February 2Feb 2 13 hours ago, BigDHornfan said: New club pick dropped today. Fucking . Literally. Hot as balls, but damn good. And best sticker we’ve done to date. How does it taste at 64 years old?
February 3Feb 3 3 hours ago, Fud said: Anyone on here have any experience or recommendations with bourbon trail tours? Most of them truly suck is the answer. And once you’ve done one, youve done enough. key is to focus on the tastings/experiences. HH will let you select a nice bottle on certain “tours”. Willett may be worthwhile. BT for the history (and be selective, not all tours there are equal).
February 3Feb 3 You will want to spend a great deal of time (and money) at Bar Willett. Carve out plenty there, make it your last stop (trust me on this) and be sure to book a reservation there. You won’t find anything close to this in KY. Even close.
February 3Feb 3 You will want to spend a great deal of time (and money) at Bar Willett. Carve out plenty there, make it your last stop (trust me on this) and be sure to book a reservation there. You won’t find anything close to this in KY. Even close. Preach Brother!!Man I want an egg salad sandwich and some purple tops.
February 3Feb 3 8 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said: Preach Brother!! Man I want an egg salad sandwich and some purple tops. That egg salad sandwich haunts me in my sleep
February 4Feb 4 That egg salad sandwich haunts me in my sleepIt probably haunts everyone in the bedroom
February 4Feb 4 You will want to spend a great deal of time (and money) at Bar Willett. Carve out plenty there, make it your last stop (trust me on this) and be sure to book a reservation there. You won’t find anything close to this in KY. Even close. Truth. All the food there was good.
February 4Feb 4 To add color: four roses - skip (nothing worth a shit on tasting menu) HH - do if only for the allocated bottle (you do bourbon or connoisseur depending on what you are after) Barton - I would do as it’s a very cool setup and bar is great with lots of options to taste BT - likely do, as historical and pick which one interests you most all end in same tasting of their mainstream offerings whiskey thief - kinda cool off the run experience with barrel tasting. If you want unique, this is it Preservation - skip willett - do it right before your reservation at bar Willett Jack Ruby steakhouse - highly recommend this stop in Lexington. And be sure to try their exclusive 16 year Boone county MGP pick if there is any left
February 4Feb 4 I’m a huge NBC homer, but if you can swing a Nashville stop, it’s worthwhile to hit them up. And Nashville night life and food is next level fun and quality.
February 4Feb 4 1 hour ago, Bert Orange said: I’m a huge NBC homer, but if you can swing a Nashville stop, it’s worthwhile to hit them up. And Nashville night life and food is next level fun and quality. Nashville ships right? Any bottles worth buying in their site?
February 4Feb 4 4 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: Nashville ships right? Any bottles worth buying in their site? They ship through a third party. But I don’t see anything up there now I’d hit up. They have tons in their tasting room though.
February 4Feb 4 Another good stop in Nashville is Southern Collective Spirit Company. They are a NPD but have some great barrels. Edited February 4Feb 4 by BigDHornfan
February 4Feb 4 2 hours ago, BigDHornfan said: Another good stop in Nashville is Southern Collective Spirit Company. They are a NPD but have some great barrels. Agreed. Some honey barrels there. Nashville is becoming a decent bourbon draw away from the KY “trail”
February 4Feb 4 20 hours ago, Bert Orange said: To add color: four roses - skip (nothing worth a shit on tasting menu) HH - do if only for the allocated bottle (you do bourbon or connoisseur depending on what you are after) Barton - I would do as it’s a very cool setup and bar is great with lots of options to taste BT - likely do, as historical and pick which one interests you most all end in same tasting of their mainstream offerings whiskey thief - kinda cool off the run experience with barrel tasting. If you want unique, this is it Preservation - skip willett - do it right before your reservation at bar Willett Jack Ruby steakhouse - highly recommend this stop in Lexington. And be sure to try their exclusive 16 year Boone county MGP pick if there is any left Tell me you've never been to Bardstown Bourbon Company without telling me you've never been to Bardstown Bourbon Company. The bar at Willet is excellent, but you're doing it all wrong if you aren't making time for BBC. The restaurant and the whiskey library tasting experience should not be missed.
February 5Feb 5 4 hours ago, RichUT said: Tell me you've never been to Bardstown Bourbon Company without telling me you've never been to Bardstown Bourbon Company. The bar at Willet is excellent, but you're doing it all wrong if you aren't making time for BBC. The restaurant and the whiskey library tasting experience should not be missed. I said Barton. And I meant to type Bardstown.
February 5Feb 5 9 minutes ago, Bert Orange said: I said Barton. And I meant to type Bardstown. That makes more sense then. For me, it's a bit apples and oranges to compare the experience at Willet and the experiences at BBC. And different people will come away with different thoughts about which one is better based on their own preferences. The main takeaway is that you should do them both.
February 6Feb 6 On 2/4/2025 at 2:55 PM, RichUT said: you're doing it all wrong if you aren't making time for BBC You should get a shirt with this printed on it.
February 8Feb 8 Man I mis Jackie. No more fruit bombs. No more cool cola notes. Just plain Jane what if aged OF100 12 years notes. That’ll be $200.
February 8Feb 8 Man I mis Jackie. No more fruit bombs. No more cool cola notes. Just plain Jane what if aged OF100 12 years notes. That’ll be $200. No shit… what is she even doing now? I grabbed two different batches of her new juice and it was super mid… basically assumed whatever magic was happening at OF wasn’t to be replicated and moved on.
