What type of glasses do yall drink out of? Do you have specific glasses for different types?
Well, the other day my husband was using a red solo cup Ok, he was shoveling and I'm guessing didn't want to break a glass. I just have rocks glasses. I know Brett uses Glencairn glasses (you can get them on Amazon). I think I'm going to order some soon.
bingo. If you drink almost exclusively neat the I recommend either the Glencairn or The Neat classes as they are designed for nosing and tasting whiskey poured neat and remove the vast majority of the alcohol vapor burn in the nose. Otherwise rocks glasses if you are mixing or using ice in some fashion is probably best IMHO.
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
Yeah Chris, Bulleitt makes a good bourbon and decent rye and I really love their prices! Haven't tried the 10 year but the others are very solid for the price point for sure!
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
Yeah Chris, Bulleitt makes a good bourbon and decent rye and I really love their prices! Haven't tried the 10 year but the others are very solid for the price point for sure!
Yup! Great bourbon in any kinda drink. Good to have around.
What type of glasses do yall drink out of? Do you have specific glasses for different types?
Well, the other day my husband was using a red solo cup Ok, he was shoveling and I'm guessing didn't want to break a glass. I just have rocks glasses. I know Brett uses Glencairn glasses (you can get them on Amazon). I think I'm going to order some soon.
bingo. If you drink almost exclusively neat the I recommend either the Glencairn or The Neat classes as they are designed for nosing and tasting whiskey poured neat and remove the vast majority of the alcohol vapor burn in the nose. Otherwise rocks glasses if you are mixing or using ice in some fashion is probably best IMHO.
+1 I know Brett and I both prefer most bourbons neat but I highly recommend the NEAT glasses. Ultimately it's however you enjoy drinking it. I've been on vacation this past week and have been drinking neat out of rocks glass. I have enjoyed it all the same but I think there's subtle nuances I pick up more with a glencairn or NEAT glass.
Yeah Chris, Bulleitt makes a good bourbon and decent rye and I really love their prices! Haven't tried the 10 year but the others are very solid for the price point for sure!
I know the rye is MGP. Not necessarily a bad thing as I think MGP makes a good rye. It's just used in lots of other places as well, Angel's Envy for example. I used to think that was a bad thing but as always, if it's good, who cares!
Yeah Chris, Bulleitt makes a good bourbon and decent rye and I really love their prices! Haven't tried the 10 year but the others are very solid for the price point for sure!
I haven't had the rye or the 10 year, maybe I will grab a bottle for our birthday to try it!! Thanks Brett for the tip!!
Yeah Chris, Bulleitt makes a good bourbon and decent rye and I really love their prices! Haven't tried the 10 year but the others are very solid for the price point for sure!
I haven't had the rye or the 10 year, maybe I will grab a bottle for our birthday to try it!! Thanks Brett for the tip!!
The 10 year is quite good. In my limited experience it is one of my favs.
Yeah Chris, Bulleitt makes a good bourbon and decent rye and I really love their prices! Haven't tried the 10 year but the others are very solid for the price point for sure!
I know the rye is MGP. Not necessarily a bad thing as I think MGP makes a good rye. It's just used in lots of other places as well, Angel's Envy for example. I used to think that was a bad thing but as always, if it's good, who cares!
Totally agree with this, I do my best to let taste affect what I buy and not price tag or name and so long as it's good then I really don't care who makes it or how cheap it is, taste is king.
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
Yeah Chris, Bulleitt makes a good bourbon and decent rye and I really love their prices! Haven't tried the 10 year but the others are very solid for the price point for sure!
I haven't had the rye or the 10 year, maybe I will grab a bottle for our birthday to try it!! Thanks Brett for the tip!!
The 10 year is quite good. In my limited experience it is one of my favs.
No problem Chris and enjoy brother
And thanks for the heads up Jason will have to check that out for sure!
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
Been looking at Glencairn glasses for a while and then found these. Ended up getting six of these for the price of two of the Glencairn and the reviews are very high on them. Looking forward to trying one out tonight...
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I drank some Stagg Jr. last night, and wow. Even at 134 proof, it has some of the best flavor I've tasted in whiskey so far. It's shocking. Also, a very small bit of it will give you a slight hangover
Thanks and yeah that's some good stuff. With the regular Stagg so hard to find it's nice they have that at least but it's pretty hard to get itself especially for us so luckily we know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy haha.
