Wilmington folks, Porter's Neck store had 1792 Full Proof (limit 1) and also Midwinter's Night Dram today when I was in there.
Just a guy on the sunshine squad.
JocoPack said:Wilm, what would be your recommendation for a good bottle to give as a gift? I'm talking something that's readily available, as I'm sitting on my BT/Blanton's reserve for now.wilmwolf80 said:
Lol. That's pretty good.
That is a pretty good whiskey. I've gotten several bottles of that from Ducks Unlimited events through the years. My BiL is the type to drink something good either neat or on the rocks but I don't feel like he would enjoy it enough to spend a ton.tau06 said:JocoPack said:Wilm, what would be your recommendation for a good bottle to give as a gift? I'm talking something that's readily available, as I'm sitting on my BT/Blanton's reserve for now.wilmwolf80 said:
Lol. That's pretty good.
Not bourbon technically but the Jack Daniels Single Barrel is excellent IMO and is probably on every shelf.
Great recommendations from Wilmy as well
I picked one of those out of a store but haven't got around to opening it yet. Perhaps New Years Day.wilmwolf80 said:
Spotted the Early Times Bottle In Bond in a store in NC today. First time I've seen it in state. I picked up a bottle in SC and highly recommended it earlier in this thread.
WolfpackCPA said:
Picked up a bottle of Basil Hayden 10 year, always been one of my favorite easy drinking bourbons.
wilmwolf80 said:
BH is one I recommend frequently for people just getting in to bourbon. It's a nice looking bottle, not overly expensive, and very drinkable. Some people think it is boring or too low proof, but drink-ability is an important characteristic to me, particularly for people learning their pallet. If you gave someone that had never had bourbon before a glass of something barrel proof, they would probably hate it. There's so much fire there that it is hard to pick out the subtle flavors, which are my favorite parts of bourbon. If you ever drink a glass of bourbon, and then smell the empty glass, that's all the flavors that are my favorites, the vanilla, butterscotch, cinnamon, brown sugar, baking spice, type notes. BH is an excellent bourbon for being able to separate out those flavors in your mouth and enjoy them.
wilmwolf80 said:
BH is one I recommend frequently for people just getting in to bourbon. It's a nice looking bottle, not overly expensive, and very drinkable. Some people think it is boring or too low proof, but drink-ability is an important characteristic to me, particularly for people learning their pallet. If you gave someone that had never had bourbon before a glass of something barrel proof, they would probably hate it. There's so much fire there that it is hard to pick out the subtle flavors, which are my favorite parts of bourbon. If you ever drink a glass of bourbon, and then smell the empty glass, that's all the flavors that are my favorites, the vanilla, butterscotch, cinnamon, brown sugar, baking spice, type notes. BH is an excellent bourbon for being able to separate out those flavors in your mouth and enjoy them.
wilmwolf80 said:
If it's between those two, I personally liked the Calumet better, but they are close. I didn't think either of them really leapt off the page, but the Harper was oaky in a way that I typically don't like, but that is typical in that age range. Ironically, there's a chance that they both could be sourced from Heaven Hill, though it's murky for both as to where the juice is actually from. The IW Harper wins on bottle design though, it's a sexy bottle.
wilmwolf80 said:
Never them. I've had some things delivered, mostly barrel picks from a club I'm in, from some retailers. I find shipping charges are generally fairly high, I assume because they are operating in as grey area of the law.
wilmwolf80 said:
Never them. I've had some things delivered, mostly barrel picks from a club I'm in, from some retailers. I find shipping charges are generally fairly high, I assume because they are operating in as grey area of the law.
wilmwolf80 said:
Just a place for general bourbon discussion. My personal collection is pushing around 70 bottles currently, which means I really need to drink more.
wilmwolf80 said:
This time of year I give lots of bottles as gifts.