Favorite Whiskey?

Total Wine fall raffle selections went out today. Here's the CA selections:

 

Put my selections in. heres to hoping for nothing.

 

I've been waffling getting the Four Roses single barrel. I want to say it's around $50-$60 here. If I find regular 4R too sweet, would you think I would enjoy the single barrel?

 

Not who you asked but: Honestly probably not. It's the sweetest bourbon I've ever had, beating every wheater I've ever tried.

 

Making use of this girthy empty

 

Totally agree w/ @jandrews. If you don't like the regular 4R you probably won't like this one haha. I love sweeter bourbons, which is why the 4R SiB is one of my favorites. Try it at a bar though, maybe you'll like it.

 

That's probably why I haven't like the few wheated bourbons I've had.

 

Lunch break bourbon run. Found this little out-of-the-way ABC store that seems to always have Eagle Rare. Scooped up another one.

I’ve never had Basil Hayden’s and I’ve heard good things about the BH Toast. It showed up on shelves around here two weeks ago and stock is dwindling down so I grabbed a bottle.

I’ve been out of Maker’s Mark and Blade & Bow for a while so I re-upped.

RR10 ran out last week, priority restock.

I almost re-upped my Widow Jane but I think I’ve spent enough.

Also, found out the truck now comes on Friday so I’ll be changing my weekly bourbon hunt to Fridays.

 

Thank you for sending this! I was clearing out emails and had trashed it. I found it there so I'm going to sign up now.

Here's the selections for Kentucky:

 

Whistlepig 15…big spender!

 

Weller Full Proof or HH 17 for sure

 

You can never have too much SR

 

I made some changes.

 

Also, a stocking stuffer anniversary gift from the wife:

 

Not whiskey but very smooth and delicious rum. A friend went to the Dominican Republic and brought this back for me. It's aged for 8 years.

 

That’s a pretty damn good looking collection right there.

 

I'm calling this the 'ask first' cabinet.

 

My buddy grows a ton of peppers and makes vinegar based “pepper sauce.” I knew I had kept this bottle for pretty much this exact reason so I decided to have a go on my own. After the pic I poured in some boiled vinegar (rice wine in my case) and a pinch of salt. Let it stew for a few weeks and you’re good to go…supposedly lol. My first run so we shall see

 

If you use heated or boiled vinegar you shouldn’t have to wait very long at all, maybe a day or two. You really only have to wait longer if you pickle in room temperature vinegar.