Normally I would say donāt listen to you about MGP, but RC16 is definitely better than than the Remus 14 or 15 from the past two years. I havenāt tried the Remus this year and probably wonāt because I went deep on RC16 backups.
Come on now, thatās not accurate. Texas is a challenging market to find the rare items, but thereās also insane selection at many of the smaller stores relative to other states. Other than mid range Heaven Hill products like ECBP/Toasted and McKenna along with Eagle Rare itās not like youāre finding retail rare bourbon everywhere in CA.
This is pretty decent. Maybe not back to 2018 levels of excellence, but probably worth the $90 to try if you like an oaky palate with some fruit and caramel notes. It definitely avoids the fake age and wet wood nose aspects of some double barreled products.
Slow going with one very mediocre 7 point and a bunch of does this morning. Now Iām roasting my ass off in shorts in a blind like itās bow season. Nice views, tho.
Toasted is straight garbage, nowhere near as good as basic 94 pf Elijah Craig. It has a bad wet oak/soggy cardboard nose and palate that I just canāt get down with.
ECBP is good all the time and I especially love it in cocktails. The latest C923 is good, but I was hoping for great on the 13.5 years age statement.
Much of the best rye and bourbon is made in big factories. Also, MGP is great so no need to feel bad for liking Bulleit rye. Maybe mix in some Pikesville if you want to try Kentucky Rye from a big factory or the Jack Danielās rye.
Killing a Full Proof while watching USC (weāre back) halfass beat San Jose State. It was very good from start to finish and Iāll probably open either a Debās or Whiskey Cake pick next. This one is a staple I love having around.
Yep, halibut. Biggest one in that pic is 20 lb which isnāt big, but acceptable. We only fished halibut one day and the weather wasnāt great so I spent way too much time running the anchor winch trying to land on the spots while getting blown around.
Iād go $200 on one if you generally like Turkey, barrel proof and older and donāt mind a relatively oaky, less sweet profile. Itās really good and I get the feeling itās going to be pretty easy to find in the next couple of years.
Some photos of the North River up in Alaska. Itās had some minor issues like a fan mount breaking off the roof, house batteries not charging, electronics learning curves and trying to find every switch and valve, but we are burning lots of gas and catching lots of fish. The 425 XTOs are the real deal and thereās nothing like pulling away from pretty much anything on the water up her.
Sea trial went pretty well other than some cavitation on the kicker where they had to add 5ā to the shaft (thatās what she said) to get down further below the chine flat. Iām in love with this electronics package and the 425s pushed it to 53 mph with 1100 rpm remaining to redline until after break-in is done. It cruised at 32-33 mph and 1.7 MPG with is humorously way better than these boats do with Yamaha 300s. The dealer fixed a few small issues overnight, dropped at the port in Seattle and itās now on a slow barge ride up to Alaska.
Yes, Helmaster EX at both steering stations which will also allow the mains to be used with the chart plotter autopilot functions. Iām a little bitter that Iām not getting the new 450s, but knowing Yamaha it would be a two year wait to get them.