The Bourbon Thread

[EHeffner]

ISO Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished In Oloroso Sherry Casks if anyone here lives in Kentucky and wants to send one down to Florida

[Mike Maguire]

Hello All,

I'm letting go of about 25% of my California Cult Cabernet collection and would consider trade for good Bourbon. Im getting into allocated bourbons, so trying to leverage my wine collection to do it.

As many of you know, the California cult labels are the founding members of the Napa valley wine boom, and their quick rise to fame and allocation in the 1990s elevated them to super star status. Mailing list sales are brisk and many waitlists are filling up.

If you are interested is seeing my list for these highly sought after wines, PM me and I can send it over. If Bourbon is involved for trade, We can use Wine searcher to establish a fair trade value.

Thanks,

Your location may help>
Andre.

[Mike Maguire]

Found the 130 Four Roses at my local haunt, $210 all in even with our F____ taxes

[Vuk K]

Found the 130 Four Roses at my local haunt, $210 all in even with our F____ taxes

That's decent. The sad thing is, anything less than secondary valuation is now considered a solid deal.

[Mike Maguire]

Found the 130 Four Roses at my local haunt, $210 all in even with our F____ taxes

That's decent. The sad thing is, anything less than secondary valuation is now considered a solid deal.

So True!

[Michael Sopher]

Got the Old Forester 1920.. really like it, spicy finish and all

[ERPark]

Lucked into some 1.75L bottles of Knob Creek Small Batch Patiently Aged Rye for basically the cost of a 750ml. Had a supervisor check if any other stores in the region had any, and was told nope.

[Kris Patten]

OFC 1993 25 year old and Eagle Rare Very Rare Double Eagle 20 Year landed.

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

Did you try the OFC 25? besides being i'm sure ultra expensive, it seems like it'd be a wood bomb like pappy 23

[JeromeHan]

Got the Old Forester 1920.. really like it, spicy finish and all

One of the best bourbons at the price point period.

[Kris Patten]

Did you try the OFC 25? besides being i'm sure ultra expensive, it seems like it'd be a wood bomb like pappy 23

I haven't, it's about $2000+ retail bottle of whiskey, so pulling a sample is out of the question. We've sold quite a few of them though, so I will likely buy an ounce at a restaurant for science sake.

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

I reloaded more 1920; have a case put away in case they stop wide scale distribution; learned my lesson with weller 12, down to 3 bottles of that.

[Andrew Kotowski]

Enjoyed the last of a bottle of John J Bowman Single Barrel tonight. Good stuff out of VA that I pick up once or twice a year when family has to fly back to Quantico.

[NickRut]

I reloaded more 1920; have a case put away in case they stop wide scale distribution; learned my lesson with weller 12, down to 3 bottles of that.

I like your aggressive approach.

[Mike Maguire]

Old Ezra 7yr, nice pour and hides the heat of 117 proof well. $40

[Corey N.]

I reloaded more 1920; have a case put away in case they stop wide scale distribution; learned my lesson with weller 12, down to 3 bottles of that.

I've heard that the 1920 doesn't "age well" after opening, whereas some bourbons tend to improve. Any thoughts?

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

My bottles have been great so far. I haven’t kept them open for that long, though.

[Mike Maguire]

If anything I have noticed a bit of mellowing , pretty darned good all the way through the bottle

[GregP]

I've heard that the 1920 doesn't "age well" after opening, whereas some bourbons tend to improve. Any thoughts?

Alcohol doesn't "age" once bottled nor opened.

[Corey N.]

I've heard that the 1920 doesn't "age well" after opening, whereas some bourbons tend to improve. Any thoughts?

Alcohol doesn't "age" once bottled nor opened.

I know it doesn’t age per se, hence the quotes, but many bourbon drinkers swear that the flavors change as it is exposed to air. YMMV.

[Craig G]

I've heard that the 1920 doesn't "age well" after opening, whereas some bourbons tend to improve. Any thoughts?

Alcohol doesn't "age" once bottled nor opened.

I know it doesn’t age per se, hence the quotes, but many bourbon drinkers swear that the flavors change as it is exposed to air. YMMV.

A much more likely explanation is that drinkers change as they’re exposed to Bourbon.

[RDHudak]

Alcohol doesn't "age" once bottled nor opened.

I know it doesn’t age per se, hence the quotes, but many bourbon drinkers swear that the flavors change as it is exposed to air. YMMV.

A much more likely explanation is that drinkers change as they’re exposed to Bourbon.

For the sake of science, I'm going to sip my bottle of 1920 that I opened months ago. I will advise.

[AlexS]

Alcohol doesn't "age" once bottled nor opened.

I know it doesn’t age per se, hence the quotes, but many bourbon drinkers swear that the flavors change as it is exposed to air. YMMV.

A much more likely explanation is that drinkers change as they’re exposed to Bourbon.

A very likely explanation; still, experimentation is warranted.

[AlexS]

I've heard that the 1920 doesn't "age well" after opening, whereas some bourbons tend to improve. Any thoughts?

Alcohol doesn't "age" once bottled nor opened.

I know it doesn’t age per se, hence the quotes, but many bourbon drinkers swear that the flavors change as it is exposed to air. YMMV.

Corey, hmu next time you're in Milwaukee. I drink my bourbon like a sloth and I've got a 1920 open right now from a few months ago that's 3/4 of the way full and will probably remain that way for the foreseeable future...would buy a new 1920 just to compare, is currently on the shelves at a few lws.

