New Bourbon Thread: Bourbon Trail

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  1. Frankie Carbone

    Frankie Carbone eh che se dice
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    Went out looking for Act 8 to keep up with the Joneses. Came home with these instead.

    Knob Creek is a store pick
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  2. Upton^2

    Upton^2 blocked just a park away, but I can't really say
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    Scooped up a little Book and a Woodinville single barrel barrel proof bottle. Really liked the regular small batch bottle I got so am excited.
     
  3. Baseballman86

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    Is the Little Book Chapter 3?
     
  4. Baseballman86

    Baseballman86 Well-Known Member
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    Also... that Woodinville is going to blow you away. I’ve got a couple picks and have loved them all. Something in the water in Washington
     
  5. Upton^2

    Upton^2 blocked just a park away, but I can't really say
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    the new one. lessons learned. Oops wrong quote.

    But awesome, cant wait. Will report back
     
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  6. Dick Trickle

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    Mine is the Lucky 13
     
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  7. DistantFactor

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    Store picks just hit my store. Nearly 15 year KC that was the long horn steakhouse barrel they turned back, and a barrel proof old forester. Got 3 of each and my god the Old Forester is like a 130 proof version of 1910, it’s perfect.
     
  8. DistantFactor

    DistantFactor Sesquipedalian
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    Also here is to hoping I land a 150th anniversary old forester in the lottery.
     
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  9. pperc

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    OFBP is great I’ve heard. My local has one coming.
     
  10. Tangman

    Tangman Well-Known Member
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    Have read mixed things on the OF picks personally. Some good barrels, some poor ones.

    Jealous of the 15 year KC picks you guys are finding. I have an 11.5 year pick from Super Saver in NJ heading my way but we don’t get any of them in NC.
     
  11. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Florida State Seminoles

    This year’s MWND is just as delicious as the sample NYGator sent me.
     
  12. DistantFactor

    DistantFactor Sesquipedalian
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    I bought two @80 each and texted my guy to stash two more behind the counter for me. He got 24 cases and sold half in a day.
     
  13. theregionsitter

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    jeez
     
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  14. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Hadn’t read much about the EB toasted, but it’s apparently been reviewed as underwhelming.

    The BJ goobers loved it though:

     
  15. gilstein21

    gilstein21 Tight Rip 26 Seal Right
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    Brick, I picked up an old forester rye today for the first time based on your suggestion. It’s a solid cheap rye.
     
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  16. Leeroy Jenkins!

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    I say it a lot. I don't like toasted barrel. Its like light roast coffee vs dark roast. I want the flavor in my bourbon.
     
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  17. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Florida State Seminoles

    So you prefer light roast to dark?

    The BJ review guys talk about this being a very sweet version of a toasted bourbon, in comparison to others which are all barrel char.
     
  18. Leeroy Jenkins!

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    Light roast coffee because more caffeine but I had the original michter's toasted barrel and I have the toasted EG and I just feel like there isn't much to them. If you want a super smooth bourbon sure, but I like to know I'm drinking something. I need to be punched in the mouth to feel alive. Help me.
     
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  19. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Too much proof done burned your buds, bud.
     
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  20. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    You’re too far gone from the days of the SI Swimsuit issue being enough. You’re numb to anything shy of girl-on-girl anime snuff tentacle porn.
     
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  21. Leeroy Jenkins!

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    Done Goofed
     
  22. Leeroy Jenkins!

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    That happened back in 8th grade
     
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  23. Leeroy Jenkins!

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    Leeroy Jenkin's overhyped bourbon pick!

    Last year I brought you peerless bourbon which I hyped incredibly to go and buy 4 more bottles only to realize there is definitely some variability between batches.

    This year my overhyped pick of the week is a Wilderness Trail Rye store pick!

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  24. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Florida State Seminoles

    I liked my WT store pick single barrel. Smooth drinking, sweet wheated bourbon. Not exactly a steal at the price, but tasty.
     
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  25. THEBLUERAIDER

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    Y’all fucking kill me with the abbreviations.
     
  26. Leeroy Jenkins!

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    When I look at secondary sites

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  27. BrickTamland

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    Florida State Seminoles

    WT should be Wild Turkey. Wilderness Trail is too new for an abbreviation; I was just being lazy.
     
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  28. Leeroy Jenkins!

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    The worst is the emoji use on the facebook groups so they don't get flagged.
     
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  29. gritzy

    gritzy I am a hurricane on the golf course

    Local place announced bourbon fest
    $25 ticket includes
    Tasting of all their barrel picks, they got lots + allocated from raffle
    Mini glencarin
    And right to buy 1 bourbon you never find on the shelf and 1 bourbon you sometimes can find on the shelf. This is preselected by raffle

    only had 150 tickets, bought 3 (me wife sister), tickets sold out in 30 mins

    pray I get a good pull or 3
     
  30. IHHH

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    Prayers sent
     
  31. gritzy

    gritzy I am a hurricane on the golf course

    Also finishing off my McKenna 10 while I root against Florida
     
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  32. goblue31602

    goblue31602 Well-Known Member
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    That's a great idea/deal
     
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  33. IHHH

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    it’s also a great way to see what people like or not, makes it easier to settle on a batch
     
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  34. theregionsitter

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    You’ll get something good for sure
     
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  35. THEBLUERAIDER

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    We need a glossary or something in the OP.

