Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum  

Go Back   Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum > Non Cigar Specialty Forums > Wine, Beer, and Spirits

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-11-2021, 03:37 PM   #2561
icehog3
Admiral Douchebag
 
icehog3's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 70,447
Trading: (61)
HUpmann
icehog3 has disabled reputation
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by stearns View Post
Just picked up a 12 year single barrel last week, excellent use of $33
Yes, I failed to mention the EC store picks are usually 5-10 bucks more than the regular. Well worth it, eh Ben?
__________________


Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!
icehog3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 03:41 PM   #2562
stearns
Dogbert Consultant
 
stearns's Avatar
16
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Ben
Location: Park Hill
Posts: 5,337
Trading: (50)
RA
stearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to all
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

1000% yes. I don't see any need to have a regular shelf EC around when I usually have about 3 store picks open, great approachable pour and probably my favorite way to start the evening (other than a really good BT pick)
__________________
"Ignoring all the racket of conventional reality" - Keller Williams
stearns is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 03:42 PM   #2563
Porch Dweller
Life is for living
 
Porch Dweller's Avatar
11
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
First Name: James
Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast
Posts: 8,121
Trading: (24)
Bolivar AirForce (Retired)
Porch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to behold
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by icehog3 View Post
Even better is if any stores near you do any single barrel store picks. I have one picked by a local group that blows the regular release out the door.
Yep, my favorite is a place called Maisano's in the next town over. Every one of his barrel picks that I've had has been great. His Elijah Craig one from about two years ago was around 135 proof and smoother than many 80-90 proof Bourbons I've had. If time travel is ever invented one of the things on my agenda would be to go back and grab about a dozen bottles of it.
__________________
A 1911 in the hand is faster than 911 on the phone
Porch Dweller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 03:48 PM   #2564
retired
Adjusting to the Life
 
retired's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2020
First Name: lenny
Location: Kanuckistan..for now
Posts: 372
Trading: (0)
retired will become famous soon enough
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

$50 kanuckistanian = $39.36 U.S. = mostly taxes.
In the 80's I visited at the Crown Royal Distilleries and a gallon of it equated to $4 bottled and delivered to our local gov controlled stores. the rest is all tax. A single bottle was around $25 and you got 4 bottles from a gallon...= around $96 tax per gallon. They wonder why people are makin their own?
__________________
smoke 'em if ya got 'em
Hard to believe I beat out 2 million other sperm
retired is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 04:12 PM   #2565
retired
Adjusting to the Life
 
retired's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2020
First Name: lenny
Location: Kanuckistan..for now
Posts: 372
Trading: (0)
retired will become famous soon enough
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Some prices. Stores cannot bring in their own "Specials"

Makers $42.99 reg

Woodford $25.99 reg

Woodford Double Oaked $69.99
Prices are the same where ever you go. All gov run pricing
Sucks to be me n liking bourbon but I still buy when I can.
__________________
smoke 'em if ya got 'em
Hard to believe I beat out 2 million other sperm
retired is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 04:25 PM   #2566
Beagleone
Feeling at Home
 
Beagleone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Between here and there
Posts: 814
Trading: (18)
JL
Beagleone will become famous soon enough
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by gorob23 View Post
Got into the Johnny Drum last Saturday Night with a Coro!

The people at local store now say hello when I walk in like we are old friends

I really don't like any of you at all

Rob
I am really liking Johnny Drum lately too.

Picked up another bottle of EH Taylor Single Barrel today. Grabbed a few EHT Small Batch last week. Searching for a Barrel Proof, but that might be a while before I see those at MSRP.
__________________
Whoever said "laughter is the best medicine" didn't have gonorrhea.
Beagleone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 04:26 PM   #2567
longknocker
Postwhore
 
longknocker's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Greg
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 11,107
Trading: (82)
Cohiba
longknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant future
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by stearns View Post
1000% yes. I don't see any need to have a regular shelf EC around when I usually have about 3 store picks open, great approachable pour and probably my favorite way to start the evening (other than a really good BT pick)
What Is The Difference Between A Store Pick & Regular Shelf? More Age?
longknocker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 04:38 PM   #2568
Fishbeadtwo
Another nut j0b
 
Fishbeadtwo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Charlie
Location: Washington, the state
Posts: 1,175
Trading: (9)
Bolivar
Fishbeadtwo will become famous soon enough
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Was at the store yesterday looking for mid level stuff. Almost grabbed EC or some Buffalo. Was hoping for a local called Tatoosh, it’s water smooth! ;-)
__________________
This white coat is a little tight...?
Fishbeadtwo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 04:50 PM   #2569
Fishbeadtwo
Another nut j0b
 