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Our guy's liquor store calls him to let him know when new stuff is coming in, lol. We're going to hit a couple of stores today, one in VA, maybe we'll get lucky and find some more. I also realized I could have it shipped to my sister's there, I don't think VA was on that list of states they wouldn't ship to!
Tried the new glasses for the first time last night. Can definitely see the difference between using these and a regular glass. I went with the Four Roses Single Barrel for the first pour and it was very good of course.
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Very nice Jimmy glad you found such a steal and that you noticed a difference as I did switching to a glass like that! For me it really does change it dramatically and greatly increases my enjoyment of any whiskey served neat
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
I drank some Stagg Jr. last night, and wow. Even at 134 proof, it has some of the best flavor I've tasted in whiskey so far. It's shocking. Also, a very small bit of it will give you a slight hangover
Really glad to hear you enjoyed it so much it's one of my favs for sure!
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
I drank some Stagg Jr. last night, and wow. Even at 134 proof, it has some of the best flavor I've tasted in whiskey so far. It's shocking. Also, a very small bit of it will give you a slight hangover
Really glad to hear you enjoyed it so much it's one of my favs for sure!
Definitely a fan of Stagg Jr. It's a great drink that highlights what a barrel proof should be in terms of flavor. The George T Stagg is that times ten which is why it's unfortunately the most sought after of the antique collection. I can only hope come October that I can get my hands on some.
I've never been much of a bourbon man. I always preferred scotch but while I was at a company meeting I tried some Woodford Reserve. Man that was pretty good stuff so now I'm thinking maybe I need to start doing a little sampling.
I've never been much of a bourbon man. I always preferred scotch but while I was at a company meeting I tried some Woodford Reserve. Man that was pretty good stuff so now I'm thinking maybe I need to start doing a little sampling.
Drinking the last of the Woodford Reserve tonight. Wasn't a huge fan at first, but of course enjoying it now!
I've never been much of a bourbon man. I always preferred scotch but while I was at a company meeting I tried some Woodford Reserve. Man that was pretty good stuff so now I'm thinking maybe I need to start doing a little sampling.
Drinking the last of the Woodford Reserve tonight. Wasn't a huge fan at first, but of course enjoying it now!
Woodford is very smooth and has great drinkability which I like, just wish it had a bit more character to it that distinguished it from others. Good first world problem to have though honestly lol
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
bumping this up for Shadow and well how did it end up on page 3?
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
Thanks to Doug D Fresh for bringing this up to me today! Knob Creek won Best Bourbon 2015 at the San Francisco Spirits Competition this year and the new Dieago Blade and Bow was rated extremely high too!
What do you like under $25ish that's sippable neat that won't 'turn me into a fire breathing dragon? Finding Old Weller Antique the other day has me interested in looking closer at the middle to low shelves.
Heaven Hill White Label is hands down my favorite cheap bourbon. Just ask Brett about it too! It's about $11-12.
Love that stuff, also Very Old Barton is terrific as well! Sometimes you can find Ridgemont Reserve 1792 for $25 or less and that one is worth it too!!
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
My other stepson and I tried the Larceny two days ago. That is one rough drink. I doubt I would drink it on a regular basis so it will get a lot of bottle age on it in this house.
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I know Brett and I both prefer most bourbons neat but I highly recommend the NEAT glasses. Ultimately it's however you enjoy drinking it. I've been on vacation this past week and have been drinking neat out of rocks glass. I have enjoyed it all the same but I think there's subtle nuances I pick up more with a glencairn or NEAT glass.
And thanks for the heads up Jason will have to check that out for sure!
2015 Gang War - East Coast
Enola Gay - Target #29
I drank some Stagg Jr. last night, and wow. Even at 134 proof, it has some of the best flavor I've tasted in whiskey so far. It's shocking. Also, a very small bit of it will give you a slight hangover
2015 Gang War - East Coast
Enola Gay - Target #29
2015 Gang War - East Coast
Enola Gay - Target #29
2015 Gang War - East Coast
Enola Gay - Target #29
Drinking the last of the Woodford Reserve tonight. Wasn't a huge fan at first, but of course enjoying it now!
"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
http://fredminnick.com/best-bourbon-the-shocking-winner-at-san-francisco-world-spirits-2015/