February 9Feb 9 17 hours ago, Party_Taco said: No shit… what is she even doing now? I grabbed two different batches of her new juice and it was super mid… basically assumed whatever magic was happening at OF wasn’t to be replicated and moved on. Based on her Instagram, it looks like she’s gone through some shit. Pretty sure she’s sober now and her husband passed recently. Sorry to see it. Based on what I’ve seen and heard in interviews she seems like a wonderful person. I wish her well. Hopefully she has a protege working his/her way up the ladder at Brown-Forman.
February 9Feb 9 A sober person working as a key person at a distillery? No idea who you are taking about but good on her. That’s gotta be hard.
February 9Feb 9 30 minutes ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said: A sober person working as a key person at a distillery? No idea who you are taking about but good on her. That’s gotta be hard. Again, based on Instagram, I think she met a fella. Got sober. Left BF. I’d say it’d very difficult to judge a bourbon/rye finish if you’re spitting into a bucket, but wine guys are doing it right now.
February 9Feb 9 I read that Jackie Zykan started her own label called Hidden Barn. It's associated with Neeley Family Distillery. Sounds like she got tired of the big distillery game.
February 9Feb 9 I read that Jackie Zykan started her own label called Hidden Barn. It's associated with Neeley Family Distillery. Sounds like she got tired of the big distillery game.Yeah, that’s the one I was referring to - Product is decidedly meh. Get she’s likely working with inferior juice, but it’s a crime that such an exceptional palate is slated against mundane bourbon. That or she’s lost several steps… shame regardless. All the virtual tastings she did during Covid were fantastic!
February 10Feb 10 Finally found some OF 1924 at MSRP. Holy shit, I'm in love. The vanilla on the back end is crazy.
February 10Feb 10 16 hours ago, Chewbacca said: Finally found some OF 1924 at MSRP. Holy shit, I'm in love. The vanilla on the back end is crazy. Tell me how.
February 10Feb 10 35 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: Tell me how. Wasn't even looking for it. Just happened upon it.
February 11Feb 11 Houston guys, a HBH member is trying to move some Spanish Oak. Proceeds go the local elementary school. The post is on Facebook, but I have the fella’s contact number if you don’t want to dig through the posts. Edited February 11Feb 11 by billfromlaketravis
February 11Feb 11 Despite their Tilted Bottle affiliation, I’ve enjoyed The Whiskey Den podcast. Their guests’ humblebrags about their collections are annoying, but their recs have been good. I would have never tried the excellent 2XO Innkeepers’ Blend if I hadn’t heard about it on their podcast.
February 14Feb 14 Well in this week of clutch my pearls, Spec’s charged me 80 American dollars for ETL. I would have told the cashier to keep it, but I can’t break the covenant. In better news, I picked up another Blanton’s Gold. I can’t go back to the regular stuff. Gold is pretty great.
February 14Feb 14 45 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: Well in this week of clutch my pearls, Spec’s charged me 80 American dollars for ETL. I don't want to hear any bitching about $80 for ETL, mister. To the extent I can even find it out here in SoCal in stores, it's at least $200.
February 14Feb 14 1 minute ago, Carl Spackler said: I don't want to hear any bitching about $80 for ETL, mister. To the extent I can even find it out here in SoCal in stores, it's at least $200. I think we can work something out. I’ll trade you some ETL’s for LA grocery store gemstones.
February 14Feb 14 Got the call for 1924, but by the time I got to the store they said “oh, we thought you were the other Party_Taco”… 🫠🫠🫠Worked out, but I still want that ‘24
February 14Feb 14 4 minutes ago, Party_Taco said: Got the call for 1924, but by the time I got to the store they said “oh, we thought you were the other Party_Taco”… 🫠🫠🫠 Worked out, but I still want that ‘24 I entered a raffle for Bowman Cask Strength that would require me to travel from Houston to Virginia within 14 days. I think you’ll be fine buddy.
February 14Feb 14 I entered a raffle for Bowman Cask Strength that would require me to travel from Houston to Virginia within 14 days. I think you’ll be fine buddy. My sister lives there if you need a pickup.
February 15Feb 15 $225 for the Handy and $70 for the Elmer. About double what I last paid for each, but I’m pretty sure that was during the first term of the Donald.
February 18Feb 18 I finally got a bottle of 1924. My guy pulled one for me at Spec’s. I could have probably grabbed another one, but I didn’t want to violate their 1 per customer policy and burn my guy. Hopefully by the time I’m ready for another bottle, it’ll be a much wider release like King Ranch has eventually become.
February 19Feb 19 24 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: I finally got a bottle of 1924. My guy pulled one for me at Spec’s. I could have probably grabbed another one, but I didn’t want to violate their 1 per customer policy and burn my guy. Hopefully by the time I’m ready for another bottle, it’ll be a much wider release like King Ranch has eventually become. My local store has probably 12 of them on the shelf. Granted, they are asking $170 for them, but I was more than a little surprised to see them just sitting there.
February 19Feb 19 5 minutes ago, Chewbacca said: My local store has probably 12 of them on the shelf. Granted, they are asking $170 for them, but I was more than a little surprised to see them just sitting there. I’d wait out MSRP.
February 19Feb 19 5 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: I’d wait out MSRP. Oh, I am. I guess my point is that it's getting out there in larger quantities.
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