Fishbeadtwo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Charlie
Location: Washington, the state
Posts: 1,175
Trading: (9)
Bolivar
Fishbeadtwo will become famous soon enough
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

https://imgur.com/gallery/VKxefp7
__________________
This white coat is a little tight...?
Fishbeadtwo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 04:51 PM   #2570
Fishbeadtwo
Another nut j0b
 
Fishbeadtwo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Charlie
Location: Washington, the state
Posts: 1,175
Trading: (9)
Bolivar
Fishbeadtwo will become famous soon enough
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

__________________
This white coat is a little tight...?
Fishbeadtwo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 06:03 PM   #2571
Porch Dweller
Life is for living
 
Porch Dweller's Avatar
11
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
First Name: James
Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast
Posts: 8,121
Trading: (24)
Bolivar AirForce (Retired)
Porch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to beholdPorch Dweller is a splendid one to behold
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by longknocker View Post
What Is The Difference Between A Store Pick & Regular Shelf? More Age?
Basically the store sends someone to sample barrels; they pick the one that they like the most and have it bottled specifically for the store. Sometimes it's barrel strength, sometimes brought down to a specific proof.
At my B&M it's the owner that goes. He seems to shoot for a variety of mash bills throughout the year and usually has them bottled at barrel strength.
__________________
A 1911 in the hand is faster than 911 on the phone
Porch Dweller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2021, 07:27 PM   #2572
longknocker
Postwhore
 
longknocker's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Greg
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 11,107
Trading: (82)
Cohiba
longknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant future
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Porch Dweller View Post
Basically the store sends someone to sample barrels; they pick the one that they like the most and have it bottled specifically for the store. Sometimes it's barrel strength, sometimes brought down to a specific proof.
At my B&M it's the owner that goes. He seems to shoot for a variety of mash bills throughout the year and usually has them bottled at barrel strength.
Thanks, James!
longknocker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2021, 07:03 AM   #2573
stearns
Dogbert Consultant
 
stearns's Avatar
16
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Ben
Location: Park Hill
Posts: 5,337
Trading: (50)
RA
stearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to all
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

The way I like to describe them (using some assumptions and made up numbers) is, using EC as an example, say a batch of blended shelf Elijah Craig requires 100 barrels to make. The blender knows what the target profile is, so they start dumping barrels and taste it. Maybe they think it needs a little more oak to hit the target profile so they add a few barrels that are higher aged (in EC's case up to 12 years). Maybe then they taste it and it needs a little more sweetness so they dump in a couple barrels they have tasted and know have a sweet note. Maybe they taste a barrel to add and it's got a funky peanut note to it, which does not fit into the target blended profile at all so they don't even add it. These barrels all started as the same whiskey recipe in them but the age and location in the warehouse has changed the bourbon so much and in such a variety of ways that you can't just pull one off the shelf and throw it in a shelf EC bottle, it won't taste like Elijah Craig.

Now, imagine somebody gets to come in and try these single barrels that may or may not have been on their way to being blended. If the chooser likes oak in their bourbon they may pick one that is aged longer, so buying that 12 year bottles is going to taste vastly different than a blend that is only usually made up of 10% 12-year bottles (again, made up numbers). The chooser could also be going for something "a little sweeter than normal EC" and pick the barrel that would have been used to sweeten up the batch, or maybe they are going for something that is in an EC bottle but tastes nothing like any EC you'll buy elsewhere, they're gonna pick that funky one-off

Some distilleries let you have input in the final proof but those are usually smaller ones (ex/ my group is doing a pick at Limestone Branch today and they let you choose between three proofs, I want to say 100 107 and 114). As far as I know Elijah Craig only lets you do 94 proof, but if I'm wrong I'd love to try a sample of a barrel proof pick
__________________
"Ignoring all the racket of conventional reality" - Keller Williams
stearns is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2021, 09:50 AM   #2574
longknocker
Postwhore
 
longknocker's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Greg
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 11,107
Trading: (82)
Cohiba
longknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant future
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by stearns View Post
The way I like to describe them (using some assumptions and made up numbers) is, using EC as an example, say a batch of blended shelf Elijah Craig requires 100 barrels to make. The blender knows what the target profile is, so they start dumping barrels and taste it. Maybe they think it needs a little more oak to hit the target profile so they add a few barrels that are higher aged (in EC's case up to 12 years). Maybe then they taste it and it needs a little more sweetness so they dump in a couple barrels they have tasted and know have a sweet note. Maybe they taste a barrel to add and it's got a funky peanut note to it, which does not fit into the target blended profile at all so they don't even add it. These barrels all started as the same whiskey recipe in them but the age and location in the warehouse has changed the bourbon so much and in such a variety of ways that you can't just pull one off the shelf and throw it in a shelf EC bottle, it won't taste like Elijah Craig.

