You Southern fellas/ladies know what you are doing - Bourbon my new favorite

milesbrown4

I agree with @nolaegghead - Makers and the like are only for taking neat and a little ice.  otherwise buy a mi bourbon like evan williams black label or rebel yell or jim beam black to mix.  

ratcheer

Wild Turkey Russell's Reserve
Elmer T. Lee
Old Grand Dad 114 proof
Blanton's
Rock Hill Farms if you can find it and have lots of money

Everyday - Wild Turkey 101 or Old Grand Dad 86 proof

Whisky or whiskey - just two ways of spelling the same word. In Europe, it is scotch whisky and Irish whiskey. In the US, it is bourbon whiskey and Tennessee whisky.

Tim

bodski

Four Roses single barrel, Blantons, Elmer T Lee, Thomas Handy, knob Creek single barrel. Bang for buck: Buffalo Trace, bulleit, Old Grandad, Fighting ****, Evan Williams, Elijah Craig. Pappy van Winkle is delish but getting very hard to come by. Many other good ones, but these are ones I'm most familiar with. (I'm entering this on an iPad, and can't seem to get line breaks. Anybody else experience this?)

SmokinDAWG82

+1 on the Woodford Reserve, for special occasions, Jack Daniels for general purposes

CigarSmokinEgger

If you can find it, there's a small batch distillery just outside Orlando that produces about 500 barrels a years of Palm Ridge Reserve...I've had everything from Woodford Reserve to Pappy Van Winkle to Colorado Breckenridge and I'd take Palm Ridge all day long!  Just keep in mind that this is like wines or cigars, you have to find what you like regardless of what anyone else thinks

 

Mark

IrishDevl

Had Pappy and like it, woodford very nice and four roses.  Drank a bit too much 4 Roses last night.  

IrishDevl

CigarSmokinEgger said:

If you can find it, there's a small batch distillery just outside Orlando that produces about 500 barrels a years of Palm Ridge Reserve...I've had everything from Woodford Reserve to Pappy Van Winkle to Colorado Breckenridge and I'd take Palm Ridge all day long!  Just keep in mind that this is like wines or cigars, you have to find what you like regardless of what anyone else thinks

 

Mark

I would love to buy a few for gifts.  

michigan_jason

Gotta vote for Woodford Reserve, my favorite.

SmokeyPitt

hapster said:

SmokinDAWG82 said:

+1 on the Woodford Reserve, for special occasions, Jack Daniels for general purposes

I treat every time I have a chance to enjoy a sippin' whiskey (whisky) as a special occasion

Life is too short... 

Cheers to that!

Solson005

CigarSmokinEgger said:

If you can find it, there's a small batch distillery just outside Orlando that produces about 500 barrels a years of Palm Ridge Reserve...I've had everything from Woodford Reserve to Pappy Van Winkle to Colorado Breckenridge and I'd take Palm Ridge all day long!  Just keep in mind that this is like wines or cigars, you have to find what you like regardless of what anyone else thinks

 

Mark

I agree 100%. I have had Blanton's (which is single barrel Buffalo Trace) and Wild Turkey Rare Breed, Russel's Reserve, Gentleman's Jack, My goto is Makers Mark and Crown Royal if I'm mixing. I'm sure good ole Oklahoma will never get any of those small batch goodness but would love to try it. We have to get everything at liquor stores except 3.2 beer. We just got a Whole foods a year ago because they can't sell wine or liquor so it took forever for them to decide to put one in without the profit on the booze. Most of the good microbreweries won't even ship to oklahoma because all "good beer" is purchased and stored hot liquor stores cannot have coolers. When my Makers Mark Ambassador Barrel is ready next year I am going to do the Bourbon Trail and I will probably have a new favorite.. 

troutgeek

CigarSmokinEgger said:

If you can find it, there's a small batch distillery just outside Orlando that produces about 500 barrels a years of Palm Ridge Reserve...I've had everything from Woodford Reserve to Pappy Van Winkle to Colorado Breckenridge and I'd take Palm Ridge all day long!  Just keep in mind that this is like wines or cigars, you have to find what you like regardless of what anyone else thinks

 

Mark

I'll have to look for Palm Ridge Reserve. As for Breckenridge, I get this by the case.

IrishDevl

@troutgeek - very nice indeed.  

Mighty_Quinn

Stranahan's is a better Colorado whiskey than Breckenridge distillery (IMO anyway) if you can find it...

troutgeek

IrishDevl said:

@troutgeek - very nice indeed.  

Thanks. I got a really nice buck this past fall, and felt the need to repay a few people with "guide fees". Wanted to get them something a bit unusual. Got an extra case for myself while I was at it...

Skiddymarker

No offense @IrishDevil, but just about anything tastes good coming from the largely odourless, tasteless world of Vodka, excluding the flavoured designer ones of course. Other than the alcohol sensation, vodka is pretty much the servant of its mixer. Still, to each his own. (Spoken like a gin martini man, eh?)

The good news is that many of the forum members seem to try different whisky/whiskey. There is a world of taste out there and one man's pleasure is another man's poison (ladies too).

As a Canuck, Irish/Scotch/Canadian whiskeys were always the go to choice. Over the past 15 years, Old No. 7 opened the door to appreciate "bourbon". Makers 46, Woodford and Knob Creek will never be refused! 

IrishDevl

@skiddymarker - agreed about vodka. I get the more expensive and drink it straight.

beteez

Bang for the buck cannot beta Buffalo Trace for $21/750 @ BJs in Jax

troutgeek

What I want to know is how we can have a conversation about bourbon, and not have any comment from Centex.

FanOfFanboys

All the ones I would recommend I have already seen here except corners creek. So add that to you're already long and growing list. Blanton, knob creek, Woodford, pappy, gentleman jack, makers are all my favorite.

IrishDevl

Think this Northerner is turning into a southerner.

SmokinDAWG82

hapster said:

SmokinDAWG82 said:

+1 on the Woodford Reserve, for special occasions, Jack Daniels for general purposes

I treat every time I have a chance to enjoy a sippin' whiskey (whisky) as a special occasion

Life is too short... 

Ed, I agree, sipping is one thing, mixing is another I am really fond of Jack and club soda. I cringe at the thought of mixing coke. Game day is usually Jack and Soda but a win would be celebrated by a sipping of Woodford or Jameson... Life is Good!

henapple

I'm amazed at the different alcohol sales laws in each state. The bourbon capital, Kentucky, still has multiple dry counties.

nolaegghead

Macallan Fine & Rare Vintage 1947 I hear is pretty good.

Eggcelsior

henapple said:

I'm amazed at the different alcohol sales laws in each state. The bourbon capital, Kentucky, still has multiple dry counties.

Funny story. The namesake county(Bourbon County, KY) for the area historically associated with bourbon distillation has no distilleries today.

Eggcelsior

nolaegghead said:

Macallan Fine & Rare Vintage 1947 I hear is pretty good.

If you have 7,000 bucks. Probably more now.

Go to South Korea and you might find the 1926 for around 75k. 

roadglide

shot of Bookers with 1 ice cube.

IrishDevl

I was throwing down woodford reserve last night. Good stuff.

Solson005

In 2004 the Governor of Kentucky declared February 25th Makers Mark day. I'm celebrating with a old fashioned with cherries that have been swimming in makers since christmas. Anyone else celebrate this all important holiday? 

blueinatl

Jefferson's is the bottle I'm currently working on (gift from a coworker and it is really good).

jerryp

I can't be the only blue collar slob that fancies Wild Turkey here, can I?