Whistlebritches wrote:George Dickel #12.......Best value whisky on the planet
BTW.......it's Tennesee whiskey not bourbon.Makes JD taste like hog pizz.
Ron
definitely agree with that, just got an email from the Bardstown Whiskey Society check this out. Sorry for the long post.
this is from The Barrelhouse CHronicle
25 proof. 0 years old.
Meet Our Trybox New Make Whiskeys.
If your palate has a preference for a well-aged whiskey, it's time to explore the possibilities of tasting one that's not aged at all. We're talking about the recently introduced Trybox Series of New Make Whiskeys, one of the latest addition to Heaven Hill's expanding portfolio of distinctive American spirits.
And while its age can't be measured in years, because the Trybox Series spends no time aging in the barrel, it does share the very same DNA of such award-winning whiskeys as Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage Bourbon and Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whisky. In fact, the Trybox Series uses the same grain recipes or mashbills as these-and other-world famous brands from Heaven Hill.
The Trybox Series currently includes Bourbon New Make and Rye New Make; with Corn New Make to be available soon. While the whiskeys all look identical (they're all clear as water), their flavor characteristics reflect those of the whiskeys they would become if they had spent the required years ageing in oak. And it's that distinctive "Bourbon-ness" or "Rye-ness" of the Trybox Series that appeals to the country's trend-setting mixologists who are creating new cocktails out of so called "white whiskeys" for an ever-growing number of younger and upscale drinkers.
No barrel to stave off the bite.
The Trybox Series is bottled directly as it comes off the still. Clear and almost colorless-as innocuous looking as the water flowing from your kitchen tap. But don't let its appearances fool you. This is whiskey in its most raw and elemental form-bottled at the full traditional barrel entry proof of 125 and with a bite that has earned it the menacing moniker White Dog. That's what distillers have been calling it for years.
The trybox, a key to quality.
Naming this new family of whiskeys the Trybox Series seems quite appropriate if you've ever seen a trybox at work. It's a copper and glass-fronted enclosure that enables distillers to observe and even sample their just-distilled whiskey at the earliest point in the production process. As the new spirits flow through the trybox, distillers can analyze them and determine their alcohol content. Also known as a spirit safe, the trybox has been described-at least by one writer-as "the heart of any distillery."
A bottle as distinctive as its contents.
The 750ml bottle for the new Trybox Series features a clean, upscale design with simple, graceful lines suggestive of the style of bottle often used for traditional whiskey samples. The labels quickly identify each whiskey's "Main" and "Secondary" grains and use a different, subtle color to set themselves apart. A copper colored metallic cap reflects the historic use of copper in American whiskey making. The suggested national average retail price is $24.99.
I was given a bottle of Elijah Craig Single Barrel 18-Year-Old as a gift. The bottle has a cork. Can the cork keep the Bourbon fresh or should I put a cork pressure on it like we do wine?
B. R. Mt. Washington, KY.
You shouldn't try to compare a distilled spirit like Bourbon to a wine in terms of its "freshness." Wine is a fermented alcoholic beverage and, as such, is perishable. As you know, some reds actually improve with age in the bottle or-on the other hand-they can reach a point where they become undrinkable if stored poorly or aged too long. Distilled spirits don't do this. However, if a bottle of Bourbon is poorly sealed, its contents will evaporate until-over time-it may become unpalatable. But evaporation in a corked, well-sealed bottle is something I've never encountered with Bourbon. No, I don't think you have to worry about your Elijah Craig spoiling if you aren't going to serve it for a while. Of course, as my dad Parker has always said, why would you want to keep a great Bourbon like this around long anyway? Enjoy it now. You can always get another bottle later.
