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Nonsense list. The "top" bottle is universally acclaimed. It was released 6 years ago. It was a one off. It is as unavailable as bottles get. If you manage to find someone willing to part with a bottle you'll spend over $600. The list is laughable. There are some overpriced lemons supposedly scored above better bottles. Many of the so called experts are on the take. Low scores might lead to a lack of free booze to rate. High scores might encourage more free booze showing up at the office. Perhaps some increased advertising expenditures will follow a good review. maybe a honey barrel gets sent to prominent reviewers. Let's not mention the wine guys stepping into whiskey and weighing in. Or the beverage managers at X Restaurant group angling for deals. The contests are just as bad. $1000 at entry might guarantee a silver medal. $2000 buys a gold medal. $5000 buys double gold. Drink what you like how you like it. Don't worry so much about ratings and experts and must buy hype. | |||
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Too clever by half |
I've blended a few bourbons, but mostly to improve the flavor of one I didn't care for with surprising results. I ask because my wife found a bottle of Weller 12 in New Orleans on business, and I already have the 107, which I like a great deal. I figure I'll give the blend a try. Every review I've seen admits the blend doesn't taste like Pappy, but some compare it favorably to the 10 Year Old Rip and the 12 Year Special Reserve Lot B. Most just say the blend tastes great and is worth doing regardless of any similarities, but I have more faith in opinions of the folks here. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
aside from the "blending" of multiple barrels of the same whiskey which is done before bottling, I don't drink blends. one of the things I like best about Bourbon and Rye is the unpretentious simplicity. plus it smacks of "pretending to be something it isn't", which I generally avoid. lots of genuine whiskey enthusiasts do their own blends, though. it's a way to geek out and play Master Distiller in a confined sandbox, maybe even come up with new creations, and that's cool if it pushes your buttons. for me, there's enough good regular Whiskey that I just skip it. | |||
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| stupid beyond all belief  |
Wish me luck pappy raffle coming in a month. What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
good luck. how does it work there, again? a slot to pick one bottle, or what? | |||
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| stupid beyond all belief |
Well they get "x" bottles. "X" amount of people get on the pappy list. When the bottles come in they draw names from a hat and call you. Theres no public event to my knowledge so i am winning friends and influencing people. Last year the 15 yr sold at 150 bucks they said. So its sorta close to retail. I could have my years mixed up. What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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Seems as if anything even associated with Pappys these days makes it a rarity. I overheard a proprietor of a mid size liqour store on the Charlotte border in SC yesterday informing patrons that Benchmark is hard to come by due to the distillers popularity. ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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| Too clever by half |
Anybody ever bought a bottle where the bourbon inside was off? Just didn't taste right? Tried my Weller 12, and when I pulled it out the first thing I noticed was that it had leaked a little on its trip back from New Orleans. The plastic ring was in tact, but the top was not fully screwed down. I'll try it again tonight this time next to my 107, but I was disappointed last night. Nothing but alcohol and wood. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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| Blinded by the Sun  |
I picked up Pappy lot B last year just before thanksgiving for $69.99. I left the 10 yr sitting on the shelf, I went home tried it, got in the car went back and it was gone. At the time I had Weller 12 also. I had my wife pour a blind taste test. I could tell the pappy by smell before I even tasted it. Their really is no comparison. And this is coming from a person who likes weller 12. The lot B is really that much better. Jigray try it again after it aerates but weller 12 definitively has more flavors than alcohol and wood. ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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| Too clever by half |
I have a solid line on some Pappy. Keep your fingers crossed. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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| Blinded by the Sun |
I saw Bullet has a 10 yr old Bourbon on the market has anyone tried it? I like their rye. ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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The Bulleit 10 yr is decent. Not worth $40+ a bottle. For $30 it's worth taking a chance. Four Roses was contract distilling Bulleits bourbon until a few years ago. Don't know who does it now and whether the 10 yr has changed over yet. Bulleit rye is from MGP in Indiana like many other ryes on many other labels. Bulleit rye has the advantage of the best pricing. | |||
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| Awaits his CUT of choice |
A bourbon that I have been drinking lately that I really like is Larceny. Suprisingly cheap but very good. ~$27 a bottle. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
I like and stock the Bulleit 10yr Bourbon. There aren't many choices in aged high rye Bourbons, and I feel it's worth the price - especially given the relative rarity. | |||
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| Too clever by half |
Success!  "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
^ indeed. my second favorite whiskey, ever, only slightly behind their Rye. | |||
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| More Human Than Human  |
Congratulations on the big score jigray. Enjoy! __________________________ They keep saying they just want "sensible gun laws" but they hold up countries where they are banned and confiscated as their ideal. Antis thinks guns are only good for killing people. I think guns are good for self defense. So I'm the one with the "problem"? The Bill of Rights affirms the Rights of the Individual Not the State. Anyone tells me different is a liar. “The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”― Christopher Hitchens | |||
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| Too clever by half |
Thanks, guys. I got the heads up from a friendly store manager and was second in line at 5:45 am this morning in some pretty brisk weather, but everyone in line had a good time chatting about bourbon, and all 18 people in line at opening time got at least a bottle of the 12 Y.O. Four of us scored a bottle of the 15. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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| Blinded by the Sun |
Did you pay retail (around $90) or did they pimp you. ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
when I first got into VW, the 15yr was $50, the Lot B was $40, and their Rye was no more than $55. sharing a bottle of 15 over a weekend with friends was no big deal, just nice. shit, the 20yr was around $90. cheap by today's standards.  | |||
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