Bourbon

[Collo Rosso]

Not much of a drinker but do enjoy one now and then. This past year have come to acquire a taste for bourbon whiskey. The wife gave me a Jim Beam sampler box this mourning and right now I'm sipping on red stag over ice. I...really like it! Who would of thought bourbon and black cherry went so well together.
I've got a honey and apple to try also. The Jim Beam white label is good to go and I'm curious about the devil's cut. The fire with cinnamon you can keep. I was given Evan Williams hot to try and thought that was awful. Tasted like distilled Taco Bell hot sauce.
Anybody else like this stuff? Hay, that little bottle of red stag is empty...
Merry Christmas!

 

[DeathGrip]

My friend likes the Honey Jack Daniels.

I think it taste just like Nana's cure all.

 

[snuffy51]

The devil's cut is squeezed out of the barrel wood, I think. Past few years I've gotten really fond of wine. Not that imported **** from Europe or Kalifornia, but the real stuff out of Stonehaus Winery, Cumberland Co. Tennessee. My favorites are Sweet White Muscadine and Davenport Red. Sneak in a little Peach Flavored White every now and then. Very relaxin' and really helps me sleep. Ya'll stay safe.

 

[daniel lawecki]

Tennessee Honey works for me over ice.

 

[charlie sherrill]

I ain't polluting good bourbon with honey, apples, spices, etc. I'll drink any good bourbon or sour mash without that. I mostly drink Ezra Brooks 90 proof but will also try anything that's free.

 

[e3mrk]

Jim Beam for Me.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Before I segued over to rye whisky, Jim Beam was fine with me, not in small part because it was a fine beverage for motorcycle touring in the 750ml plastic Lightweight Traveler. After I started drinking rye, I found that Basil Hayden bourbon appealed to me. It came as no surprise to learn that it was 49% rye.

The only other bourbon that has really caught my attention is some 130 proof Booker's they were pouring over at the Moon Bar one night. Despite the high alcohol content, I found it really tasty, with a nutty flavor I had not encountered before and no bite at all, which I guess makes for a pretty hazardous combination. Unfortunately, I have never since seen a bottle on local shelves.

The sweet or red hot booze does not appeal to me.

 

[hoc9sw]

The only other bourbon that has really caught my attention is some 130 proof Booker's they were pouring over at the Moon Bar one night. Despite the high alcohol content, I found it really tasty, with a nutty flavor I had not encountered before and no bite at all, which I guess makes for a pretty hazardous combination. Unfortunately, I have never since seen a bottle on local shelves.

Booker's is limited production ("allocated"), and you have to ask your local store to put one back when they (rarely) come in. For 2017 they are cutting production and raising the price according to my distributor friends. $50 this year, ~$100 next year (yeah, a week from now). Grab it while you can.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Booker's is limited production ("allocated"), and you have to ask your local store to put one back when they (rarely) come in. For 2017 they are cutting production and raising the price according to my distributor friends. $50 this year, ~$100 next year (yeah, a week from now). Grab it while you can.

Dang. Just dang.

 

[carpriver]

Bourbon is a fine gift for Christmas or any other holiday. I like the corn and wheat mash bill. Flavored Bourbon is not what god intended. Knob Creek Rye is a good rye smooth not much bite from the rye. bottled at 100 proof.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Also never had the mentioned flavored Bourbons.
Have had Southern Comfort.
That's sort of flavored Bourbon, I think.
Would probably try some of the flavors if offered some.

 

[klondike]

My son re gifted me today a bottle of Macallan 18 year old Scotch. I am usually a rye drinker, but this is so good (EXPENSIVE) that I am now wrecked forever.
The sampler is a great idea.

 

[Absalom]

.....
Have had Southern Comfort.
That's sort of flavored Bourbon, I think.
.....

Not really. Actually, NO. It's completely uncontaminated by even a drop of whiskey. Just neutral grain spirits (basically vodka), whiskey flavoring, fruit extracts, spices, sweetener.

