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Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 11:05 AM
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Was gifted this from a friend I only see once or twice a year. I know they many different Wellers. Not going to crack it til Sat nite. Question: Will I be happy or sad?
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 11:08 AM
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Excellent bourbon. When it was cheap it was an awesome buy. Now at current rates it’s overpriced, but that makes that a valuable bottle. It’s a very good bourbon
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 11:20 AM
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You will enjoy. Don’t mix it unless with water.
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Solid Orange [1368]
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 11:21 AM
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A very good bourbon. Same mash bill as the Pappy Van Winkle bourbons (which sell in the $1000's in the secondary market) and made at the same distillery. Often referred to as "poor man's Pappy Van Winkle". IMHO the Weller wheated bourbons are much smoother than the typical bourbons what have 10% or more rye. It is extremely hard to find and you pretty much have to have connections to get a bottle.
Let us know what you think after sipping - it would be a sin to use this for a mixed drink.
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Save Some For The...
Jul 25, 2019, 11:29 AM
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Natty celebration . Nothing like toasting Dabo and the team on their championship that evening .
P.S.....good Bourbon . Little Book from Booker Noe is good too.
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 11:30 AM
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Try Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve. 120 proof but smooth with a splash of water. I’m lucky enough to have found a 14 year batch but the SBR is very good. Another that comes from the Pappy line is Elmer T Lee, but is hard to find.
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 11:31 AM
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Anyone had Old Fitzgerald? Would like to give that a shot.
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2k I know
Jul 25, 2019, 11:42 AM
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This didn’t come from the ABC store in trailersville because I’m in there often (to often) .
Occasionally they will get a few bottles of Blantons but I’ve never found this one there. It’s a good place to buy Buffalo Trace if you like that. It’s hard to find but they had nine bottles last week. I bought six!
Let us know your opinion of this one.
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Now I knoe the stori
Jul 25, 2019, 1:04 PM
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This didn’t come from the ABC store in trailersville because I’m in there often (to often) .
Occasionally they will get a few bottles of Blantons but I’ve never found this one there. It’s a good place to buy Buffalo Trace if you like that. It’s hard to find but they had nine bottles last week. I bought six!
Let us know your opinion of this one.
You is the reason my ABC is always out of Buffalo T
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Re: Now I knoe the stori
Jul 25, 2019, 1:25 PM
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Then who's buying it all in Atlanta? Usually my trips tot he liquor store involve pointing at the empty shelf and asking "Is this where the Buffalo Trace would be?
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Re: Now I knoe the stori
Jul 25, 2019, 1:45 PM
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If you get in a bind, call me! I always have a few. I have six now
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Was in Houston and south Texas earlier this summer,
Jul 25, 2019, 12:57 PM
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and most of my family there drinks Weller's.
Not too expensive there but is here in the Columbia area. By the way, they drink it straight up with no mixers. And, yes, you'll be happy.
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Ice melts...
Jul 25, 2019, 1:23 PM
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That's my source of water in my bourbon/scotch. Buffalo Trace...yum...
How can there be a 'sad' when the bottle's free? That's a double-down happy!! 
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Re: Ice melts...
Jul 25, 2019, 2:17 PM
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you can also use whiskey rocks(soapstone).put 'em in the freezer,and you still drink without diluting (neat) and chill at the same time.got mine on ebay-not expensive.best to master the fine art of sipping slowly in a snifter to fully enjoy the flavor and aroma.only way to go.
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All-In [10957]
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Re: Ice melts...
Jul 25, 2019, 2:35 PM
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PS.you can also use a tulip shaped glass as well(the glencairn glass-not cheap)specifically designed for sipping and sniffing.
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I'm just a sipper...
Jul 25, 2019, 2:37 PM
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Not a classy sipper...jes' a sipper! Plus, my palate isn't that sophisticated...and I'm not reducing my sippin' pleasure to a chemistry lab!
To each his own...but, any bourbon/scotch aficionado is fine by me!
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All-In [10957]
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Re: I'm just a sipper...
Jul 25, 2019, 8:57 PM
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believe me.my palate is not sophisticated by any stretch.it's just a simple matter of going with a little bit at a time.
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 3:13 PM
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Put the bottle in the freezer and drink it straight up...no water or ice.
The water seems to make it have a pretty good bite, but straight up with no water and it's smooth.
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I'm not sure I've ever been upset with free bourbon, especially not of that quality.
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 4:20 PM
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My son was told by a distiller that it the same bourbon as Pappy Van Winkle, but Pappy is determined by I think when the barrels are tasted and that the finest barrels go into Pappy bottles and the others into a Weller bottle ..... so basically the same as Pappy.
I have also heard that the Kirkland Small Batch from Costco is excellent. It is still pretty expensive ..... $30 for a small bottle (by Costco standards .... maybe a quart +-) but well worth it.
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Solid Orange [1368]
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 4:47 PM
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TL it is true that Weller 12 year is the same basic bourbon as the Pappys. The Pappy series comes in 15,20 and 23 years. There is a tasting to determine which barrels are to be aged and sold as Pappys.
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I truly hope that you
Jul 25, 2019, 5:22 PM
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Southern bourbon drinking gentlemen Tigers will join me in Louisville this fall for a great football win and a tour of the Van Winkle Distillary in Frankfort. Combine that with a day at the tracks and it will be an awesome weekend. Don’t be content to watch this game on the new network. A big Tiger showing in Kentucky is very important to the team.
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 25, 2019, 4:53 PM
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HAPPY!
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Much happy***
Jul 25, 2019, 6:45 PM
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Re: Some advice from the Bourbon experts on the Bored
Jul 28, 2019, 12:58 PM
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That is a unicorn. Very rarely seen in the wild, but very good juice!
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