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OT-National Bourbon Day, Saturday June 14-OT

lousubcap
lousubcap Posts: 36,661
Here's a celebration you can support tomorrow.  You can practice today to make sure "all systems good to go!"🥃
Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,779
    i'm gonna need more bourbon to get through tomorrow...

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,664
    caliking said:
    i'm gonna need more bourbon to get through tomorrow...

    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,664
    RRP said:
    Any opinions on Whistle Pig bourbon? I keep walking by a $97 bottle in a store I regularly shop.
    It's good but that's one where opinions seem to diverge.  Personally at that price point I think the Angel's Envy rye is much better.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,552
    bulleit rye for me, i find that whistle pig to fall flat and the angels envy to be a little bit too sweet. a long ways to go to taste even half the bourbon/rye selections.......
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 4,385
    Sazerac rye for $20……
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,661
    In honour (nod) of today:

    Will not be purchasing again.  But I had to try it! 🥃
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
  • billt01
    billt01 Posts: 1,875


    Good day for a hunt

    (2) JDBP 132.x and 135.x Proof points
    JD 12
    OFSB

    backups of
    KC 12
    1792 12 yr
    Bookers Reserve 
    Bookers Small Batch @ 130.x
    Have:
     XLBGE / Stumps Baby XL / Couple of Stokers (Gen 1 and Gen 3) / Blackstone 36 / Maxey 3x5 water pan hog cooker
    Had:
    LBGE / Lang 60D / Cookshack SM150 / Stumps Stretch / Stumps Baby

    Fat Willies BBQ
    Ola, Ga

  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,661
    @billt01 - Impressive.  All acquired at one location or a few road trips?
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,449
    lousubcap said:
    In honour (nod) of today:

    Will not be purchasing again.  But I had to try it! 🥃
    But did you like it? I mean the bottle is about empty so you or somebody has had a few nips!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,661
    @RRP- below is my take from a few months ago and is unchanged:  
    "My initial review of the Woodford Double Double Oaked-Taste points about the same as the double oaked, lacked any noticeable and distinctive finish.  Glad I did it once but not again especially given the proud pricing.  FWIW-
    Remember-all bourbon palates (like pizza) are different!"
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,641
    Unfortunately I wasn't able to partake in this event at a local establishment due to being laid up.
    Pretty reasonable prices, at least around here:

    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,513
    edited June 15
    The bourbon call is strong; though with post-tariff actions in these parts, there are no bourbons - or American anything - to be had. 

    Wifey and I did sneak in a few old stock bourbons on Thursday. Went to a place for cocktails Thursday (a neighbour apparently worked there and kindly bought us some drinks) and then at the place we went to for dinner, we bumped into my uncle and his family (They bought us drinks and dinner). 

    Better to be lucky than good, as the wise would say. 
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,661
    @CTMike - those price points are unbelievable in this day and age.  And the one pour per brand would put a true hurt on me that I would gladly enjoy going in...🥃
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,330
    Not a brown-water consumer here at all, but I watched a segment of CBS's Sixty Minutes tonight and was fascinated with the culture/history/commerce of oak barrels starting out in Kentucky, and then spending years aging different things and traveling around the world (the barrels, not the booze) and even ending up back in Kentucky for "ultra-nuanced" imbibements.  It almost read like an audiophile's argument about the sonic improvement of a $17,000, 3-foot power cable (that's not made up).  (mebbe I stepped on a few toes here, so be it).  
    Anywho, I thought it was interesting and as Bourbon Day weekend draws to a close, I'm posting it here:
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bourbon-barrels-aging-spirits-around-world-60-minutes-transcript/
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Ike
    Ike Posts: 402
    Very interesting read, thank you.
    Owensboro, KY.  First Eggin' 4/12/08.  Large, small, 22" Blackstone and lotsa goodies.