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USCATX

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  1. Agree, what are you going to trade it for, an EHT Single Barrel or something? The secondary price to enjoyment ratio on this one is happily very low. This isn’t Weller SiB or anything.
  2. This made me laugh, but I think that might be taking it a little far. Coy and this malt are really good, but that rye really didn’t do it for me at all. The heritage barrel special release is good in the way that Rock Hill Farms is good, but I’m not going crazy for it. Making something like WLW or GTS must be really hard or more distilleries would be cranking out halo products.
  3. Parlaying OF King Ranch and some other stuff into WLW is like the guy who traded up from a paper clip to a house.
  4. With the sherry finish or just regular malt? I keep hearing about the American malt revolution but this was the first one that really did it for me.
  5. That’s been all over the auctions, might need to grab one. Weird that it’s euro market only, that’s not really the Woodford game.
  6. This is tremendous, easily the best Jack I’ve had outside of Coy Hill. Crazy dark with a viscous and oily mouth feel, lots of fruit and oak on the palate and a long brown sugar and lightly drying finish. The nose is a little weak with mainly alcohol vapor, which is weird considering the depth of flavors. I really liked the PHC double barreled this year, but this might be better for 1/3 secondary and 1/2 retail.
  7. That one really is kind of interesting, far better than the five malt stouted which was just plain insulting. And speaking of Malts, time to see what side of the Surly bourbon divide I’m on for the ‘22 special release JD.
  8. Torchy’s CEO is on a canal instead of open water? Inflation is a bitch.
  9. This is the real hunting these days. Looking at a whiskey list and picking out something you want that’s also a great value is still a thing even though finding retail rare bottles is over. Late last year I took a client to a cigar bar where they had $6.50 pours of Weller Single Barrel.
  10. Man, that Willett Wheated is trash at retail and nobody should be paying over unless they absolutely must show their friends how bad their taste is in bourbon. I’d buy the hell out of an $800 WLW though.
  11. I like a good trip to the Gnarly Gar/Captain Pete’s in our 21’ surf boat so this hits close to home for me.
  12. Regular cask strength was hot and young tasting, haven’t had the picks yet. For that price at that age I would pass. New Riff single barrels are about the only thing I’ve had at four years that I cared about.
  13. Those 5 year RC double oaks are MGP but kind of mediocre. We tasted through a few for a local club and ended up passing. I don’t like the EC toasted at all and they were in that ballpark and nowhere near as good as an OF1910 or WR Double Oak.
  14. If you like it I guess. It’s at least interesting if a bit unlovable. If I had to spend $200+ on Texas bourbon I’d go with Still Austin for $38 and put the $162 on the Utah money line next time they play USC.
  15. This guy gets it.
  16. Wheated is good, probably better than the young MGP like white label Redemption. Way different profile than Weller or Heaven Hill wheated, but decent in its own right. Of the two the Old Soul is vastly superior but 2x the price.
  17. Hang tight, I’ll try it.
  18. This Ft. Benning pick is legit, quality MGP. Looking forward to the Bardstown wheated.
  19. Crazy deal here.
  20. Exactly. As the right prices for some decent bourbons.
  21. 18 GTS makes many things taste disappointing in comparison. But I’d you’re in Austin I’ll trade you a Russell’s single Rickhouse for that open Coy.
  22. Haven’t had this one in quite a while either. Better than I remembered and pretty funny what a shelf turd this was back in the day.
  23. I think it has been open around 5 years, for a while those were showing up older than 10 years or with dump dates from years prior. this one has been compared side by side with plenty of other bourbons and it’s never come out on top. It’s better than plenty of other options and isn’t bad by any stretch. I’ve had plenty of bottles open for years and haven’t noticed significant degradation. With that said I re-organized last month and I’m on a mission to kill bottles that are 1/3 or less full.
  24. Finally finished this bottle of Rebel Yell 10 from ‘16. It wasn’t quite Heaven Hill’s best work. Too much peanut on the nose and generic vanilla/oak on the palate. I’m not sure I’ll need to buy these anymore as the MGP and other brands of wheaters get older.
  25. I got clowned by the storm, ended up dropping it Friday instead of Tuesday. They are backed up and I should have it back tomorrow or Saturday. I’m trying to remain calm because that storm wasn’t anybody’s fault.
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