    I’m drinking a BTOOMMGBISVD.
     
  36. Lip

    Lip Well-Known Member
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    How do you drink your McKenna?
     
  37. gritzy

    gritzy I am a hurricane on the golf course

    Mostly neat but it goes down real fast with some ginger ale
     
  38. gritzy

    gritzy I am a hurricane on the golf course

    I am excited until I don’t like good picks, they’re a legit spot. They haven’t released the lists yet so we’ll see
     
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  39. IHHH

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    bourbon is a little too spicy for me without a couple of ice cubes. I don’t use ginger ale though, that is for vodka or gin. A good bourbon is neat or on the rocks
     
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  40. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Florida State Seminoles

    <Triggering intensifies>
     
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  41. IHHH

    IHHH Well-Known Member
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    I really hope gritzy was joking, explain yourself
     
  42. DistantFactor

    DistantFactor Sesquipedalian
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    Went back today to get two more bottles of OF store pick and they were all gone. Day and a half and 24 cases gone.
     
  43. Russellin4885

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    North Carolina State Wolfpack

    I think underwhelming is a good word to use for it. Don't get me wrong, I think it's good, I really like the flavors but I feel like it just leaves me wanting more.
     
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  44. PrinceWimbley

    PrinceWimbley Well-Known Member

    Entered the lottery this morning for three locations. Here's the list for this year:

    "Once inside the venue, the participant will be able to choose no more than 1 bottle from Table 1 (Contains the most highly allocated products), 2 total bottles from Table 2 (Second most allocated products: Must be two different products), and up to 2 bottles of every other product available in the release and in inventory at the selected location upon his or her entry."


    Table 1

    Angel's Envy Cask Strength Whiskey $199.99 A
    E.H. Taylor 18 yr Marriage Bourbon $69.99
    Eagle Rare 17yr $99.99
    George T. Stagg $99.99
    Sazerac Rye 18yr $99.99
    Thomas Handy Rye $99.99
    William Larue Weller $99.99
    Blanton's Bourbon Gold $119.99
    Old Rip Van Winkle 10yr $69.99
    Van Winkle Special Reserve 12yr $79.99
    Pappy Van Winkle 15yr Bourbon $119.99
    Pappy Van Winkle 20yr Bourbon $199.99
    Pappy Van Winkle 23yr Bourbon $299.99
    Weller 12yr $44.99
    Weller CYPB $49.99
    Weller Single Barrel $44.79
    Whistle Pig 18yr $399.99
    Whistle Pig Boss Hog V $499.99
    Whistle Pig Boss Hog VI $499.99
    Whistle Pig Boss Hog VII $499.99
    Woodford Reserve Bourbon Bacarrat Edition $1,999.99

    Table 2

    Angel's Envy Finished Rye Whiskey $99.99
    Baker's Single Barrel 13yr $99.99
    Basil Haydens 10 Yr Bourbon $69.99
    Basil Haydens 10 Yr Rye $69.99
    Bload Oath Pact No. 6 $124.99
    Booker's Little Book "Lessons Honored" $124.99
    Breckenridge Dark Arts Whiskey $414.59
    Chicken Cock Rye $74.99
    E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof $69.99
    E.H. Taylor Single Barrel $59.99
    Elijah Craig 18yr $129.99
    Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Bourbon $37.99
    Four Roses Small Batch LE 2020 $139.78
    High West Midwinter's Night Dram $99.99
    Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend Whiskey $179.99
    Kentucky Owl Dry State Bourbon $999.99
    Kentucky Owl Rye 10yr batch #4 (18 cases) $199.99
    Kentucky Owl Wiseman's batch #10 (5 cases) $299.99
    Michter's 10yr Bourbon $116.46
    Michter's 10yr Rye $129.45
    Michter's Toasted Barrel Rye $61.88
    Michter's Toasted Barrel Sour Mash $69.99
    urray Hill Bourbon $99.99
    Old Ezra 117pr $49.99
    Old Fitzgerald 14 yr $129.99
    Old Forester Birthday Bourbon $129.99
    Parker's Heritage Heavy Char Bourbon 10yr 14th Edition $149.95
    Stagg Jr $49.99
    Templeton Barrel Strength Whiskey $59.99
    Templeton Maple Finish Whiskey $44.99
    Templeton Rum Cask Finish Whiskey $44.99
    Yamazaki 12 Yr $125.99
    Yellowstone Limited Release 2020 $109.99