Now, imagine somebody gets to come in and try these single barrels that may or may not have been on their way to being blended. If the chooser likes oak in their bourbon they may pick one that is aged longer, so buying that 12 year bottles is going to taste vastly different than a blend that is only usually made up of 10% 12-year bottles (again, made up numbers). The chooser could also be going for something "a little sweeter than normal EC" and pick the barrel that would have been used to sweeten up the batch, or maybe they are going for something that is in an EC bottle but tastes nothing like any EC you'll buy elsewhere, they're gonna pick that funky one-off

Some distilleries let you have input in the final proof but those are usually smaller ones (ex/ my group is doing a pick at Limestone Branch today and they let you choose between three proofs, I want to say 100 107 and 114). As far as I know Elijah Craig only lets you do 94 proof, but if I'm wrong I'd love to try a sample of a barrel proof pick
Thanks, Ben!. I Guess The Only Problem Comes When Your Tastes Differ From The "Pickers'".
longknocker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2021, 10:04 AM   #2575
icehog3
Admiral Douchebag
 
icehog3's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 70,447
Trading: (61)
HUpmann
icehog3 has disabled reputation
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by longknocker View Post
Thanks, Ben!. I Guess The Only Problem Comes When Your Tastes Differ From The "Pickers'".
This becomes the quest. Finding store(s) where it seems like the "pickers" have similar tastes or palates. I've been lucky enough to find a couple of those and a couple local groups that have been doing barrel picks as well. I'd say I've had about 80% winners with those stores and groups. The one guy who has a connection at Whistlepig just gets some outrageously delicious barrels.
__________________


Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!
icehog3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2021, 10:06 AM   #2576
icehog3
Admiral Douchebag
 
icehog3's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 70,447
Trading: (61)
HUpmann
icehog3 has disabled reputation
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!



Last nights pours. Now that the 1792 FP has been open awhile, I like it much better.
__________________


Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!
icehog3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2021, 10:24 AM   #2577
stearns
Dogbert Consultant
 
stearns's Avatar
16
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Ben
Location: Park Hill
Posts: 5,337
Trading: (50)
RA
stearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to allstearns is a name known to all
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by longknocker View Post
Thanks, Ben!. I Guess The Only Problem Comes When Your Tastes Differ From The "Pickers'".
Quote:
Originally Posted by icehog3 View Post
This becomes the quest. Finding store(s) where it seems like the "pickers" have similar tastes or palates. I've been lucky enough to find a couple of those and a couple local groups that have been doing barrel picks as well. I'd say I've had about 80% winners with those stores and groups. The one guy who has a connection at Whistlepig just gets some outrageously delicious barrels.
Exactly, taste preference and access. Usually stores have a "pick team" of the same 3-4 managers/employees so figuring out what they like, or what their tasting process is like, is important. Usually you can just ask the liquor manager and they'll talk your ear off about how they pick for 30 minutes

Access is a different animal, it's not really talked about but I definitely believe there's a reason certain stores regularly get better barrels from certain distilleries. Tom definitely has the proof when it comes to Whistle Pig
__________________
"Ignoring all the racket of conventional reality" - Keller Williams
stearns is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2021, 02:24 PM   #2578
icehog3
Admiral Douchebag
 
icehog3's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 70,447
Trading: (61)
HUpmann
icehog3 has disabled reputation
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

And on the subject of store picks, I picked the right day to go to Sal's and grab their 9 year KC pick. They had the first A121 ECBPs I had seen.

__________________


Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!
icehog3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2021, 07:30 PM   #2579
longknocker
Postwhore
 
longknocker's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Greg
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 11,107
Trading: (82)
Cohiba
longknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant futurelongknocker has a brilliant future
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Thanks For Your Info, My Friends!. I'll Go To My Local Liquor Store Next Week & Inquire About Their Picker!
longknocker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-13-2021, 08:43 AM   #2580
icehog3
Admiral Douchebag
 
icehog3's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 70,447
Trading: (61)
HUpmann
icehog3 has disabled reputation
Default Re: The Bourbon Thread!!

Couple high proofers last night, including a store pick that's NOT from one of my favorite pickers.


__________________


Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!
icehog3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:56 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
All content is copyrighted jointly by Cigar Asylum and the content provider.