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Cask strength stuff (100+ proof)? Maker's Mark Private Select, (Wild Turkey) Rare Breed Normal strength? Basil Hayden Toasted,
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I kinda like bulleit rye actually. It's the green label
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May 15, 2024 01:40
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Lawman 0 posted:Uh makers mark, Bulliet, knobs creek? I'm not too fancy. Go get some redwood empire.
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May 15, 2024 01:40
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stratego posted:Go get some redwood empire. This is my stock right now. Got all three in regular strength, thinking of getting cask strength once those run out.
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May 15, 2024 01:51
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Lawman 0 posted:Looking for a couple of goon recommendations on decent to good whiskey preferably bourbons but I'm looking to restock my booze cabinet. These should pretty much all be readily available everywhere. Cheap but Decent: Evan Williams BIB Old Grandad BIB (or 114 for higher proof) Elijah Craig Small Batch Four Roses Small Batch Wild Turkey 101 Solid: Four Roses Single Barrel Russel’s Reserve 10 Old Forester Whiskey Row (four different expressions to try) Heaven Hill BIB (may not be available everywhere) Wild Turkey Rare Breed (higher proof) Good: Knob Creek 12 Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel (private barrel if you can find store picks) Larceny Barrel Strength (also Elijah Craig barrel strength and toasted if you can find them) All of these should be found pretty easily and they’re all drinkable. I’ve probably had all of these in the last six months. If you want to get into harder to find stuff your general location would help.
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May 15, 2024 02:28
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stratego posted:Go get some redwood empire. Never heard of it but it's at my local shop apparently. Any specific bottle to look for?
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May 15, 2024 04:53
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Lowness 72 posted:Never heard of it but it's at my local shop apparently. Any specific bottle to look for? They have three main releases - Pipe Dream - the bourbon Emerald Giant - the rye Lost Monarch - the bourye, which is, you guessed it, a mix of the other two. Pick whichever tickles your fancy (Lost Monarch is a good warm weather drink imo). Beyond that, they make bottled in bond versions of the bourbon and rye, which are stronger at 100 proof. Grizzly Beast and Rocket Top, respectively. Even further, they make cask strength versions of the OG three. Then they make some more interesting less regular releases - Howling Titan, the wheated bourbon Devils Tower, the high rye bourbon Foggy Burl, Single Mast Whisky. And then, if you can find it, Haystack's Needle, which is some older single barrel stuff (so your mileage may very). Anyway, get Lost Monarch, have fun.
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May 15, 2024 05:23
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"Fine, I will, and don't call me monarch"
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May 15, 2024 13:55
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Lowness 72 posted:I kinda like bulleit rye actually. It's the green label Stop buying bulleit everyone. They’re anti gay pieces of poo poo. And there’s so much better out there.
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May 15, 2024 19:07
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LionArcher posted:They’re anti gay pieces of poo poo. And there’s so much better out there. Where did this come from, and are you also suggesting to boycott everything diageo because have fun Or I guess MGP, but same deal gwrtheyrn fucked around with this message at 19:14 on May 15, 2024 |
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May 15, 2024 19:11
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gwrtheyrn posted:Where did this come from, and are you also suggesting to boycott everything diageo because have fun I used to like bulliet fine. But the company is bad, and it’s 2024. There are a lot of better choices out there. Buffalo trace is easy enough to find a lot of places. As for Ryes? Old over holt, Stellum rye, jack Daniel’s single barrel rye, any of the barrel ryes, to name a few. Old Forrester ryes as well. Whistle pig 10 year rye is amazing, and so on.
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May 15, 2024 19:31
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LionArcher posted:I used to like bulliet fine. But the company is bad, and it’s 2024. There are a lot of better choices out there. Buffalo trace is easy enough to find a lot of places. That didn't really answer the question. What did they or their parent company actually do? I don't buy bulleit anyways, so it doesn't really change anything but this is the first I've heard of this
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May 15, 2024 23:58
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gwrtheyrn posted:That didn't really answer the question. What did they or their parent company actually do? I don't buy bulleit anyways, so it doesn't really change anything but this is the first I've heard of this It took 2 seconds to google this. https://www.forbes.com/sites/taranu...sh=61cbc37449bd Also, it’s a known thing in the industry. They’re major Chuds.
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May 16, 2024 00:00
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You named my actual favorite budget rye. Old Overholt. Makes a mean old fashioned. I generally always have a bottle of that + Makers 76 in the cabinet.
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May 16, 2024 04:15
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Oh also another favorite Rye is Pikesville. I'd buy it more often but I have a bad tendency to drink too much of it in one sitting combined with the higher abv so I buy it occasionally. I think it's top notch delicious though.
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May 16, 2024 04:19
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On the subject of ryes, what do you all think of Rittenhouse bonded?
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May 16, 2024 05:41
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spankmeister posted:On the subject of ryes, what do you all think of Rittenhouse bonded? Spicier than I prefer.
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May 17, 2024 00:22
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spankmeister posted:On the subject of ryes, what do you all think of Rittenhouse bonded? cocktail mixer
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May 17, 2024 04:33
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stratego posted:cocktail mixer Bingo. Makes a hell of a Manhattan.
