Restocked my Four Roses Single Barrel and picked up a bottle of Russell's Reserve Single Barrel.

Sagamore Distiller's Select Tequila Finish

What is your water to sugar ratio in your simple syrup recipe?

Old Ezra 7 Year cask strength 120 proof............friggen delicious

Water is approximately a half lb heavier than sugar.........diabetes maker,yes imho.When mixing bourbon if a recipe calls for sugar I just skip it and go with a sweeter bourbon.

Son? You done lost your rabbit-assed mind in El Segundo?

That's a nice way of asking if you went full frankin' retard.

One cup water. One cup sugar. Mix in a pan and heat until blended. Simple frankin syrup.

May have made a whiskey misstep. A buddy of mine from back in the day use to drink Manhattans with this one. Just cracked a bottle purchased about a month ago. Sour doesn't begin to describe the taste.

Guess that is what you get when you go outside the bourbon family.

It's not bad, just not my bag.

George Dickel Sour Mash 8.

Tennessee whisky gonna be a little different from your standard bourbon.The Dickel 8 is a mixer only imo..........the 12 however is very good.I keep a bottle around for a change of pace


Oh yea.....WT 101

Two of those will get you a nice nap after the cigar

Quite frankly I'm not much of a WT fan but might gotta try one or both of these in the near future.

I was never much of a bourbon fan. Preferred scotch. But damn if it didn't grow on me.

WT101 is a favorite. It's cheap, too.

The Russell's Reserve was $67 at Total Wine in CA, but I think Whistle said he found it for $53 in Texas.

I found it to be buttery smooth, not overly sweet, and for a 100 proof hooch... not much of a bite. That could have been because I'd already had a couple whiskey sours, though.

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Double Screwball Peanut Butter Whiskey mixed in a cup of Hot Chocolate.

A.K.A. an Adult Reese's.

Little to no initial kick. Was only in the cup five minutes.
Can hear the rumble of something starting to kick off in my brain.

Alcohol insurgence against weakened brain cell deference.

My own personal Dumb Ass Dombas conflict within the borders of my skull.

WT 101 is a staple here as well.

Yes RR SB was $53 in Texas......and well worth it

Yes on the buttery smooth and not overly sweet but it's a 110 proof...........a small cube really opens up the complexity of this hooch.

Old Fashioned's ............Cooper's Craft #1,Wild Turkey 101 #2 ,Early Times BIB #3,#4 ????????

Is the housework still going on?

finally got started about two weeks ago. contractor is coming 3 or 4 days a week, he just happens to work part time as a building inspector in my town. Also knew me (better than I knew him) as he was/is a customer of the cabinet and countertop company I worked for until 3 years ago.

the damage happened in September. lost two bathrooms and a hallway. Insurance company sent an insult instead of a check. Fast forward to last week and a third check has arrived that should be sufficient.

Fortunately we had a third full bathroom that we have been sharing for five months. Also fortunately I worked for 22 years for an old friend who owns the cabinet and countertop shop(s) and helped him grow the business...so I am pretty well set for excellent locally made quality products.

But it's not the same joyous feeling as it would have been had we decided to upgrade with remodeling as a plan. This was a disaster, but far from our worst problem...so what can you do?

Rabbit hole

whiskey, or bathroom suggestion?

Springbank 15 before bed.
This dram, for me, requires no smoking - which means every hour in the day, but the final hour, is not the right time for this one.
One of the best mouth wash routines around, IMHO. ;)

Four Roses Small Batch. Fully ripened peach, pear and apricot. So good. That was it for bourbon today.

Never invested any time or thought into ryes until recently. A true Rye Noob. Always looked at rye as a subpar replacement for bourbon for people with problems with sugar. Total rye experience to date.

Jim Beam Rye…. Blech.
Whistle Pig Piggy Back… Spicy, maybe?

Today, sampled Angel’s Envy Rye. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 proof, I’m told. Should have looked into that prior to taking a long, luxurious, slow pull. Slosh, chew, release.

Seems lazy to say Spicy again. Maybe I need to learn some adjectives.

Disappeared down my throat. Then was brought back to the first week of Wisconsin in October, when the furnace belches forward the first rolling ball of heat of the season and you aren’t sure whether you smelled or tasted smoke, but feel like you did- or didn’t. Unexpected.

I think I liked it. Quite a bit maybe.

Anybody else tried Angels Envy? Any regular rye whiskey drinkers here? Intrigued.

spicy is generally the correct adjective for rye. Bourbons with rye are definitely spicier than wheated bourbons, for example.

prior to Prohibition, American rye was THE American whiskey. During Prohibition, Canadian blended ryes were snuck in and kind of destroyed the legacy of real rye.
But it is making a comeback.

Must tries are Wild Turkey 101 rye,Old Forester rye and Sazerac rye........none of these will break the bank and I think you'll be pleased with all three

Thanks for the rye explanations and accompanying rye smiles.

Balcones 1: because America can make some damn fine single malts, too.
Texas might have hurricanes, tornadoes and golf ball sized hail, but this here whiskey is just another of its redeeming qualities.
Cheers, gents!