Spring bank 15

Not whiskey but Tito's for me tonight. I think Dripping Springs was Wheel's favorite, but Tito's is easier to come by here.... and not bad.

Wheel said Tito's was swill.
Seems OK to me.

I have drank Tito's before and thought it was ok.

I had some good 'uns yesterday. Went with my local down to Jim Beam to pick barrels.

On the bus on the way down:
EH Taylor Seasoned Wood
Sazerac 18 (pretty phenomenal)
OWA Loch & Key private barrel
W12 to compare against the seasoned wood
Belle Meade 10 yr (MGP juice but damn good)
Ancient Ancient Age 10 yr Tax Stamped and UPC code so early 80's somewhere

Barrel Picks:
3 jim beam single barrels, picked barrel B
3 knob creek single barrels, picked barrel 3 the blue one!

Bus on way home:
Knob Creek 2001

then I fell asleep...

Balveine 12, enjoying classical guitar music with the Tanks.

Sazerac

I swear this makes no since.....You find a bottle in frigging Hawaii,Z can get it in Oregon,I just returned from a Kentucky trip.Not sure how many liquor stores I went into.....probably 20 at least.I asked for Sazerac in everyone......2 maybe 3 took me to an empty shelf.....The rest just laughed,one ask if I'd like a bottle of Pappy to go along with it.

The only thing I grabbed that is HTF is a bottle of Bulliet Barrel Proof(mine is 119 proof,some out there to 125).......my research says if you find it it'll be in Kentucky and no where else.55 bones.....better be good,I do love the 10 yo.

Oh I also snagged a bottle of Climax Moonshine.....simply because I like Tim Smith and his distribution network hasn't made it to Texas yet.

If you want, I can go back and see if they have more.

A whole bottle of Elijah Craig last night.....ouch

Good man. My local always has it, but I'm two days from home....and at least 4 months from going back! 🍺

Corner Creek

Been there and that does suck the next day but what I remembered of that night was ok lol.

No bourbon cause I was at a Family BBQ that doesn't drink hard alcohol too often but my Aunt from out of town was there and when we got to talking about alcohol she said she wished she had some bourbon. Made me wish I had brought some over to enjoy a glass with her.

Agree with this, Z can get it any time and I have seen 1 bottle in over a year here. I hate the way Buffalo Trace is playing this htf game, feels all too much like Drew Estates and their Unico line pre Swisher

Balvenie 21

Shaun,
I will be the first to admit that I am far from being a Kentucky bourbon expert but I will share what I was told recently. My two son’s and I did part of the Bourbon Trail during the end of Mar. We did 5 tours and visited 3 other distilleries. All indicated including Buffalo Trace that the bourbon industry has grown approximately 40 percent in the past 8 years. Most of that increase can be blamed on the increase in foreign demand. So realistically, 15 plus years ago they did not have a clue on what the present day demand would be and now they all are playing catch up. I’m not saying that they would not take advantage of a situation to increase their profit but it does seem that in some cases demand has exceeded product availability. I think it was at the Jim Beam distillery we were told that presently in Kentucky there are more total barrels of bourbon being warehoused than there are people and horses combined in the entire state. That my friend is a butt load of bourbon.

and it can't age fast enough.

I'm done with expensive bourbon. I was in to it when it was unpopular. Heaven Hill has a bit of the old Bourbon flavor and it's nearly at the old bourbon price. It's all a fad, Scotch, Vodka and now Bourbon - what's the next craze ?

High West Renedouz Rye

X2 Henry McKenna 10 old fashions with a splash of lemon juice