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**Skinsfan1311** · October 25, 2024, 07:11 PM

Old Fashioned for Happy Fryeday

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**Purc** · October 26, 2024, 04:19 PM

Bourbon tasting during Meat Up 2024

**barelfly** · October 26, 2024, 05:29 PM

A Fitz first pour to kick off the night and get ready for game 2!

**Purc** · October 26, 2024, 05:33 PM

2 additional bottles showed up for the October Meat Up 2024.

**Attjack** · November 1, 2024, 08:36 PM

Sober October, I bid you adieu.

This one is a banger. I bought a bottle of Oban and had that on Halloween when I always call my month of sobriety and it just wasn't doing it for me. I wished I stuck with my frequent favorite Talisker Storm. So after physical therapy I stopped at the liquor store because I needed maraschino liqueur anyway. Fortunately, I asked the guy there if he knew his Scotch. He didn't. But he called to the back and a woman came out who did. She recommended this and said it was a brand new release that she thought was fantastic, and I agree. Cheers!

**Skinsfan1311** · November 2, 2024, 04:36 PM

Stopped by my favorite "try before you buy" liquor store that does good to great picks. This is a great pick, from a local distillery which I have yet to visit. Not sure why, because Sagamore is only 20 minutes from the house

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**Sweaty Paul** · November 5, 2024, 08:46 PM

Found this deliciousness while in Ireland a year ago as we were leaving Dublin. We were cruising through the Duty Free shop and thought "why not?" It was absolutely delicious and was about $45 when I found it. Would highly recommend. Has a sweet caramel flavor with a very smooth finish and some vanilla notes to finish. I have taken to drinking my Irish Whiskey neat with a few drops of water from I/O water tap (I really think that water really helps open the flavors on the my bourbons and whiskeys). Sad that it is gone and haven't been able to find it here in the USA. Guess that means I need to try to get back to Ireland again!!

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**Sweaty Paul** · November 5, 2024, 08:56 PM

Pheasant hunting in South Dakota this year we had a smorgasbord of bourbon, tequila, and Irish Whiskey. Pretty fun to have a sampler. General thoughts that while the Red Spot is delicious the Blue Spot stole the show. The Colonel Taylor Single Barrel was delicious (as always). Would highly recommend the Bowman Bros as well.

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**Skinsfan1311** · November 8, 2024, 03:36 PM

I swore that I would buy one of these if I found it for under $200.00. This one just made it, at $199.99.
MSRP is $170.00.....and the only other bottle that I've seen was $249.00....so I don't feel too bad, but it still chafes my cheap ass

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**Skinsfan1311** · November 9, 2024, 02:36 PM

I did a sbs tasting with the 12, 15 & 18 year last night. 15 won the night.....with the 18 & 12 not too far behind. I didn't bother with the 9 year because I figured that my palate would be shot by the time I got to the 18.
With the exception of the Maple flavored stuff, I like all KC bourbon & rye....

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**Whiskeyman53** · November 16, 2024, 12:52 AM

Happy fRYEday

**ssandy_561** · November 16, 2024, 09:35 PM

Today was Single Barrel Saturday here in Ohio. I heard Weller was going to be available also. I left my house this morning at 8:00 am and went to the Giant Eagle grocery store (That’s where the liquor store is in my town). I got there at 8:18 am and was 22nd in line. By the time the doors opened there were probably 40 people in line. The doors opened at 9:00. I picked up 2 bottles today.

The first bottle I got was below.

They had 30 bottles of Weller Full Proof and the first 30 people in line chose it. At $58.99 the price couldn’t be beat. I now have Weller Special Reserve, Weller Antique and Weller Full Proof. I’ll probably have some friends over soon for a Weller tasting evening.

I got back in line and picked up what I really came for.

This is my 4th different bottle from Frey Ranch and all 4 have been delicious. I first bought their regular Bourbon (Delicious), I next bought a bottle of their Bottled-in-Bond Rye and it was beyond Delicious. I next bought their Farm Strength Uncut Bourbon and can you guess, Delicious.

The Farm Strength Uncut was big time caramel up front with baking spices on the finish.

The Single Barrel I got today is more Fruity up front and has a hint of mint.

The Farm Strength is 121 proof where today’s bottle is 119.62 proof. Both are a bit high of a proof for me. I used to like 80 to 90 proof bourbons, now 100 proof bourbons seem to be my favorite. Maybe in a few more years I’ll start appreciating the 120 proofs a bit more. But for now, a piece of ice or two is my go to for high proof bourbons.

**Skinsfan1311** · November 17, 2024, 04:55 PM

Snagged one of these yesterday at a state store in PA for $99.00. I used to buy it a lot, back in the day, before Beam got greedy and jacked the price up.
That said, I forgot how much I love this...

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**Skinsfan1311** · November 25, 2024, 01:22 PM

Well...the game was disappointing...but we always win the tailgate!
The Booker's pictured isn't the one that I bought last week...it was a gift for the cooks...but we shared the rest, mainly because it's excellent, clocks in at ~ 130 or so proof and we didn't want to waste on people who don't drink bourbon and we didn't want people falling on their faces.

The Johnny Drum was a pleasant surprise. The first releases, (not to be confused with the very, very early bottles from back in the day), were disappointing. Now that Willett is distilling and bottling their own, this version is very good. Surprisingly good and not stupid expensive.

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