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On 8/20/2024 at 10:25 PM, NOMAAA said:

You know what’s awesome about Arizona? A lot. 
 

Including $21 Buffalo Trace readily available at every grocery store. 

Everywhere is better than Texas.  Costco in Alaska was sitting on tons of cheap McKenna in August.  

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It’s 1994 and somebody tells you that Henry McKenna will be something other than poor man’s whiskey, 

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that doesn't suck, since no review was given.

56 minutes ago, SurlyGator said:

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that doesn't suck, since no review was given.

It’s terrific and $10 cheaper than Total Wine. Despite the label, I bought it Ly’s in Houston. Just an excellent high rye bourbon, but not memorable. 

My palette isn’t very evolved. It’s either bad, I can’t drink this  or good. A great bottle in my book has floral, fruit, or cola/Dr Pepper/cherry Coke notes. Love those fruit bomb Birthday Bourbons that Zykan picked. Roma’s Sazeeac pick has great floral notes. The JD Twice Barreled Single Malt is a cola note banger. 

8 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

It’s terrific and $10 cheaper than Total Wine. Despite the label, I bought it Ly’s in Houston. Just an excellent high rye bourbon, but not memorable. 

My palette isn’t very evolved. It’s either bad, I can’t drink this  or good. A great bottle in my book has floral, fruit, or cola/Dr Pepper/cherry Coke notes. Love those fruit bomb Birthday Bourbons that Zykan picked. Roma’s Sazeeac pick has great floral notes. The JD Twice Barreled Single Malt is a cola note banger. 

I think your palette is pretty good. You use descriptive language and it's helpful. 

11 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I think your palette is pretty good. You use descriptive language and it's helpful. 

Thanks. I think you have to be a chemist to tell the difference between the different Four Roses recipes. I usually ask the guy at the store which pick he likes better and buy that one. 

16 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I think you have to be a chemist to tell the difference between the different Four Roses recipes.

Thats funny they taste very distinct to me. My issue is that as proofs exceed about 105-110 it becomes difficult for me to taste what I'm drinking. Cask strength bourbon is pretty much lost of me unless I cut it with water or melting ice. 

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Nothing wrong with that.  Drink it however you like.

My club dropped the first of 2 JB Rye SiB’s that we picked on a trip in December.
It’s better now than when we picked it.
Caramel Bananas all day.
Doesn’t drink its 135.8 at all.
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2 hours ago, BigDHornfan said:

My club dropped the first of 2 JB Rye SiB’s that we picked on a trip in December.
It’s better now than when we picked it.
Caramel Bananas all day.
Doesn’t drink its 135.8 at all.
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The other one damn well better be Mr. Ryed

Anyone had a turn with Frank August yet? Considering taking a flyer… guy here in NV has never steered me wrong!

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13 hours ago, BigDHornfan said:

135.8

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On 8/20/2024 at 10:25 PM, NOMAAA said:

You know what’s awesome about Arizona? A lot. 
 

Including $21 Buffalo Trace readily available at every grocery store. 

I'll tell you what isn't... Riding dirt bikes in the desert for two hours at 111 degrees.

4 hours ago, Party_Taco said:

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Got a clean bill of health, so we celebrating…

Congrats. Where in the hell does one get Saz 18?

35 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said:


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Ha, that would have been a huge whiff otherwise.  

Congrats. Where in the hell does one get Saz 18?

Little shop on Incline… dude has every BTAC available for taste along with a lot of other bangers. Just puts his super allocated stuff out for pours and keeps his customers happy.
On 8/20/2024 at 10:25 PM, NOMAAA said:

You know what’s awesome about Arizona? A lot. 
 

Including $21 Buffalo Trace readily available at every grocery store. 

This comment intrigues me as I will be in Flagstaff in late September.  I googled up the local liquor stores and sure enough there’s a pic of a stack of ER.  Will for sure give it a try while there. 

I still love OF picks… this tastes like an OG Zykan pick and I can’t get enough!

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Do y’all ever see the 95 proof OF SiB picks? Goody Goody had a ton of them back in the day. Then OF announced it was going away for awhile and coming back as 100 proof and barrel strength, and all of the 95’s disappeared instantly. I’d like to try it. 

I think I have some and could send a sample - Will look when I’m home next week. If you don’t hear anything just DM me

dollar days at twins is a must for a po pimp such as myself.

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the four bottles of bourbon came out to like $160. that weller special reserve alone is like $120 online around here, $80 in stores. twins dollar says is a good sale. 

also, question: any thoughts on basil hayden or basil hayden toast? i’ve never had either but was considering a purchase or two during the sale.

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dollar days at twins is a must for a po pimp such as myself.
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the four bottles of bourbon came out to like $160. that weller special reserve alone is like $120 online around here, $80 in stores. twins dollar says is a good sale. 
also, question: any thoughts on basil hayden or basil hayden toast? i’ve never had either but was considering a purchase or two during the sale.

I’m out on anything Basil Hayden because of it being 80 proof.
4 hours ago, Derka said:

dollar days at twins is a must for a po pimp such as myself.

