proof stuff and both enjoyed buffalo trace when I brought it last.

    I only grabbed open bottles but they liked the Evan Williams single barrel vintage the best, then came, eagle rare, buffalo trace and michters. I was a little surprised
     
  22. Keef

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  23. Daniel Ocean

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    Thanks again NYGator arrived safe and sound.

    [​IMG]
     
  24. pperc

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    Enjoy that. Great stuff.
     
  25. dathalfnukkahd

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    Yes, enjoy that
     
  26. Daniel Ocean

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    was the first bourbon I ever bought. About 15 years ago when you could walk into a store and pick up a bottle think I paid between 80-90 for it.
     
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  27. Daniel Ocean

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    Happy surprise found in the box. Once again thank you NYGator appreciate the kindness.

    [​IMG]
     
  28. BrickTamland

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    Yo lemme get them Fritos.
     
  29. Daniel Ocean

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    cili cheese to be exact. Man I ain’t got no time to try and stage the picture.
     
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  30. BrickTamland

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    These days we’ve got nothing but time.

    Disclaimer: I’m in the medical field so I’m thankful to have a job and be fully employed still
     
  31. Zebbie

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    nice! I’ve been looking for one around here but every time I find one they’re marked up way too much
     
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  32. NYGator

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    Whistle Pig 15 year rye is fucking delicious...

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  33. tjsblue

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    Their shit is good and double the price.
     
  34. buckwild

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    Do any of you guys do this?

     
  35. gritzy

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    if they mixed that pappy with anything I will never read their newspaper again
     
  36. goblue31602

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    Yes* (Anison tjsblue )

    They are delicious, you should definitely start one.
     
  37. Lip

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    where’s the pappy?
     
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  38. buckwild

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    I will start one when I get to the ass of the next bottle. Thanks
     
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  39. NYGator

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    does anyone have NYT access and can post this? I always wanted to try.
     
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  40. NYGator

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    It's a weller night.

    doing green, red, black and blue.
     
  41. buckwild

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    Josh Peters had been doing it for years, but didn’t know it had a name. Whenever one of his bottles of whiskey dwindled to its last ounce or two, he would pour it into another bottle that held the remains of other whiskeys.

    “I just always called mine a solera bottle,” said Mr. Peters, who runs the blog the Whiskey Jug, referring to the blending process common in the production of sherry. New wine is added at regular intervals to a system of casks as mature wine is extracted.

    The home whiskey blending does have a name — the infinity bottle — and it’s been taken up by enthusiasts around the world. Search “infinitybottle” on Instagram and hundreds of photos of bottles filled with a mélange of spirits will pop up. As the coronavirus epidemic has people sheltering at home and looking for a new project, this might be the ideal moment for an infinity bottle boom.

    No two bottles are the same, and that’s part of the attraction. “This whiskey you blended is not only constantly changing, but is completely unique,” said Daniel, who lives in Ottawa, and runs the Instagram feed the Laphroaig Project. (He asked to be identified only by his first name because he works for the Canadian government.) “No one else will ever have the same exact whiskey.”

    As his Instagram handle suggests, Daniel is particularly enamored of Laphroaig, the peaty Scotch made in Islay, Scotland. He started his first infinity bottle with a dose of 2018 Laphroaig Cairdeas Fino Cask. “From there I added one ounce of mostly peated or sherry malts that I had already opened in my collection,” he said, among them Caol Ila, Ardbeg, Talisker and Lagavulin. “It was a super-random assortment.” His sole rule: Use only quality whiskeys.

    Generally, rules are few in this game. Practitioners may record spirits as they add them — name, amount and date — in order to keep track of the blend. Otherwise, fans extol the freedom and loose-limbed creativity afforded by the hobby. Rums, brandies and other spirits also work well in infinity bottles — on their own, that is, not mixed together.

    “My first bottle was a crazy mix,” said Brian Donaghy, an information- technology systems manager who lives in Moorestown, N.J., and has the Instagram handle Bourbon on My Porch. “Basically the theme was to use all Sazerac Company products. There wasn’t a lot of science to it.” The Sazerac Company makes numerous whiskeys, including Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare and Blanton’s.

    The infinity bottle wave has now reached the point where it has left the home bar and entered the real bar. In February, Frank Caiafa, the director of food and beverage at the Lexington Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, began offering two-ounce pours of his own infinity bottle at the hotel’s bar, the Stayton Room, for $20. He blends 20 different American bourbons and ryes.

    “I didn’t want to get too crazy or too esoteric,” Mr. Caiafa said. “I wanted to vary the mix in terms of price, mash bill and alcohol level. It’s basically a house blend.”

    Embarking on your own experiment not only provides a welcome distraction and keeps a mind and a palate occupied, it also doubles as home cleanup.

    “One night I had a bunch of bottles that were down to two-ish ounces,” Mr. Peters said of his first infinity bottle. So he blended them together, collected the empties and took out the recycling.
     
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  42. gritzy

    gritzy I am a hurricane on the golf course

    The ripp van winkle
     
  43. Leeroy Jenkins!

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    scored some Michter's BS Rye courtesy of g8r , thank you thank you.

    Currently trying the wilderness trail BIB wheater. Think its decent for 50 bucks and readily available. Not amazing but good for early products and I'll definitely keep an eye on that distillery in the future
     
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  44. Daniel Ocean

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    not in a bottle but I’ve done it a couple times when I had two bottles that were too low to give me a decent pour.
     
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  45. Dick Trickle

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    I went green, red, blue, then Stagg Jr. I think the pillow is next in line
     
  46. g8r

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    It is an egbp night
     
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  47. gilstein21

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    WT 101 -> four roses -> more 101-> Gregg rye -> lots of normal Gregg
     
  48. DistantFactor

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    It’s a pikesville night gents. Now 43 a bottle here in Oregon, this stuff is just a glass of joy.
     
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  49. BrickTamland

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    We here in the TMB bourbon thread (tTMBBT) recognize the following as “Pappy”:
    • Pappy Van Winkle 15y
    • Pappy Van Winkle 20y
    • Pappy Van Winkle 23y
    First warning issued.

    Three infractions and you have to buy the thread a new ring toss set.
     
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  50. gritzy

    gritzy I am a hurricane on the golf course

    fine what would you call the van winkle then?