Picked these up today.

Anyone tried these 4R 100 proof bottles yet? I see the different recipes. Curious if they are being well received not being at barrel proof.

And my dry 2024 is complete and finished. Monsoon 25 has commenced. So far I have opened and tasted an B523 ECBP, a B524 Larceny BP, an Evan Williams 12 year my brother bought me from the distillery last year and a MWND Act 12 scene 7 I bought at secondary $199 several weeks ago.

I don't regret my MWND purchase. I love this flavor profile. The ECBP has always been my jam so it hits just how I want it. EW12 I am glad to try something new. It's ok. Nothing worth going out of my way for in the future though. Larceny BP is a reasonably good substitute for the ECBP if my bunker is out of it. I would probably have it equivalent roughly to KC 9yr at 120 proof, which probably I would prefer to the Larceny BP anyway. And much easier to find as it's everywhere.

My next two bottles to open from my bunker are an Old Fitz 12 from roughly a decade ago ie not the current version. And a Blantons SFTB in my bunker from roughly a decade ago.

Long live monsoon 2025.

I joined weight watchers to try and lose a few pounds. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right.

Tonight's BVBS lineup

Got a little rec for anyone who winds up in St Maarten. There is a bourbon shop in Phillipsburg called Gulmohars that has a great selection. Spoke with the owner for a while and he's the exclusive retailer for BT on the island. Sells his stuff above US retail but well under secondary. He said he doesn't get much Antique Collection and sells that by the shot in his bar. I was thrilled with my haul.

I see liability and liquor law issues.
One Drunken night and all you own goes poof!

Bulldog73 said:

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Drizzly could've gotten there until it died.

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I'd like to die the way they died...$1.1 billion buyout from Uber!

Friendly PSA to not consume Kentucky bourbon today.

BTHOkentucky

Saw this posted on r/bourbon. Long article but a good one.

https://archive.ph/ArS6E

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Bourbon started growing in popularity in the early 2000s after a long stint in the doldrums. Its comeback was helped by television shows like "Mad Men," which featured 1960s advertising executives sipping on bourbon through the day. By 2015 the industry was so hot that barrels were in short supply, bourbon enthusiasts were stockpiling and distillery workers routinely pulling 80-hour weeks went on strike complaining they were overworked.

Over the past decade production has kept climbing. Kentucky alone produced 3.2 million barrels of bourbon in 2023 and had a record 14.3 million barrels aging at the start of last year, according to the KDA.

While a decade ago bourbon makers couldn't keep up, now there is a consensus that they have overproduced.

"We're in a very serious correction right now which is perhaps overdue," said Ken Lewis, who owns Newport, Ky.-based New Riff Distilling. The Kentucky bourbon industry is making nearly three times as much as it is currently selling, Lewis estimates.

Some investors who jumped into bourbon to make a quick buck when times were good are now dumping stock, exacerbating the glut of barrels.

"The bourbon boom brought a tremendous amount of money into the industry and a lot of that was for the wrong reasons," said Lewis. "In some ways it's good riddance."

Alarm bells rang in the industry back in October when MGP Ingredients, a major contract distiller that makes booze for other brands, warned that some of its smaller customers were struggling to make good on their obligations to buy whiskey.

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I don't think we'll get back to the good old days as to what you can find on the shelf but maybe we get to circa 2015 or so (ER, EHT, Blanton's all on the shelf)