    Area 3

    1792 Bottled in Bond ABC Barrel Select $38.99
    1792 Full Proof ABC Barrel Select $49.99
    1792 Single Barrel Bourbon ABC Barrel Select $42.99
    1792 Small Batch $27.99
    1792 Small Batch 1.75 L $59.99
    Baker's Bourbon 107 $59.99
    Basil Hayden Carribean Rye $44.99
    Basil Hayden Dark Rye $37.99
    Belle Meade Reserve Bourbon $69.99
    Blanton's Bourbon ABC Barrel Select $59.99
    Booker's Bourbon $89.99
    Bowman Brothers Bourbon $29.99

    Buffalo Trace Bourbon 1.75L $51.99
    Buffalo Trace Bourbon ABC Barrel Select $27.99

    Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream $20.99
    Bulleit Bourbon ABC Barrel Select $54.99
    Calumet 10yr Single Rack Bourbon $79.99
    Calumet 12yr Bourbon $99.99

    Calumet 14yr Bourbon $119.99
    Chicken Cock Bourbon $59.99
    Clyde May's Cask Strg Whiskey $89.99
    Corner Creek Bourbon $64.99

    David Nicholson 1843 Bourbon $29.99
    E.H. Taylor Small Batch $39.99
    Eagle Rare Single Barrel 1.75L $58.99
    Eagle Rare Single Barrel ABC Barrel Select $32.99
    El Mayor Cristalino $44.99
    Elijah Craig Barrel Proof $59.99
    Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Bourbon $49.99
    Ezra Brooks Bourbon Barrel Select $34.99
    Four Roses Single Barrel ABC Barrel Select 100 Proof $48.99
    Four Roses Barrel Strength ABC Select $80.99
    Henry McKenna 10yr Bottled in Bond $49.99
    Isaac Bowman Port Finish Bourbon $39.99
    Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Eric Church Edition $54.99
    Jefferson's Chef Collaboration Bourbon $39.99

    Jefferson's Ocean Cask Strength Bourbon $103.99
    Jefferson's Ocean Wheated Bourbon $83.99
    Johnny Drum Private Stock Bourbon $44.49

    Kentucky Owl Confiscated $124.99
    Knob Creek 12 yr Bourbon $59.99
    Knob Creek 15 yr Bourbon $99.99
    Knob Creek Rye Cask Strength $69.99
    Maestro Dobel 50 Cristalino Extra Anejo Tequilla $144.99
    Larceny Barrel Proof Bourbon $49.99
    Maker's Mark PR4 x SE5 Wood Finish Series $59.99
    Maker's Mark Private Select ABC Select $74.99
    Old Forester 150th Commemorative Edition $149.99
    Old Forester 1910 Bourbon $54.99
    Old Forester Barrel Strength ABC Barrel Select $79.99
    Old Forester Single Barrel ABC Select 100pr $49.99
    Old Forester Single Barrel ABC Select 90pr $44.99
    Old Soul 15 yr Whiskey $134.99
    Rabbit Hole Cave Hill Bourbon
    Rebel Distillers Collection Bourbon ABC Barrel Select $39.99
    Russell's Reserve Bourbon Single Barrel ABC Barrel Select $39.99
    Russell's RSV Single Barrel Rye $66.99
    Smooth Ambler Whiskey ABC Barrel Select $39.99
    Stranahan's Blue Peak Whiskey $42.99
    Stranahan's Diamond Peak Whiskey $72.99
    Stranahan's Sherry Cask Whiskey
    Weller Antique 107 $49.99
    Weller Full Proof $49.99
    Weller Special Reserve $28.99
    Whistle Pig 10yr $84.99
    Whistle Pig Old World Cask 12yr $129.99
    Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit ABC Barrel Select $57.99
    Willet Family Estate Rye 4yr $79.99
    Willet Pot Still Reserve 1.75 $112.49
    Woodford Reserve Malt Bourbon $39.99
    Woodford Reserve Master Collection Batch Proof $129.99
    Woodford Reserve Wheated Bourbon $39.99
    Yellowstone 109 Pr ABC Barrel Select $59.99
    Yellowstone 115 pr ABC Barrel Select $59.99
    Yellowstone Select $39.99
     
  45. DDB

    DDB Some men just want to watch the world burn
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    Same, but just did the Madison and Hoover location
     
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  46. gritzy

    gritzy I am a hurricane on the golf course

    Time to play a game
    $350 budget
    Table rules apply
    What you picking

     
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  47. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Florida State Seminoles

    $287 spent, $63 left for some Padrons:

    Tier 1
    EH Taylor 18yr marriage $70 (sell)

    Tier 2
    EH Taylor BP $70
    ETL $38

    Tier 3
    Eagle Rare magnum $59
    Well we FP $50 (sell)
     
  48. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Florida State Seminoles

    I’m a simple man.
     
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  49. BrickTamland

    BrickTamland You're not Ron...
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    Florida State Seminoles

    Actually, too much Sazerac. Idk, maybe sub in OFBB? Probably not though.
     
  50. theregionsitter

    theregionsitter Well-Known Member
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    100% would just buy a EHT18yr and sell it

    Elmer T Lee & Michters 10 yr bourbon

    Blantons & OFSBs store pick

    $331.42