Rant/Rave: Bourbon

[33anda3rd]

YO THRILL.

Not November. Late September. Buffalo put a release out on it today.
George T. Stagg
William Larue Weller
Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye
Eagle Rare 17 Year
Sazerac 18 Year

[thrill]

Yessssss


Btw, I picked up a EH Taylor Single Barrel and Straight Rye. Haven't opened either yet, but appreciate the tip off.

[haltz]

wrt Stagg, this sucks. 84%!

This year’s release contains bourbon from barrels filled in the spring of 2000. This batch contained 128 barrels, a similar size batch as in previous years. Unfortunately these barrels yielded very little whiskey. Some of the barrels were nearly empty, containing only 1 or 2 gallons. Storage location of these barrels varied across a number of warehouses and several floors, but 84% of the original whiskey was lost to evaporation (or some very greedy angels!). Finding a bottle this fall will be harder than ever. This whiskey tastes of expresso, molasses, chocolate, vanilla, and dates.

[33anda3rd]

What's expresso? An Italian in a hurry? A really fast train in Portugal?

[haltz]

Espresso on the fly. Sometimes servers pronounce it that way and I ask them if that's the fast version.

If you want to be really obnoxious you can correct people on their use of plural and singular Italian coffee vocab. It's two cappucini and one biscotto, not two cappuccinos and one biscotti.

[33anda3rd]

Buffalo Trace a Antique Collection is out.

Good hunting, all.

[thrill]

Buffalo Trace a Antique Collection is out.

Good hunting, all.

[33anda3rd]

Pappy ships next week here in IL.

[GeddyWrox]

Schnucks had Bulleit on sale for ~$27.00 recently -- picked up a bottle of their rye. I have a date with a very tall drink tonight.

[lukethedrifter]

Not sure if the Hatfield and McCoy's I drank the other night was good or great but I drank a lot. I just want to congratulate myself on a spectacular job of whiskey drinking. Perfect pace, right amount, no hangover.