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May 17, 2024 05:49
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Matt Zerella posted:Bingo. Makes a hell of a Manhattan. so much so that during the 00s/early 10's the BiB went into allocation because NYC cocktail lounges would use nothing else. I worked at a place that would buy six or eight cases per restaurant and cart them around to the fancy cocktail spot just to keep from moving to overholt.
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May 17, 2024 12:58
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LionArcher posted:It took 2 seconds to google this. Most of it comes from him firing his lesbian daughter (or Diageo doing it to salvage the company image), and her accusations of him not just being homophobic, but a child molestor. https://www.hollisbofficial.com/faq https://www.gobourbon.com/bulleit-legacy-on-the-line/ GD_American fucked around with this message at 22:49 on May 19, 2024 |
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May 19, 2024 22:47
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stratego posted:Go get some redwood empire. Will keep an eye out for this.
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May 20, 2024 13:02
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Mellow Corn made it to the liquor store just across the state line from me!  It's much more mellow going down than the last time I had it, now my head is in a vice 
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May 21, 2024 14:17
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Mellow Corn made it to the liquor store just across the state line from me! As a Kentucky Colonel, I can tell you that Mellow Corn is a beautiful and dangerous thing, like a young woman with a .22. Mellow Corn: "The state police ain't poo poo without their stupid fuckin' hats, watch thi-"
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May 21, 2024 15:56
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Hello fellow Colonel *tips Colonel Sanders hat* 🤠
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Gravitee posted:Hello fellow Colonel *tips Colonel Sanders hat* 🤠 While I am debating the skinny bow tie, I will never get the license plate.
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May 21, 2024 18:03
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GD_American posted:Most of it comes from him firing his lesbian daughter (or Diageo doing it to salvage the company image), and her accusations of him not just being homophobic, but a child molestor. Didn't go deep on this when it first came out years ago. Wow the Go Bourbon article is incredibly long. I kinda power-skimmed it. I think maybe the dad could be innocent. He provided a lot of hard evidence to back up his support of his daughter. At least financially. And Hollis hurts her credibility in some of her other claims unrelated to homophobia or abuse. https://www.gobourbon.com/bulleit-legacy-on-the-line/ https://www.kentucky.com/lexgoeat/bourbon/article234049917.html Comb Your Beard fucked around with this message at 19:48 on May 21, 2024 |
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May 21, 2024 19:46
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bloody ghost titty posted:While I am debating the skinny bow tie, I will never get the license plate. I'm a third generation Colonel (a brag but also important to story). My grandfather who was not from KY but was a KY Colonel, had his state's license plate# as "COL PVP", PVP was his initials. He had more than one person get mad because he was not a military Colonel in a stolen valor kinda way. I'm tempted to do the same tbh.
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Bulleit seems to be a lovely company, yeah, and their main stuff is fairly generic young MGP. One of my least favorite of the big brands. If you're looking for like a $30 bourbon, my personal faves would be something like Old Granddad 114 or even WT101. Personally I'd spend more and get something really excellent like Rare Breed or Old Forester 1920. That said, Bulleit just relaunched their 12 year rye, which is 95/5 MGP and is cheap and good for what it is.
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Rashomon posted:Bulleit seems to be a lovely company, yeah, and their main stuff is fairly generic young MGP. One of my least favorite of the big brands. If you're looking for like a $30 bourbon, my personal faves would be something like Old Granddad 114 or even WT101. Personally I'd spend more and get something really excellent like Rare Breed or Old Forester 1920. I'll check for it when I do my booze run.
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May 27, 2024 22:18
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stratego posted:They have three main releases - I bought Lost Monarch. It's $35. Tastes like it would be closer to $45/$50. I'm a fan of this first dramm. Thanks for the rec! There's so many "craft" whiskeys I see that are usually too expensive and too hot. $50 paint thinner half the time. So I've been turned off of trying new, smaller producers. But I really like this. So thank you! I also realized I've never actually had bushmills 10 so I picked it up. Sidenote did powers drop its age statement? Couldn't find one on three swallows.
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I like powers, green spot, and the OG red breast better than Bush 10. Is bush 10 not pot still? Sadly green spot was on sale but sold out 
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Lowness 72 posted:I also realized I've never actually had bushmills 10 so I picked it up. Sidenote did powers drop its age statement? Couldn't find one on three swallows. Powers 12 Johns Lane is still around. Three Swallows and Gold never had an age statement iirc. Lowness 72 posted:I like powers, green spot, and the OG red breast better than Bush 10. Is bush 10 not pot still? Bushmills 10 is a single malt. Which does mean it's made in a pot still. But it's not a "Single Pot Still" whiskey. The difference being that Irish pot still whiskey is a unique category of whiskey that has to be made in pot stills yes, but moreover it uses malted and unmalted barley. (And up to 10% other grain, often oats). This gives it a unique taste and it's uniquely Irish. Bushmills is made from 100% malted barley and therefore is a Single Malt. Just like with single malt scotch. N.B: the Single in both these categories refers to the fact that it's from a single distillery, not that it's from a single pot, or a single type of malt. There's a lot of other things that set Irish whiskey apart from Scotch (being spelled with an e, for one) and we could get into that at some point, it's pretty interesting. But for now I'm running late for work.
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