Favorite Whiskey?

@Hook78 tipped me to tour his county's ABCs after work today. Fantastic dude. Arrived home with a hell of a load of firewater, all at MSRP.

 

I’ve heard that 135th anniversary bottle is great!

 

So here’s what I came up with yesterday, this was the county’s yearly Christmas drop. It was a pretty good one.

Am I wrong to be irritated that the JD label is crooked? First world problems.

 

defective batch. send it to me for proper disposal. you don't want to know what that crooked label bottle taste like!

 

Whew, I really appreciate you taking care of this for me!

 

That just makes it more limited edition.

 

For anyone local to KY, OF is selling the latest 117 series at the distillery starting at 10 ET.

You can also buy online at 10:

https://shop.oldforester.com/117-series-scotch-cask-finish-2-pk-375ml/?trust=yes/

 

its a tough job keeping people safe

 

I WANT!!!! My goals right there!

 

Nabbed these two on my way home tonight.
Finishing this one off though.

 

mine looks straight. Which is good cause it’s a gift for my BIL.

 

just couldn’t resist cracking this bottle open.

 

I assume mine is infinitely more valuable for having a crooked label. It’s a one-off. Still going to call Jack Daniels and demand they send me a Coy Hill to compensate me.

 

How is it? I have one and I'm intrigued.

Meanwhile, UPS came today...

 

Went to a shop I don’t visit often, as they were having their 12 days of christmas! They had some bottles that you just don’t see and are sought after…but I just couldn’t spend what this shop was asking. For the really hard to get bottles, like Michters, JD10, JD12, MWND, all going $200-300 a pop, some even more. Oh well, I’ll continue to hunt

 

you heard correct

 

That Barrell is a superb dram

 

damn, would like to know all the prices

I see a WB Saffel hiding over there

 

I liked it. A lot more than I thought i would. I generally never go for a finished whisky, but maple syrup honestly just sounded pretty good today.

it smells amazing, great nose. Taste was thick and syrupy, obviously maple but no where near as sweet or as maple as I was afraid it might be.

i enjoyed it neat, and this was just a single neck pour but it was much better than I was expecting. I guess i had a sugary, flavored bourbon in my head and it was neither of those things. Looking forward to letting it rest a bit and trying it again.

Definitely a hint of freshly ground Slovakian green peppercorns in the finish.

 

They had a few of these, or the smaller bottle bourbons. But here’s how there pricing goes, if it gives an idea.

EHT Small Batch - $90
Blanton’s - $100
Michters Straight Rye - $300
Michters 10yr Bourbon -$300
JD10 - $200
JD12 - $300
WB Saffel - i think $70? I could be off on that..I don’t remember.
Woodford - $150 (pretty fair, or comparable to what I’ve heard.
Pikesville rye - $50 seems fair
Parkers Heritage - was a special bottle - I think $499??
The bookers were about what I see at other shops - $110, although Costco here has the MIghty Fine Batch for $80
Elijah Craig B23 - $90

That’s about what I can remember. Just nothing I wanted to spend on.