The Bourbon and Whiskey Thread

1…2324262829…41

Comments

  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2019
    Stubble said:

    I've already told this story on Vherf, several times, but in the interest of recommending this bourbon, I'll repeat the tale. Steve recommended this bourbon and I bought it, and hated it, that is until I learned to take smaller sips. For me, served neat, the flavors come out really well with the smallest possible sips.  Steve also recommended Noah's Mill. I have not learned how to like that one yet. But hey, two out of three ain't bad.
    1. Old Forester 1920 - Yes
    2. Noah's Mill - No
    3. SARDINES - YES!  
  • Far_North_64
    Far_North_64 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jd50ae said:
    OH NO    Tariffs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UtDx0zBOfc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKrhHjThgIw
    Buried in both reports the tariffs on some whiskeys are mentioned.
    I just got hit pretty hard by those tariffs. Added a couple hundred bucks to shipping, which is outrageous already.
    Now this is not the end of the cigar. It is not even the beginning of the end of the cigar. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning of the cigar.

  • Far_North_64
    Far_North_64 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So is the 1792 full proof as good as advertised, Whisky of the year and all. 
    Now this is not the end of the cigar. It is not even the beginning of the end of the cigar. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning of the cigar.

  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Delving into ryes lately. Had the Wild Turkey last week and it was good, this a better!

    Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.
  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,373 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice score!
    Join us on Zoom vHerf (Meeting # 2619860114 Password vHerf2020 )
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    DapperDanMan said:

    Stopped by the nearest Publix liquors on a whim and they had a bottle of Blantons. Great way to end the week! 
    Is that the single barrel?
    How does the single barrel rate to other bourbons?

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • DapperDanMan
    DapperDanMan Posts: 9 ✭
    @0patience this is a single barrel, I’m definitely not the most developed palette around, but to me this is one of the smoothest bourbons I’ve had.  I find it very easy to sip and taste the nuances of the bourbon and it’s one of the best ones I’ve had neat. 
  • Smoothsticks
    Smoothsticks Posts: 540 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anyone have any thoughts on the Oak and Eden label? I can't get it here in CA but wonder if it's worth going after.
  • Far_North_64
    Far_North_64 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Oak and Eden is not better than the good stuff you can get local IMO. 
    Now this is not the end of the cigar. It is not even the beginning of the end of the cigar. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning of the cigar.

  • Smoothsticks
    Smoothsticks Posts: 540 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the info on that. I had seen it paired up with the EZ stuff and thought I'd look around for it but nowhere around me had it. Not missing out on much then.
  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,373 ✭✭✭✭✭
    https://youtu.be/Uyl7GP_VMJY
    Join us on Zoom vHerf (Meeting # 2619860114 Password vHerf2020 )
  • Far_North_64
    Far_North_64 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Quick question. Which service is used when you have sent or received a package containing whisky, USPS, UPS, OR Fed_ex. Did you create an business account to do so?
    Now this is not the end of the cigar. It is not even the beginning of the end of the cigar. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning of the cigar.

  • Usaf06
    Usaf06 Posts: 11,889 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I use usps, bit dont tell em
    "I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
    -- Winston Churchill

    "LET'S GO FRANCIS"     Peter

  • deadman
    deadman Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2019
    Far_North_64 said:
    Quick question. Which service is used when you have sent or received a package containing whisky, USPS, UPS, OR Fed_ex. Did you create an business account to do so?
    I used USPS to send Tony a bottle but like Nick said I didn’t tell  them what it was.

    USPS was slightly cheaper than UPS
  • genareddog
    genareddog Posts: 4,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My dad is a huge bourbon snob. I can’t stand to smell the stuff. I have heard him talk about Japanese bourbon or whiskey. I would like to get him some for Christmas but don’t have a clue. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
  • deadman
    deadman Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    genareddog said:
    My dad is a huge bourbon snob. I can’t stand to smell the stuff. I have heard him talk about Japanese bourbon or whiskey. I would like to get him some for Christmas but don’t have a clue. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    One on the left is Ok and affordable. One on the right is for ballers like you.

  • Usaf06
    Usaf06 Posts: 11,889 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hibiki is really good
    "I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
    -- Winston Churchill

    "LET'S GO FRANCIS"     Peter

  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was gifted a years subscription to flaviar.  Get 12 samples the first month. 
    Team O'Donnell FTW!

    "I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
  • Martel
    Martel Posts: 3,306 ✭✭✭✭
    deadman said:
    genareddog said:
    My dad is a huge bourbon snob. I can’t stand to smell the stuff. I have heard him talk about Japanese bourbon or whiskey. I would like to get him some for Christmas but don’t have a clue. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    One on the left is Ok and affordable. One on the right is for ballers like you.


    Nah, real ballers would drop $1500 on the Hibiki 21 Year.  It's my unicorn just to taste it.

    A lot of the Japanese stuff is more akin to Scotch than bourbon.  They're frequently peated.  I love that flavor profile, but most strictly Bourbon guys don't, so be careful.

    Another possibility outside the bourbon / Japanese route is to go with an unpeated Scotch.  One I've had some bourbon lovers try is Bruichladdich Islay Barley Rockside Farm 2007.  It's an Islay Scotch minus the peat smoke process of drying the grain.  It's in the $50-80 range depending on locale.  50% ABV and needs a couple drops of water, but it's pleasantly sweet with vanilla and honey flavors.  One of my current favorites and I saw it just a month ago on the shelf while I was traveling.


    Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

    I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot.  I will smoke anything, though.
  • genareddog
    genareddog Posts: 4,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Got the hibiki for $69.99. Hope he likes the ****. I still drink pbr so that tells you how much of a baller I am. 
  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dayum!!! That’s pretty right there! ^^^
    Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.

Categories