29aholic
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This is a small batch bourbon I found at Wally world the other day. $20.00 1/5th. not bad, not bad at all.
I mean hey, we havent had a bourbon thread in a while.
I mean hey, we havent had a bourbon thread in a while.
Colville Bourbon
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Among the things that have truly amazed me over the past several years—the shortage of .22 ammo, the ability to always carry what is basically a small computer everywhere with the smart phone, and Wal-Mart becoming a purveyor of fine spirits—all top the list!
After years of drinking George Dickel Barrel Select I went into shock when my friendly neighborhood likkuh sto jacked up the price by $8.00 a bottle. I've always heard Four Roses was decent and they make a single barrel bourbon that is priced at what Dickel used to be so I bought a bottle. Man it don't get any better, where has this stuff been? 100 proof too, extra zing!!!
Dickel just lost a customer.
Dickel just lost a customer.
Absalom
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This is a small batch bourbon I found at Wally world the other day. $20.00 1/5th. not bad, not bad at all.
I mean hey, we havent had a bourbon thread in a while.
Hm. Interesting. The producer is Florida Caribbean Distillers, whose entire remaining portfolio is rum. But since this is labeled "Kentucky Straight Bourbon", the juice in the bottle has to be legally sourced from a Kentucky distillery. MGP is out. See the recent thread on sourced whiskey. The most likely suspect is always Heaven Hill. The "small batch" designation is meaningless, but I'm sure it's good bourbon.
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29aholic
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I didnt read the small print. Says it is distilled in Bourbon Co. KY...with a name like that it has to be good
Seriously though, I have had better but for the price it aint bad.
Absalom
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I didnt read the small print. Says it is distilled in Bourbon Co. KY...with a name like that it has to be good
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You sure it says Bourbon COUNTY and not Country? If the former, I'm pretty sure they'd be lying, which could get them in trouble with the Feds
There were no distilleries in Bourbon County, KY, since 1919 until Hartfield and Co. opened their craft distillery in Paris in 2014, to my knowledge the only one (a popular whiskey trivia question, which is how I happen to know this). They are nowhere near big enough to be capable of supplying Wallymart with cheap bulk bourbon.
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Never heard of that one but will keep my eyes out.......
chaparrito
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I tried the Colville, not bad at all. I still like Bulleit, Bulleit Rye, 4 Roses and Dickel 8 for everyday whiskies though. Ever wonder what "small batch" means? Legally, nothing. Single Barrel means something. Small batch, not so much.
carpriver
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Small batch is something like a small number of barrels are selected from different years that meet the master distiller standards or a flavor profile.
Absalom
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You're correct, but what Chaparrito means is that it has no legal definition, a common complaint in the whiskeysphere. Therefore a giant distillery like Beam that normally dumps thousands of barrels can call a hundred-barrel dump "small batch", while for a smaller distillery it may be ten barrels. Thus, meaningless.
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My bad. The name refers to the colville bridge which is the last covered bridge in bourbon county
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You sure it says Bourbon COUNTY and not Country? If the former, I'm pretty sure they'd be lying, which could get them in trouble with the Feds
There were no distilleries in Bourbon County, KY, since 1919 until Hartfield and Co. opened their craft distillery in Paris in 2014, to my knowledge the only one (a popular whiskey trivia question, which is how I happen to know this). They are nowhere near big enough to be capable of supplying Wallymart with cheap bulk bourbon.
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