If you drink the "flavored whiskeys" (and some of them are tasty), read the label carefully. Even if they come from big tradtional distillers of classic real whiskey like Beam, Daniels, Wild Turkey, or Evan Williams. If it says something like "whiskey liqueur", the actual whiskey content is modest and serves at most as a flavoring component. Most of what you're drinking is neutral spirit and liquid sugar of some sort.

 

[Skeet 028]

I very seldom drink a little Southern Comfort, OFC, Canadian Club... and have been known to partake of a little home made sipping stuff. One thing I have made for quite a few years is brandied peaches and apricots... and have run said juices from the jars of same through a small laboratory still. I recently sold the little still. Last I made was sweet cherry brandy. slightly strengthened. In fact I just opened the last bottle. Hard to make brandied fruit here as the ground just gets too cold too soon.

 

[chief38]

I am a Bourbon Guy and probably have 15 - 20 different brands and types in the house. I don't drink all the time, but when I do Bourbon is what I like. While I do like experimenting and tasting different ones, my all time FAV and go-to is Jack Daniels Single Barrel. - YES, I know it's NOT a true Bourbon but a Sour Mash Whisky (close enough ). Woodford's Reserve is right up there and Maker's Mark is quite nice as well.

 

[joeintexas]

For under 30 bucks a bottle Ezra Brooks is hard to beat.

 

[ralph7]

My friend likes the Honey Jack Daniels.

I think it taste just like Nana's cure all.

I was gifted some of this and told the gifter it tasted like cough syrup.
He ended up drinking it himself.
He's a friend and has plenty of money, but insists on giving me rotgut booze because he's a tightass.
I got a bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila from him for Christmas.
I'll end up giving that one away.

 

[Amp]

If they got to hide the flavor you may want to look for a better bottle.
Bourbon and Rye are best served neat or with an ice cube at times.

 

[chaparrito]

I'm a Maker's Mark Brand Ambassador and have a barrel at the factory with my name on it. I like Maker's 46 very much but am also a big rye fan. I bought myself a bottle of High West Double Rye for Christmas, and my son gifted me with a Four Roses Single Barrel.
Flavored whiskeys? Consider this, you know the bottom shelf stuff down there near your feet in the store? Ten High and the like. Careful observation will show that in the last few years there are fewer and fewer bottom shelf bourbons and more and more middle-shelf flavored whiskeys. Distillers of premium brands have considerable "waste" product that isn't good enough to be labeled Maker's Mark or Woodford Reserve. They used to get rid of that stuff by wholesaling it in bulk to other bottlers who blended it, often with grain neutral spirits (think Everclear) and it ended up in 1.75L plastic jugs on the bottom shelf.
Then some marketing genius thought up adding cinnamon or maple or some other ersatz chemical flavoring to the juice to hide the taste, give it a cool label and presto, a new premium brand.
To each his own, but I'll pass on the flavored stuff. That Four Roses Single Barrel is almost like dessert itself.

 

[Cdog]

No flavored stuff for me. I've sipped a fair amount of the "Devil's Cut" from Beam and it ain't bad at all.

I used to prefer the wheated bourbons over the high rye ones, but have found that they both appeal to me now.

My favorite affordable pour right now is a high rye bourbon "Old Grand Dad Bottled In Bond."

For the harder to get more premium stuff the best bottle I have is "#11 Barrel Proof Elijah Craig." After my earlier experiences with E.C. bourbon, I never thought I'd buy anything with their label again. The 139 proof #11 is excellent!

Bottom shelf, the "White Label Evan Williams" bonded is tough to beat. It's nothing special, but it's an inoffensive likable 100 proof bourbon at a steal of a price.

I keep OGD Bonded, OGD 114, Knob Creek 120, and several other bourbons in the cabinet. Other than the 12 year old Elijah Craig that I poured half a bottle out, I like them all!

I shared a bit of 04/2015 Booker's with my Step Son on Christmas Eve. I believe he'll be back for more!