Favorite Whiskey?

My Canadian Iowan wife is in Vegas and picked these up for me. Sadly total wine is all sold out of their Smoke Wagon picks.

 

Enjoying this one tonight

 

I've never tried a barrel pick ER. I wonder how they vary from the standard release.

 

I’ve only had store selects, but I wouldn’t imagine it being so far off from a regular bottle.

 

I’ve actually never had Eagle Rare before. It’s always available here and I haven't bit the bullet to get one until now.
That being said, this is really delightful. There was a very sweet and orange like aroma once I opened the bottle.
The nose is very sweet and fruity, much more sweet than the taste. I picked up a lot of oak in the taste. It wasn't incredibly complex, some sweetness, a good amount of wood, but an overall delightful tasting.

Thinking back on it, it actually reminded me a little of EH Taylor Small Batch.

I'll have to give those a side by side comparison. I also plan on picking up a non-store pick Eagle Rare to see how they compare.

 

Got lucky today!

 

Did you get robbed on the Blanton's?

 

Retail at total wine. Blanton's isn't worth more than retail IMO.

 

I love Writer's Tears, an Irish copper pot whiskey but I've also been getting into this badass Japanese whiskey that I highly recommend.

 

I agree

 

interested in the green label in the back

 

A guy I know who works for High West's parent company told me that Yippee Ki-Yay is going away completely and Campfire will be distillery only. I didn't care much about the Yippee as it isn't my thing, but I did want some Campfire. It's good at $65, especially considering how unique it is, but my guy has it for $54. Had to grab a bottle for me and for @Misplaced Nebraskan before we meet up tomorrow.

 

That's just a Willett 4 year rye

 

Make sure @Misplaced Nebraskan brings you a sample or two

 

I still need to try that one

 

Had 2 bottles of this a month apart. One I thought was excellent, the other was way to heavy on dry smokey flavor

 

People hate on it but I fuckin love it haha. I’m a bt fan boy though. Picked up 3 more bottles today along with 2 bottles of eagle rare.

Eagle rare has become my daily the last few weeks. Such an underrated bourbon. As far as blantons my local store takes care of me, being a loyal customer he doesn’t up charge me at all. If the only 3-4 good old boys pass on the blantons he passes it on to the next guy. Always holds a bottle or 2 for me a month so I can’t complain.

 

Don't know what those cost ya each... But I'd rather spend my $55 on Elijah Craig Barrel Proof... WAY better IMO... And no games.. no price gouging...

 

I’m not an Elijah fan though. I’ve tried it numerous times and I don’t like the taste of it. Idk if it’s the high proof or what cause I tried a high proof knob creek store pick and wasn’t a fan.

I stated out with the normal Elijah and liked it. Once I really started trying other stuff I never got the taste to like it again, I might have to revisit it.

If I could find weller I would prolly pick that over most though, that stuff is super tasty.

 

The campfire I had was super oak flavored but good. The midwinters dram was nasty, prolly the worst bourbon I tried last year. I bought a bottle cause my buddies raved about it and ended up trading it. I know some dudes that love it though.