I would pay more if I liked the taste better but for me regular Jim Beam tastes the best to me.

 

Don't care much for Miller products, I prefer Bud products and I really like Red Stripe.

Have you had Basil before?

Have you had Basil before?

 

No, should I try it?

I don't drink bourbon often but when I do I drink it neat.

 

Wait a minute. Is that you?

I have two bottles on my shelf:

 

Woodford Reserve

Basil Hayden

Wait a minute. Is that you?

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Now you know.

That's kinda cool. The picture has a picture of an ice-ball with a mint leaf in it. That's an interesting idea...you could freeze minted simple-syrup for a "progressive julip".

 

That sir, is a dang good idea.

Good stuff CWB. I almost always drink bourbon over ice. I almost always drink scotch neat. Not really a rhyme or reason to it, just happened over time.

I got some bourbon stones...

Is that anything like beer goggles?

 

 

 

 

(Yeah, I think I've used that joke at least twice before.)

Is that anything like beer goggles?

 

 

 

 

(Yeah, I think I've used that joke at least twice before.)

You have but it never gets old.

No, should I try it?

Solid bourbon and easy to drink.

Solid bourbon and easy to drink.

 

:thumb: Bingo.

Is that anything like beer goggles?

 

 

 

 

(Yeah, I think I've used that joke at least twice before.)

 

Or is it more like beer nuts?

A few months after making my initial post in this thread, Mrs. S and I attended the USF/UofL game in Louisville. The night before the game, we met several other USF road warrior couples at the Bourbon Bistro on Franklin Avenue. There, I got my first edumacation in the variety of bourbons available. They bring you a flat of five bourbons you select from a list of over a 100. You get to sample wheated and various mixtures of rye bourbons side by side.

 

Last fall, before football season began, the same group got together at a road warrior's home to have a preseason party and bourbon tasting. I've found that I've acquired a taste for Buffalo Trace over Makers, even 46. Can't tell you why. It just suits me better for some reason. Of course, my taste could change at the next turn, too.

 

This year's preseason party is at my house. I'm going to slide a scotch into the blind tasting to see if the palettes of the avowed experts are as good as they contend.

Isn't there some kind of a "Bourbon Bar" in the Mainstrasse bar district in Covington? Anybody gone to sample their wares?

Isn't there some kind of a "Bourbon Bar" in the Mainstrasse bar district in Covington? Anybody gone to sample their wares?

Wasn't open last time I was up there...