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#12203

2020 BTACs are in. Picked up a GTS and also traded for a ‘19 GTS which I swapped for a ‘20 Handy.  

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#12206
2020 BTACs are in. Picked up a GTS and also traded for a ‘19 GTS which I swapped for a ‘20 Handy.  
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I thought that ‘20 Handy was incredible... eager to hear your thoughts!
#12207
14 minutes ago, Party_Taco said:


I thought that ‘20 Handy was incredible... eager to hear your thoughts!

Getting a bottle of 2020 Handy instead of the more sought after BTACs this year wouldn’t hurt my feelings. 

#12212
3 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said:

It's been moving on FB secondary for anywhere from 300-350

Newb question but you can’t legally ship that to Texas, correct?

#12214
6 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said:

Nope.

How do you get around that?  Make a friend at the local honey hole and have them ship it there?

#12216
1 hour ago, LCHorn said:

Newb question but you can’t legally ship that to Texas, correct?

Who cares about legalities ??  Box her gently, ship ground (safety reasons for airlines), and call it "car parts".

#12217
10 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Who cares about legalities ??  Box her gently, ship ground (safety reasons for airlines), and call it "car parts".

i also read to always include a box of candy, so it hides the swishing liquid sound.

and now everyone gets a free box of hot tamales.

#12218
14 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

i also read to always include a box of candy, so it hides the swishing liquid sound.

and now everyone gets a free box of hot tamales.

Nice touch.....Bert schooled me on the shipping thing.

#12220
1 hour ago, huge said:

I go to mom and pop shops and tell them it is fancy olive oil.

I just drop it off on the counter at Fed Ex Kinkos and don't say shit.    Never had any issues at all.  shipped dozens of bottles

#12222
1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Old Forester SiB Barrel Strength picks have landed at one of the big box stores in Houston for the whooping price of $95. I don't know, it's a tough call in my opinion. 

Pretty steep, but the high proof makes it easier to pay that amount IMO. 

 

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#12223
3 hours ago, huge said:

I go to mom and pop shops and tell them it is fancy olive oil.

I just write "NOT ALCOHOL" in big letters on the package.  Seems to work.

#12227
29 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

Fuck around who left the door open and let the rabid opossum in the house?? Goddamned Busch Light of whiskeys emoji2961.png

Are you tellin' me that Busch Light ain't good beer?

#12229
2 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

 Never been a fan 

In one of my finer moments as a dumbass teenager, I funneled Jack Daniels with beer chasers. Up until that point I drank JD like water pretty much daily. Now it makes me sick to smell it. The rest of that night I have zero recollection of still comes up when we all get together.

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#12230

One time in college we made boilermakers with keystone light and Bellows. That was the night Bobby Nall gave me a swig of his WT101 and I looked at the bottle after taking a swig and saw his snuff grinds floating in the bottom of the bottle.

#12231
1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Jack Daniel’s is better, much better than white label Beam.

I believe it. Just never floated my tase buds in the right direction

#12233

I’m not saying Jack is good, just better than Beam. Well, open bar Jack is good. Gentleman Jack is solid, probably good enough to be a daily drinker if you lived in the middle of nowhere. 
 

Jim Beam white, black, single barrel, and Old Tub are all hot garbage. 

#12234
3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’m not saying Jack is good, just better than Beam. Well, open bar Jack is good. Gentleman Jack is solid, probably good enough to be a daily drinker if you lived in the middle of nowhere. 
 

Jim Beam white, black, single barrel, and Old Tub are all hot garbage. 

Jack Single Barrel is reasonably priced and not bad.

Is also not bourbon, but it kinda close to it. It's like the question of whether or not Rush is heavy metal...

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#12235
20 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

Jack Single Barrel is reasonably priced and not bad.

Is also not bourbon, but it kinda close to it. It's like the question of whether or not Rush is heavy metal...

Jack meets all the qualifications to be bourbon. JD calls their product Tennessee Whiskey by choice to distinguish themselves in a very crowded marketplace. 
 

The sleeper of JD’s lineup is their ryes. I fully expect people to lose their minds when Old Forester releases their SiB Barrel Strength Rye. People will sleep outside of Longhorn Liquor for it. Spec’s will set out 30 cases and it’ll sell out in an hour. I hope people continue to turn their noses at JD and their SiB Barrel Strength Rye is a reliable shelfer.

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#12236
9 hours ago, huge said:

I go to mom and pop shops and tell them it is fancy olive oil.

I’ve used UPS and said it was an antique lava lamp. Seriously 

and if shipping to Texas is illegal, how does Blackwells do it?

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#12238
21 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Jack meets all the qualifications to be bourbon. JD calls their product Tennessee Whiskey by choice to distinguish themselves in a very crowded marketplace. 
 

The sleeper of JD’s lineup is their ryes. I fully expect people to lose their minds when Old Forester releases their SiB Barrel Strength Rye. People will sleep outside of Longhorn Liquor for it. Spec’s will set out 30 cases and it’ll sell out in an hour. I hope people continue to turn their noses at JD and their SiB Barrel Strength Rye is a reliable shelfer.

Huh. I thought that there was something about the corn percentage, but turns out JD is 80% corn.

