I know...this sucks. Was just about to start looking into these sites!

Poured a glencairn of Col EH Taylor small batch (can't remember y'all's acronym) tonight. First time to have it, have had the bottle a couple months it feels like. It is excellent.

Definitely my favorite of the lower tier bourbons in the Buffalo Trace mashbill #1

I didn't realize EHT was BT, damn they have a stranglehold on great bourbons.

Yeah its pretty impressive. Especially just in mashbill #1.

Buffalo Trace
Eagle Rare 10/17-haven't had the 17
Col E H Taylor, which alone has had its fair share of hits but I've had the small batch and single barrel
Stagg and Stagg jr-only tried Jr
I haven't had Old Charter or Benchmark so I can't speak to those

Also have only tried Blanton's (personally doesn't live to the hype, cool ass bottle though) and Ancient Age out of mashbill #2 but obviously Elmer T Lee and RHF are highly regarded as well.

I actually like Old Charter. It's a bottom shelfer bc it lacks the aging and maturity but it's pretty good. Like a lite bourbon.

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Also have only tried Blanton's (personally doesn't live to the hype, cool ass bottle though) and Ancient Age out of mashbill #2 but obviously Elmer T Lee and RHF are highly regarded as well.

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I agree on the Blantons.

Wow...didn't know RHF was a BT product. Is it actually produced in KY at the BT distillery or is it a Sazerac product produced at another plant?

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Also have only tried Blanton's (personally doesn't live to the hype, cool ass bottle though) and Ancient Age out of mashbill #2 but obviously Elmer T Lee and RHF are highly regarded as well.

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I agree on the Blantons.

Wow...didn't know RHF was a BT product. Is it actually produced in KY at the BT distillery or is it a Sazerac product produced at another plant?

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BT distillery. It's actually a "Version B" of Blantons, but bottled at 100 proof. Same mashbill, same approx. age.

Wish I had known all of this stuff 9 months ago when I was at the BT plant doing a tour. Appears they produce ALL of the bourbon that I like, excluding Elijah Craig.

IIRC, Bowman Brothers is also BT mash bill one juice that is shipped to VA, redistilled, and aged there.

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Wish I had known all of this stuff 9 months ago when I was at the BT plant doing a tour. Appears they produce ALL of the bourbon that I like, excluding Elijah Craig.

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Im such an EC homer. Can't get enough

I'm a pretty big Heaven Hill homer in general. Excited to tour the distillery this summer or fall.

Definitely do the tasting tour at heaven hill for $20. Worth it. Also the four roses tasting was good, and I stayed afterward and they let me try a few of the different private selections.

Planning on it. Read good things about it.

4R was on the list too

When you do the fall tour and tasting, pick up some of the WHH and HHSS. It's very good juice that's only available at their gift shop. The WHH barrel proof is REALLY good.

I went to liquor store recently and came away with 2 recommendations from the staff. One was. $10 bottle of Tom Sims that the guy swore would drink must higher priced than the $10 price tag. The second was Ben Milam. He said he and some friends blind tasted it with Blantons and 2 others and Ben Milam either beat Blantons or was a 2nd. Anyone have either of those?

Already planning on it. And maybe a EC hand grenade for the hell of it

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I went to liquor store recently and came away with 2 recommendations from the staff. One was. $10 bottle of Tom Sims that the guy swore would drink must higher priced than the $10 price tag. The second was Ben Milam. He said he and some friends blind tasted it with Blantons and 2 others and Ben Milam either beat Blantons or was a 2nd. Anyone have either of those?

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Total wine?

No. The Tom Sims was Specs, and the Ben Milam was twin liquors.

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No. The Tom Sims was Specs, and the Ben Milam was twin liquors.

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I've heard Milam is decent. I've never heard of Tom Sims and in my opinion, a lot of things readily available are better than Blanton's.

dp

Picked up a few things I hadn't tried before at the Twin Liquors $1 sale.

• The Old Forester Single Barrel is surprisingly good - it's a store pick. Butterscotch and wood up front with a nice lingering heat at the end. Really solid juice!
• The Blade and Bow is just flat. Buttery nose but no discernible flavor. Really disappointing. I had higher hopes.
• The Wyoming Whiskey Small Batch Bourbon has an interesting taste. I'm not quite sure what it is, though. It's ok. The regular Wyoming Whiskey was better when I had it in Jackson, WY.

Got a couple more that I'll crack open later...

I know what I'm doing after my 9:10 tomorrow now

I'm sick as a dog this week...want a beer or bourbon so bad.

Instead I've got a low-ball of Robitussin which is now alcohol free.

Got a bottle of Rittenhouse Rye and then a reposado for the lady

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I actually like Old Charter. It's a bottom shelfer bc it lacks the aging and maturity but it's pretty good. Like a lite bourbon.

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Old Charter was my drink back when they made 10 year old, 12 year old, and 13 year old. The 13 year old was called Proprietors Reserve. I still have a liter of the 10 and a handle of the 12. Just waiting for that SEC Championship to crack the seal. It will have to be an SEC Championship in football for the 12 to go down.

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Got a bottle of Rittenhouse Rye and then a reposado for the lady

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I also didn't have a lady. That's for the rest of your life. Sounds like you grew up too fast!

So if the EU slaps a tariff on bourbon, is that good or bad for us American bourbon drinkers?

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Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Union Commission, said that if the tariffs were implemented, the EU would impost its own tariffs on American productslike Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Kentucky bourbon items that notably come from the home states of House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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http://time.com/5183838/european-union-tariffs-donald-trump-bourbon-levis-harley-davidson/

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BBC World News had an international trade expert on today talking about possible implications of the steel tariff. The very first thing she threw out as a possibility for a retaliation tariff was "Kentucky whiskey".

Higher consumer prices for bourbon abroad could lead to less foreign demand, which could result in more juice being kept in the US.

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/everyone ITT dons MAGA hat

Just finished it. That was really good.