New Bourbon Thread: Bourbon Trail

Also, don't know if this was already said but that Eagle Rare 25 is 10k

 

If you see the Still High Rye Bourbon its really good. The Still Cask Strength rye is good, not amazing. pperc convinced me to buy a bottle of their spooky whiskey so I'm picking that up on monday, we'll see how it is.

https://shop.stillaustin.com/produc...TSalDG2Rixvn_ghdQF5FrTqfTjCWWKHeQHTew=.SPc3KT

 

I don't make it down to Austin as much as I used to but I need to come down and check out all the new stuff that's popped up.

You ever been to Whiskey Tribe guys place?

 

No but that's pretty cool looking, didn't even know about it

 

15 or so open, 20 or so unopened. A few duplicates.

 

I probably have 30-40 open. Damn near all the ones I own.

 

Buddy gave me this today. Found it in an old house. I don't really know how old it is but thought it looked pretty cool.

 

Buy in to the secret Austin bourbon circle is an ehtbp.

Detlef Schrempf Leeroy Jenkins!

 

Or a donation to the Rusty Shackleford Charitable Trust

 

Got me quoted before I fixed. Was an ehtbp wasn’t it?

 

It sure was, that mother fucker

 

He moved shops too.


Biggest regret of my life.

 

He’s on my eternal shit list

 

what kind of psycho buys bourbon and doesn't drink it. I have a strong urge to immediately taste the delicious bourbon I just bought. 100% of bottles are opened.

 

all bottles opened. only exception would be duplicates

 

This Still Austin single barrel is pretty damn good.

 

Thank you rv12

 

https://www.russellsreserve.com/en-...d=sBNBHRWV2NjROFpW9O7e9dl52WK_PLbX6qlpvF3Cx5k

if somebody wants to order me one that would be awesome

 

Wife won a spot in the ABC lotto

 

2 L’s here

 

I forgot to sign up, would have probably took 3-4 Ls anyways

 

I forgot to even register this year because I've completely given up on bourbon hunting in Alabama. Their monthly releases totally killed all the fun and made it worse, now I don't even bother to think about even the annual one

 

I keep hoping for the decline of bourbon interest from the taters, but every week I feel like the line gets longer to maybe get a shot at Buffalo Trace. I don't hunt at all anymore, just drink what I enjoy and enter lotteries with zero expectations.

 

what has seemed to happen is the taters aren’t buying the marketing anymore, my local spots are full of non bt bourbon of every type now

 

Yep, bottles like Kentucky Owl and Thomas S Moore are getting dusty these days.

 

It doesn't help that they are insanely over priced. I'd hesitate on Kentucky Owl at $80. Most times I see it, it's for north of $150.

 

Too many new labels have tried to get in at the 70-150 range without a product that's worth it. Blue Run is the same thing, 10 iterations of Smoke Wagon, Calumet, Penelope, I could go on and on. Sure there are a few good offerings in there, but most of the time it's not. Combine that with brands starting to price their premium products at secondary pricing and it's doing strange things to the market.

 

Speaking of Blue, I keep forgetting to look for Blue Note when I'm in Kentucky. A neighbor had some and it's delicious.

 

I ordered one that you can have at c+s

 

I got one from r/bourbon and it is delicious.

 

Which of the Penelopes are any good?

 

Damn, I didn't even see this until now. Still hoping it shows up here but doubtful even though we've got most other recent Turkey releases.

 

I know a lot of people are high on Rio but I'm not a fan of the amburana barrels myself. Also heard the new 9 year is solid.

 

Yeah, I have seen a lot of the Rio and Valencia on secondary pages.

 

Rio and Architect

It doesn't really taste like ambruana, the honey combo with it makes it something completely different. It's like cinnamon banana bread. It's not an every day drinker, more of an occasional after dinner

 

I would probably grab one if I saw it purely out of curiosity. That Widow Jane Decadence is another I've always been curious about. Almost like a desert bourbon.

 

I thought this was delicious

 

They announced Russel's Reserve 15 I guess. Based on their recent pricing I'm expecting it to be $250 minimum.

 

C923 is incredible

 

That's the word. Pretty bummed my area got skipped on this one for some reason.

 

Does anyone want the new single Rickhouse from russels reserve for c+s?

 

It's $300 right?

 

I think it's like 340 or 50 with taxes/shipping etc...

 

I'm sure it's amazing but damn that's a lot.

 

Anyone have any thoughts on this year's Little Book?

 

the mash n drum youtuber guy just put out a video saying its up for his whiskey of the year.

 

Really? Interesting. I'm usually not a huge fan of Bookers or Little Book but for some reason this year's sounds interesting.

 

There are two this year, which one?

 

Oh I didn't realize. I thought they only did one a year. I guess the most recent one is the one I thought sounded interesting. Number 7.

 

I now of course can't find the info on the other one so I'm probably very wrong, but yeah number 7 looks awesome