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the four bottles of bourbon came out to like $160. that weller special reserve alone is like $120 online around here, $80 in stores. twins dollar says is a good sale. 

also, question: any thoughts on basil hayden or basil hayden toast? i’ve never had either but was considering a purchase or two during the sale.

Hard pass on BH for the same reason BigD stated.  It's weak.

$80 for that handle of Weller?  Seems like it was half that in W Texas a year or so ago. 

13 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

$80 for that handle of Weller?  Seems like it was half that in W Texas a year or so ago. 

Last time I bought one, about 6 months ago, it was around $50

1 hour ago, CycleTex87 said:

$80 for that handle of Weller?  Seems like it was half that in W Texas a year or so ago. 

i talked to several managers at liquor stores around town and apparently it has to do with some sort of distribution change from a couple of years ago. it’s a lot harder to find around here than it used to be and therefore the price has gone up. before today i’ve only seen it stocked at one specific, neighborhood liquor store in the pflugerville area. today was the first day my local twins has had any in stock in 2+ years. 

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Great call today.  Ready for the football season. 

i talked to several managers at liquor stores around town and apparently it has to do with some sort of distribution change from a couple of years ago. it’s a lot harder to find around here than it used to be and therefore the price has gone up. before today i’ve only seen it stocked at one specific, neighborhood liquor store in the pflugerville area. today was the first day my local twins has had any in stock in 2+ years. 

Pfluger area? It’s all over the place
1 hour ago, stork642 said:

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Great call today.  Ready for the first game of the football season. 

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I did alright.  Wife isn't too pleased though.

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On 8/25/2024 at 4:55 PM, Party_Taco said:

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Got a clean bill of health, so we celebrating…

Did you end up buying  the Frank August bourbon? Just picked up a SiB from Spec’s pick. 

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All 10 recipes blend going in the bottle today.
Gonna let it sit for a month or so.

It's a brand new year for our football team, so I'm going with a new (old) year pour - Hook Em! 

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I did something dumb, and now I need to pick up a nice bottle for an executive customer. I have a meeting with him downtown Thursday morning in Dallas and I land at DFW Wednesday morning. Any suggestions where I might find a good selection?

Well, there’s a couple or three of us here in DFW. What are you looking for? What are you looking to spend? How bad did you fuck up?

Watching my Gators play today, I will likely be a frequent contributer here for the next few months until I transition over to the "I'm an alcoholic" thread...

2 hours ago, SurlyGator said:

Watching my Gators play today, I will likely be a frequent contributer here for the next few months until I transition over to the "I'm an alcoholic" thread...

You’ll always have Laura Rutledge and Erin Andrews. Keep your chin up. 

15 hours ago, Herbie Hancock said:

Well, there’s a couple or three of us here in DFW. What are you looking for? What are you looking to spend? How bad did you fuck up?

Yeah I guess I at least owe the story if I’m gonna ask for help: I scheduled a follow up meeting with an executive after our first meeting was over Zoom. It was a good ways out in the future and I always had it in my head that it would be a Zoom call as well, like the first one. It came time for the meeting and I was in a hotel in Los Angeles (where I had gone to meet other customers) when I realized that the location said Dallas. Fuck. I get a text from his assistant, “I’m in the lobby are you here?” FUCK. She says I should email him and see if we can do a Zoom. He replies that he flew back home early from a trip just for our meeting. He will speak with me some other time. FUCK!

I’ve honestly never done anything like that before. I felt awful. I asked around to see if he likes wine, whiskey, whatever and am told he “likes it all.”

I’d go a couple hundred bucks but don’t want to make it too ridiculous or inappropriate.

 

Yeah I guess I at least owe the story if I’m gonna ask for help: I scheduled a follow up meeting with an executive after our first meeting was over Zoom. It was a good ways out in the future and I always had it in my head that it would be a Zoom call as well, like the first one. It came time for the meeting and I was in a hotel in Los Angeles (where I had gone to meet other customers) when I realized that the location said Dallas. Fuck. I get a text from his assistant, “I’m in the lobby are you here?” FUCK. She says I should email him and see if we can do a Zoom. He replies that he flew back home early from a trip just for our meeting. He will speak with me some other time. FUCK!
I’ve honestly never done anything like that before. I felt awful. I asked around to see if he likes wine, whiskey, whatever and am told he “likes it all.”
I’d go a couple hundred bucks but don’t want to make it too ridiculous or inappropriate.
 

PM sent.
Did you end up buying  the Frank August bourbon? Just picked up a SiB from Spec’s pick. 

Yes - We cracked the SiB after the game last night and it impressed the whole group. Just smooth as all get out!
On 8/31/2024 at 12:22 PM, BigDHornfan said:

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All 10 recipes blend going in the bottle today.
Gonna let it sit for a month or so.

Once you decide to open that, I would be curious how it compared in a blind tasting to yellow label 4R.  It is a blend of all ten recipes done by the master distiller of (I would assume) less ideal barrels.  If yours is equal portions of all ten from excellent barrels, the contract may be interesting.

19 hours ago, BigDHornfan said:

Now this is how you holiday Sunday.
This fucks hard.
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What's that green stuff on your plate and why is it there?

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