Favorite KY Bourbons

[Run To State]

^ :lol:

[theguru]

At the risk of having my BGP privileges revoked for all time...

 

 

...not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

I want you to know I do enjoy all the time we spend together with me drinking bourbon and you drinking some American beer...

[mcpapa]

^ Maybe I'll man up and join you next time.

[TTS_JF]

I like Woodford or Knob Creek

On a side note one of my vendors bought me a bottle of Crown Royal Maple

Quite Good for free alcohol.

[leatherneck]

That explains it then. BTW, don't tell LN that. :lol:

 

Ru is now out of the closet.........

 

he doesn't like Woodford.

 

I'm fine with that.

 

Leaves more for me.

 

Had a couple of 'fords on ice last night after spending the afternoon in the bird field. Knees were aching. The ice worked wonders. :thumb:

[LIPTON BASH]

Bourbon is like Pizza to me. The worst bottle of bourbon I've had was still pretty good. But my three favorite are Woodford, Buffalo Trace and Bulleit.

[formerkywrestler]

Maker's Mark to water down their bourbon:

 

 

http://qz.com/52478/makers-mark-waters-down-its-bourbon-to-meet-rising-demand/

[sportsfan41]

Maker's Mark to water down their bourbon:

 

 

Maker?s Mark waters down its bourbon to meet rising demand ? Quartz

 

 

I got that e-mail the other day from them. They say it has no effect on the taste but lowers the alcohol by volume by 3%....... I'm not sure I'm buying that. I wouldn't be at all surprised if in a year or two they camne out with a more potent product.

[jahearme]

Maker's Mark to water down their bourbon:

 

 

Maker?s Mark waters down its bourbon to meet rising demand ? Quartz

 

I got that e-mail the other day from them. They say it has no effect on the taste but lowers the alcohol by volume by 3%....... I'm not sure I'm buying that. I wouldn't be at all surprised if in a year or two they camne out with a more potent product.

 

I would wager a large sum of money you won't be able to tell a bit of difference in the taste. Jack Daniels has done the same thing multiple times and people buy it.

[sportsfan41]

After doing some looking I see that the Pappy Van Winkle is bottled at age 15, 20 and 23 years. Does any one have preference? Is one more common than the other?

[sportsfan41]

Evan Williams Single Barrel is a high-quality bourbon at an extremely reasonable price.

 

That was my last purchase for the end of January. I've now drank every thing Evan Williams puts on the shelves in NKY.

[theguru]

That was my last purchase for the end of January. I've now drank every thing Evan Williams puts on the shelves in NKY.

 

Can you give us a breakdown of what you thought of each Evan Williams product?

[ThrillVille Cardinal51]

On a slightly related note, I had some Southern Comfort for the first time yesterday. That stuff is horrendous. No joke, if someone poured me a shot of that and told me to guess what it was, I would have guessed poisoned cough medicine.

[ThrillVille Cardinal51]

Bourbon is like Pizza to me. The worst bottle of bourbon I've had was still pretty good. But my three favorite are Woodford, Buffalo Trace and Bulleit.

I pretty much feel the same way. I'm not going to be drinking KG or KT straight up or anything, but they still make pretty decent mixers with ginger ale or coke.

[sportsfan41]

Can you give us a breakdown of what you thought of each Evan Williams product?

 

Well let me start off by saying I'm Evan Williams biased, alot of my friends don't care for it as much as I do. In fact MJ's room mate I think still has a bottle I left with them from around labor day weekend(maybe I should ask for it back). Evan Williams is what I drink on the regular, I don't drink beer unless it's with a meal so where as most folks may buy a 12 pack on Friday it's Evan Williams for me.

 

Evan Williams Cinnamon, Honey and Cherry. I'm not big on adding flavor to bourbons but in my opinion Evan Williams Honey is a lot like Wild Turkey American Honey, I put it in Tea a couple of times when I was sick and it did a pretty good job of opening me up some. I tried the Cinnamon which was probably pretty dumb because it gives me headaches but I at least wanted to have tried it. Cherry is ok but not something I'd buy for myself.

 

 

IMO Small batch and single barrel were pretty similar but I did like single barrel a bit more, I've never been one to drink on the rocks or with water but typically a splash of diet coke I just like a little added sweetness with my bourbon. With that said I think I could drink single barrel just fine with a splash of water it seems sweeter with less of a bite to it.

 

I've had the traditional and black(regular), I don't recall the traditional because that was quite a while back but obviously the black is good IMO because I keep on buying it. I really want to try the Evan Williams White but I haven't seen it any where around here.

Edited February 11, 2013 by sportsfan41