Turns out you're right according to this: https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/american-whiskey/jack-daniels-bourbon-definitive-answer/

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“Jack Daniel’s was told by the government that they had to call it a Bourbon,” explained a Jack Daniel’s spokesperson. “We objected and used the fact that our whiskey is different and ‘doesn’t have the characteristics of a bourbon.’” Reagor Motlow made several trips to the government office in Louisville to argue his case. Tests were conducted in the government laboratory there. In the end, the government concluded that Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey had “neither the characteristics of bourbon or rye whiskey but rather is a distinctive product which may be labeled whiskey.” The decision was spelled out in an official letter withdrawing the agency’s earlier objections to the label as proposed.

Reagor would have preferred the creation of a ‘Tennessee whiskey’ classification, but he took what he could get.

It is unclear what tests were performed in Louisville and what they might have found to distinguish Jack Daniel’s from bourbon. I prefer to imagine Reagor and the government guys in the ‘lab’ (i.e., bar) performing organoleptic tests (i.e., drinking), when after the third or fourth round one of the government guys declared, “now that you mention it, I think this does taste different.”

 

#12239
38 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Jack meets all the qualifications to be bourbon. JD calls their product Tennessee Whiskey by choice to distinguish themselves in a very crowded marketplace. 
 

The sleeper of JD’s lineup is their ryes. I fully expect people to lose their minds when Old Forester releases their SiB Barrel Strength Rye. People will sleep outside of Longhorn Liquor for it. Spec’s will set out 30 cases and it’ll sell out in an hour. I hope people continue to turn their noses at JD and their SiB Barrel Strength Rye is a reliable shelfer.

When might such a thing happen?

#12240
18 minutes ago, stork642 said:

When might such a thing happen?

JD SiB Barrel Strength Rye is out. Maybe not in Texas, but it’s all over Reddit right now. 

Regarding, OF SiB Barrel Strength Rye the label has been submitted to TTB. Link: https://ttbonline.gov/colasonline/viewColaDetails.do?action=publicFormDisplay&ttbid=20336001000344

Your guess is as good as mine on the release date. For a reference point, OF Rye 100 proof was released in February 2019. A picture of the label was “leaked” in April 2018. 

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#12241

It's fine to turn your nose up at Jack Daniels, but those $6 32oz Jack and Cokes at the Marquis will always hold a place in my heart.

#12242
44 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

Huh. I thought that there was something about the corn percentage, but turns out JD is 80% corn.

Turns out you're right according to this: https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/american-whiskey/jack-daniels-bourbon-definitive-answer/

 

hmm i always thought they were forced to call it sour mash because at one point you had to be distilled in ky to call yourself bourbon. 

no idea where i heard that. 

#12244
1 hour ago, Jimbaround said:

It's fine to turn your nose up at Jack Daniels, but those $6 32oz Jack and Cokes at the Marquis will always hold a place in my heart.

Why no tall Long Island? You don’t like blacking out?

#12245
1 hour ago, Jimbaround said:

It's fine to turn your nose up at Jack Daniels, but those $6 32oz Jack and Cokes at the Marquis will always hold a place in my heart.

The Cloak Room (the bar) in Austin made some drink where they mixed 5 different whiskeys in a 20 oz pint glass. I remember Jim Beam, and Jack Daniel’s were ingredients. That’s all I remember. 

#12246
1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

hmm i always thought they were forced to call it sour mash because at one point you had to be distilled in ky to call yourself bourbon. 

no idea where i heard that. 

we hear all these weird things when, in the end, the reason is simply, "because we don't want to"

kinda uniquely American actually

hell, I was just trying to troll with that, didn't realize we'd all end up learning something from the experience

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#12247

Funny aside, Ezra Brooks was created as a knock off to Jack Daniel’s. Think Rtic-Yeti. Ezra Brooks copied JD’s distilling processes, charcoal filtering, bottle shape, and label. Link: https://sippncorn.blogspot.com/2015/02/copycat-whiskey-story-of-ezra-brooks.html?m=1

I’ve mentioned this upthread, JD was allocated beginning in the late 50s and well into the 70s. While I’m sure it tasted much better back then (it was 90 proof), I think the rarity probably contributed to Sinatra’s love of JD. 

#12248
7 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Jack meets all the qualifications to be bourbon. JD calls their product Tennessee Whiskey by choice to distinguish themselves in a very crowded marketplace. 
 

The sleeper of JD’s lineup is their ryes. I fully expect people to lose their minds when Old Forester releases their SiB Barrel Strength Rye. People will sleep outside of Longhorn Liquor for it. Spec’s will set out 30 cases and it’ll sell out in an hour. I hope people continue to turn their noses at JD and their SiB Barrel Strength Rye is a reliable shelfer.

Are you familiar with the department of Treasury’s response (dated March 28, 1941) to Jack Daniels request to create a new category, Tennessee whiskey, like Kentucky bourbon?


This is where Daniels himself submitted samples to the Buereu’s lab for analysis. And Treasury’s subsequent opinion on the subject of exactly what they consider it.
 

 

#12249

Here is the letter from Treasury. My guess is Daniels was fully aware of the long term benefits of getting his mash its own classification. Treasury knew where he was going with it and nixed it. They knew that if they capitulated, everyone would tweak a recipe just enough to establish new class of spirits. They said fuck that.

 

 

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#12250
10 hours ago, Jimbaround said:

It's fine to turn your nose up at Jack Daniels, but those $6 32oz Jack and Cokes at the Marquis will always hold a place in my heart.

Once you mix it it's pretty much fine. One bourbon I do not like the taste of when mixed, but like it for sipping is Makers Mark.  

Mixed a few Bourbon and gingers with it back in the day and just didn't like the taste. Gimme Beam and ginger over makers and ginger or Jack and ginger (staying on topic), but Makers for sipping.

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