Must be strong. You are repeating yourself.any body try Jos A Magnus Murray Hill Club Whiskey?
OT: Bourbon/Whiskey
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Lately I've been on an Irish Whiskey kick. Red Breast 12 and Green Spot primarily. Although my go to is still Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve.
I think Laphroaig stopped making this. I've got a bottle that I still have not opened yet. Hopefully I get to it soon.
Weller's are equally as hard to find as Pappy. And if you find Weller you will still pay ridiculous prices for it. Weller 12, a bottle that sells for $24 in Texas, is at my local Shop Rite liquors for $399.
Lagavulin 16 my favorite single malt on a cold winters eve by the fire smoke and, peat permeate this exceptional single malt.
You can find Old Weller Antique (107 proof) sometimes. Weller 12 is not distributed here. For me personally, I find Weller 12 and Pappy 15+ too aged/subdued. For wheaters, I prefer OWA with the high proof and less aging, or much easier to find Maker's Mark Barrel Proof. Can usually score a bottle of that around 55. Great stuff, and I don't even really like the regular Maker's. Larceny is OK too.
FYI - Templeton Rye is just an MGP sourced rye. So other popular ryes like Bulleit, George Dickel, and Redemption source from MGP. They're essentially all the same juice, although you get some slight variations between these brands. Other top notch ryes like Angel's Envy, Whistlepig, and my favorite High West also source from MGP but more often mix with their own or other sourced juices.
The problem with Templeton is this case: https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-templeton-rye-settlement-20150714-story.html
They were lying on their labels about the recipe/source for a very long time, which is a huge no-no in the American Whiskey world. So basically if you bought Templeton over Bulleit based on the label, you were burning 10-15 bucks for no reason. Same stuff!
Only times Ive seen OWA (not often) it is $100+. Forget about Weller 12 or PYCB or WLW - they are the equivalent of finding a unicorn.
Gotta know where to look
I've gotten OWA at retail multiple times this past year. Lawrencville Joe Canal's and Bayway in Elizabeth.
Very nice. It's a good deal at inflated prices - retail is just ridiculous.Gotta know where to look
I've gotten OWA at retail multiple times this past year. Lawrencville Joe Canal's and Bayway in Elizabeth.
I picked up a bottle of Hillrock Bourbon this summer on my way to Saratoga. Pricey but I thought it was good.
didn't hear about that. I still have a little left from my original bottle and one other bottle that I got relatively cheap ($65) since it was really good. Might be that the inventory ran out since it obviously takes a long time to create and age the whisky and young folks with money have revived the whisky industry over the past 15 years or so (I read that at one point in the 80s the demand dropped so much that many distilleries started going out of business), hence also why the prices have skyrocketed as well for the bottlings over 12 years and there are more blended year single malts of the same specific whisky and blended single malts of several whiskies out there now. Makes sense since this was the case with myself and many of my friends - in college you just throw anything back, but after a few years you gain a refined taste and start understanding more and more what is good out there. Its not as much of an issue with the Bourbon/American whiskey industry because their average aging is between 1-6 years, but for Scottish and Japanese in particular there is no way to keep up with the demand for 12+ years anymore without selling multiyear blends (which usually are excellent anyway, and great for our wallets). The Taiwanese (Kavalan) have a great advantage now due to extremely high demand, winning top awards annually, and having a humid climate and the best mountain waters which allow for the highest quality single malts to be produced in basically third of the time. They are super expensive in the US due to tariffs, but this may change down the line due to increasing economic partnering between the US and Taiwan. However Kavalan (King Car Group) is still tiny in production (and probably we are better off that way since often expansion leads to taking shortcuts) compared to the powerful Suntory conglomerate that owns like half of the brands out there now.
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The "wheater" bubble is bursting. Buffalo Trace realizes that people are just buying all the Weller, and reselling at higher prices where they can. So they have two options: Raise prices or make more. I think you're seeing a bit of #1 and a lot of #2. Like I said above - Maker's Cask is great at that price point. I'd get a bottle of the Weller Full, but if its going for much higher than MMCS, meh.
A bottle of whisky sold for $1.9 million, smashing auction records
A bottle of whisky sold for $1.9 million on Oct. 24, exploding records — again.
The Macallan Fine and Rare 60-Year-Old 1926 became the most expensive bottle of wine or spirit ever auctioned.
https://fox4kc.com/2019/10/25/a-bottle-of-whisky-sold-for-1-9-million-smashing-auction-records
A bottle of whisky sold for $1.9 million on Oct. 24, exploding records — again.
The Macallan Fine and Rare 60-Year-Old 1926 became the most expensive bottle of wine or spirit ever auctioned.
https://fox4kc.com/2019/10/25/a-bottle-of-whisky-sold-for-1-9-million-smashing-auction-records
I'm thinking mix it with some diet coke and a few ice cubes. 0__0
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These are my newest Ardbeg pickups.
The Traigh Bhan is a new addition to there core range it's a 19 year old that will have a new batch number every year along with some slight changes. Probably just marketing by them to sell more. The Supernova is back this year it was sold originally I believe from 2010 to 2015.
The Traigh Bhan is a new addition to there core range it's a 19 year old that will have a new batch number every year along with some slight changes. Probably just marketing by them to sell more. The Supernova is back this year it was sold originally I believe from 2010 to 2015.
Basil Hayden - not hard to find. Bottle king. Excellent. Smooth
Sounds awesome. Since they raised the price on Booker's, I've moved more towards the KCSB, and the store picks always deliver.
I picked up a Knob Creek store pick aged 14 yrs and 9 months and I prefer it over Booker's, Basil, and Baker's 7. KC is a great bang for your buck.
The local liquor store has started placing Eagle Rare and Buffalo Trace in the glass case now, so I'm sure they will disappear just like Blanton's. I'm starting to think KC will become my workhorse.
You all should watch the documentary on Amazon Prime called Scotch. It’s about 90 minutes and really well done, all filmed in Scotland.