[Craig G]

“Next time you’re in Milwaukee.” LOL.

Corey, in case your plan is to go to Milwaukee when Hell freezes over, I have an open one and a couple of unopened ones, and here your tongue won’t get frozen to the glass.

[AlexS]

“Next time you’re in Milwaukee.” LOL.

Corey, in case your plan is to go to Milwaukee when Hell freezes over, I have an open one and a couple of unopened ones, and here your tongue won’t get frozen to the glass.

In fact, although he resides in Milwaukee South, I'll have you know that Corey greatly enjoys visiting the scenic mainland just up el norte...so go put that in your snifter.

[Craig G]

My snifter is full of OF 1920, thank you very much. And it tastes just love Jesus it did when it was opened.

Edit: auto-correct preserved for posterity.

[Corey N.]

I also love tasting Jesus. Not as much as I love Los Gatos, which is genuinely lovely, or MKE, which has a bad reputation.

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Incidentally, the people at Breaking Bourbon tried to see how flavor changes with time open and they also looked at storage conditions. They noted some changes, but YMMV.

breakingbourbon.com/24-month-bourbon-storage-experiment.html

[Alan Eden]

Anyone tried the Cream of Kentucky bottling ?

[JulianD]

Not whiskey, but if you're in SoCal, Green Spot and Yellow spot at OC costcos for $40 and $80 respectively, with an additional $6 off when you buy two.

[EHeffner]

Local TW got in some blantons and Eagle rare. Grabbed one of each, $61.99 and $32.99, respectively. They got in two cases of each today, and down to about 2-3 bottles of each.

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

I’ve been stocking up blantons, 1920 and ER as house whiskies.

[AlexS]

I’ve been stocking up blantons, 1920 and ER as house whiskies.

How does Blantons compare next to the 1920?

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

It’s not as spicy and much less strong, but is a nice smooth sipper.

[AlexS]

Thx Michael, sounds like a nice tip. Unfortunately, I never see it town.

[Tom G l a s g o w]

I’ve been stocking up blantons, 1920 and ER as house whiskies.

So that is where all the Blantons went.

[Jeannean/Ryman]

I wish they'd let me "stock up" on Blanton's and ER. When it does show up, it's 1 per customer and is usually hidden, so you have to be "in" with the store folks, and even then, it's hit or miss with who you ask.

[Otto Dobre]

I wish they'd let me "stock up" on Blanton's and ER. When it does show up, it's 1 per customer and is usually hidden, so you have to be "in" with the store folks, and even then, it's hit or miss with who you ask.

J, you can do it by signing up for Blanton text notifications when it comes in at Bevmo. Limit one per customer, but you can repeat it. Also. In Europe you can usually find Blanton and their special bottlings at very decent prices.

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

The one nice thing about fwgs is that they get a bunch of blantons in stock.

[Jeannean/Ryman]

I wish they'd let me "stock up" on Blanton's and ER. When it does show up, it's 1 per customer and is usually hidden, so you have to be "in" with the store folks, and even then, it's hit or miss with who you ask.

J, you can do it by signing up for Blanton text notifications when it comes in at Bevmo. Limit one per customer, but you can repeat it. Also. In Europe you can usually find Blanton and their special bottlings at very decent prices.

Thanks for that tip, but sadly, I live in a land of no Bevmo, Total Wine, or any of the big chains. That said, I can buy Weller Special Reserve and Buffalo Trace pretty much any day and I hear others say the same about Blanton's, yet they don't get those. Distribution is weird.

[Alan Eden]

Whats the deal with Old Fitzgerald bottled in bond, is it worth the $100 ?

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

It’s selling for much more than $100; if you can find it for that price it’s a good deal.

[GregP]

It’s selling for much more than $100; if you can find it for that price it’s a good deal.

Its sitting on shelves all over Las Vegas at well under $100. ~$75 or so?

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

which bourbon are you talking about? Old Fitzgerald 9 year BIB? MSRP is $90 on it, and it's selling for $200+ on the secondary market. If you can find it for $75 you should buy all you can.

[ERPark]

^^^ Agreed. The OF BiB 9 year are not sitting on store shelves. Here’s what they look like......

[Alan Eden]

Has anyone tasted it though ?

[GregP]

which bourbon are you talking about? Old Fitzgerald 9 year BIB? MSRP is $90 on it, and it's selling for $200+ on the secondary market. If you can find it for $75 you should buy all you can.

I'll stop by this coming week to verify, saw it in 2 local shops (same owner) a few weeks back, but since I never had them before and had no idea what they are walked away.

[ERPark]

which bourbon are you talking about? Old Fitzgerald 9 year BIB? MSRP is $90 on it, and it's selling for $200+ on the secondary market. If you can find it for $75 you should buy all you can.

I'll stop by this coming week to verify, saw it in 2 local shops (same owner) a few weeks back, but since I never had them before and had no idea what they are walked away.

Did they look like the bottles I posted? I’m thinking you may be mixing up Old Forester with Old Fitzgerald. They’re not one and the same.

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

Has anyone tasted it though ?

Yes it’s very good, was my favorite release of 18.

[Mike Maguire]

I have had it, thanks to a generous berserker, it is quite good though I would never pay $200 for it.Picked up a bottle of Belle Meade 12 yr ,it reminds me of OF 1920 with a hint more oak.Very tasty!