TheStorm said:I opened this last night and it was fairly underwhelming...wilmwolf80 said:
The Hooten Young is a two grain American whiskey that is mostly corn. Would be bourbon, but they use used barrels for the aging. Consensus on the interweb is that it's sourced from MGP. I've seen it on the shelf, but never had it. I wonder how it compares to Mellow Corn, which is the only other aged corn whiskey that I know of.
WolfpackCPA said:
Wilmington ABC sent an email out at 12:45 with some very rare bottles.
Blade and bow 22 year (3)
GTS
Weller - Single Barrel
WLW
Old Fitz - 19
Parkers Heritage
This was the market street location and funny somehow they were all spoken for at 12:52. I find it hard to believe that 8 people just happened to be checking emails and were able to drive/get inside within 7 minutes.
I am getting to the point where I wish everything went into a lottery and let everybody have a fair chance.
barnburner said:
Wake county said there were over 1700 people in the lottery as of today and it will be open until Jan 3. That said it was an impressive list of bottles that would be available. 4-5 Pappys, 4-5 Wellers, HH Heritage, E.H. Taylor single barrels, Old Fitz BIB 17 year.. and some Blood Oath 7 and 8... never heard of that one. Maybe I'll get lucky!
Nice find. All three really good bourbons.PoleD said:
Picked these up today on a work trip to Bloomington, IN.
Solid. That Willett Rye is always a take given that you can't get it here in NC.PoleD said:
Picked these up today on a work trip to Bloomington, IN.
The pressure on stocks has hurt quality in some cases, IMO. I think some of the whiskey is being rushed out of the rick house. There are so many store picks now that a lot of them are just ok. The number of new distilleries chews up a lot of barrels and the blending or finishing to create a product to call their own can be dubious. Plus the price point has to be higher in order for them to grow. It's hard to plunk down 70-100 bucks on a bottle you know literally nothing about. Prices are climbing on all of my favorites too. Bookers, ECBP, Masters Keep is around 225.00 now. I used to try to get at least one of each batch of Bookers and ECBP but I quit this year. Buying a lot less and being a lot pickier about it. Also don't have the desire to stand in line all day and drive all over the place for bottles that were on the shelf a few years ago. The Special Release stuff is becoming a gimmick. FOMO pricing. That said, pretty happy with what I got this year. A dozen or so unique bottles that are really good.wilmwolf80 said:
" it was almost indistinguishable from the stuff that they are bottling now"
Unfortunately, you can say that for a lot of bourbon these days, particularly on the premium side of things. Programs that used to be about selecting only the best of the best barrels have had to widen their scope to meet demand. You would be hard pressed many times to pick between Ancient Age and a current Blanton's offering in a blind test. It is the unfortunate byproduct of the popularity of bourbon. Not to say there aren't still exceptional bourbons being made, they just seem to be fewer and far between. I find myself sticking with more tried and true middle shelf offerings these days rather than risking buying another $100+ bottle that I'll probably regret. I bought less bourbon this year than I have since I got into this stuff twenty years ago.
wilmwolf80 said:
Make sure to give us your thoughts on the willett rye. Opinions on it are all over the place, and it's definitely not like any other rye that I can think of.
How was it? Are they brewing and also a tap room? Do they sell bottles also? Do they specialize in any types of beers? Enquiring minds need to know...SexualChocolate said:
soft opening at Edit Brewing.
barnburner said:How was it? Are they brewing and also a tap room? Do they sell bottles also? Do they specialize in any types of beers? Enquiring minds need to know...SexualChocolate said:
soft opening at Edit Brewing.
barnburner said:How was it? Are they brewing and also a tap room? Do they sell bottles also? Do they specialize in any types of beers? Enquiring minds need to know...SexualChocolate said:
soft opening at Edit Brewing.
My personal opinion: Don't get suckered on the Kentucky Owl Rye at 299.00. That brand has been sold to Stoli and their last few releases have been expensive and underwhelming. NCABC has been try to get rid of the rest of the Confiscated batch for two years running. I have it. It's not worth the 120.00 that they are charging. Rip off.PoleD said:
JumboPack said:
My palate has trended towards the higher proof bourbon as I've gotten older. Here are the two bottles I did pick up.
JumboPack said:
Picked both up around Atlanta. The single barrel old forester is from the Toco Giant Package store in North Druid Hills, Atlanta.
Are you in the Atlanta area?
Yikes!?!JumboPack said:
Went out looking for hard to find bourbon at reasonable prices around Atlanta and had little success. I did find another bottle of Old Forester single barrel ( 130 proof) and a bottle of EH Taylor barrel proof at 129 proof for decent prices. However, I came across a store with pappy and some of the Buffalo Trace Antique collection on the shelves. Prices way to steep for me to pay for bourbon but interesting to see these on the shelf.
