Search results

i've never been able to find it on the shelf, unfortunately.

basil hayden has a high rye mashbill. it's overpriced for the proof in my opinion though. old grandad bonded is a slightly younger product using the same juice but at 100 proof for around $20. it's amazing for ****tails.

full proof if you find the right place having a release or are on an allocation list. 12 will pop up here and there along with 107.

honestly i'd probably pay $60 at absolute most for it if that was retail. it's nothing special, just a very good high octane wheater. makers cask strength is comparable.

$44 and that's about how much it's worth. bended 12 and 107 (poor man's pappy) is honestly better. we have a huge liquor chain in texas that sells below msrp if you pay cash. i refuse to pay more than msrp for my stuff so it's a godsend.

that's exactly what it is. it's very, very good. before the bourbon craze spiked i got a bottle of abraham bowman (that year was apple cider barrel finished) and it's one of the best i've ever had.

toasting hello to t-rob and goodbye to college ball with stagg jr batch 9 tonight. 3 hours until the off-season, boys.

i should clarify that, for me at least, mixed drinks and ****tails are entirely different things and higher-end stuff is great for ****tails as long as the flavors are complimented, not masked. if the flavor of your alcohol is still the more forward-tasting note, then by all means use good...

some water can open up the flavors in bourbon so you're not doing anything wrong adding regular ice. just be careful to not let if melt entirely if you use a lot. it took me over a year to be able to really enjoy high proofs neat and i'll still add a small cube to temper them most of the time...

you know what board you're on right? any given tailgate at hard rock has people with more money than sense making gran patron margaritas.

i don't think it's sacrilege either, but i do think from a monetary perspective: it's absolutely a waste of money. dom perignon mimosas are probably awesome too, just not for the price. really at the end of the day it's up to you about how you like your hooch, but you're throwing money away if...

you absolutely should not drink it unless you have a way to test it for lead or if you find out that it's lead-free glaze/paint. if that decanter is what i think it is, then that bourbon has been happily absorbing lead for half a century.

spirits typically don't go "bad" unless they're contaminated or the cork rots and allows a slow evaporation. uv can also affect it, but i've never had an issue with that. usually the worst thing that happens is the cork dries out and you're left fishing little chewy bits from between your teeth.

the thing with whiskey is that there's almost always a tier below the good sippers that are perfect for mixing that use the exact same distillate and are just aged for a shorter time. you really shouldn't pay more than $30/bottle for something you're going to mix because the differences between...

whatever you do, don't drink it unless you're absolutely sure about the history of that bottle. those old painted decanters were really popular collector's items and a significant amount of them are coated with a lead glaze that leaches into the juice.

it's a waste of good liquor to mix top shelf with anything other than ice or a few drops of water. why pay that much for booze that you're going to cover the taste of?

fyi, templeton has flavoring additives that aren't just from the finishing casks. not sure if that changes your stance on them or not but it's something to consider.

specifically in new charred oak barrels.

they apparently decided that 2 years in the barrel wasn't enough time (yeah, no ****) so now it's aged "at least" 3 years. i'm guessing that they sold baby bourbon to recoup at least some of their initial investment between starting the business and being able to bring a decent product to...

that's cheap for secondary but it's not worth that much. i buy it when i find it with the intent of trading it for better bourbon.