Any other SMF Bourbon/Whiskey "enthusiasts"?

[BGKYSmoker]

And I'm the only bourbon drinker in the family.

 

[mneeley490]

I took this pic a few months ago. Some are gone, others have been added.

Note the 4 bottles of Elijah Craig on the bottom right. These are the last of the 12-year age statement bottlings before that line was discontinued.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

I took this pic a few months ago. Some are gone, others have been added.
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Old Fitz...yes
I was at a place yesterday in Brandenburg and they had 5 cases of blantons $90 bottle. Eagle Rare I will get at the distillery for cheaper than the stores. The green river is actually pretty good & I'm liking the Benchmark line too.

 

[ifitsdeadsmokeit]

Neeley… got some good bottles there in your collection. I just found one to add to mine when I stopped at costco this afternoon. I have never seen this in stores before. Hope it is good. The 15 stars 8 & 15 i picked up on my last outing is really good.

 

[Steve H]

A little something for the weekend.

 

[PPG1]

I must have tried hundreds of different brands over the years...I must be the odd man out because I always go back to "Old Number 7" JD

 

[Quiganomics]

When you're a dad trolling your kids with the "Six-Seven"...the Rocky Patel Number 6 paired wiyh the Old Fitz Bottled in Bond 7 Year.

 

[JckDanls 07]

I always go back to "Old Number 7" JD

HERE, HERE ... Notice my name and avatar....

 

[Timber II]

In case y’all ain’t seen this ….

 

[Elf@shore]

When you're a dad trolling your kids with the "Six-Seven"...the Rocky Patel Number 6 paired wiyh the Old Fitz Bottled in Bond 7 Year.View attachment 731623

OUT OF THE BLUE .....?
Few weeks ago I was on a beer run, I do not drink liquor anymore.
Talking to the staff of my local store, telling them my Dad, a tavern owner ,pushed this Blackberry brandy:
Leroux : Jezynowka Polish brand.
Its very refined and is semi clear, like whiskey, not the thick cough syrup ! Very smooth
A week goes by and I get an EMAIL: From Indeed for a sales rep job: Craft liquors.
Local Distillery that sells Blue berry, blackberry, cranberry, gin , vodka ,ect.
BLUE RASCAL DISTILLERY CRAFT SPRITS
Company is NJ Local @ Hammonton, NJ
I returned a week later to my water hole.
My local store had a few .
I thought it was WEIRD that this popped up?, Was not online discussion?
YES!? It was the Brandy God !
I talked about it and out of the BLUE !? (BLUEBERRY) ? LOL!
This came out!

I got the willies when I read it !
Yes! There is a God ! AMEN!


I am retired, wish it
was 20 yrs ago, would of been very fun!

 

[dons2346]

Neeley… got some good bottles there in your collection. I just found one to add to mine when I stopped at costco this afternoon. I have never seen this in stores before. Hope it is good. The 15 stars 8 & 15 i picked up on my last outing is really good.
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This is my favorite. It is so good, I don't even share it with my best friends

 

[bill1]

A little something for the weekend.

You can't go wrong with Knob Creek. All the better Jim Beam products are tops in their class.
I don't think nothing beats Bookers. I wish I could afford one every quarter, but I'm shooting for 1 per year. :-)

 

[bill1]

I must have tried hundreds of different brands over the years...I must be the odd man out because I always go back to "Old Number 7" JD

You're not wrong. The barrel proof JD is one of my absolute favorites. Dickel's makes a nice line of bourbons too. But outside of KY and TN, I've not tasted a distiller I thought was worth the price of the bottle.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Added a few more to my shelf.
Dont believe all the YT hype about this one is bad, that one is good, They are having sponsors and get paid for their channel.

 

[mneeley490]

Part 1 of my bourbon haul from my latest trip to Kentucky.

The Bardstown High Wheat, Green River Full Proof Wheated, and little bottle of Peerless, I purchased at Evergreen liquor store in Bardstown. These are all bottles that are difficult or impossible to find in WA state. The Elmer T. Lee was a surprise allocation at Buffalo Trace. They had them stacked up in the entrance to the gift shop, and if you wanted one, they slapped a wristband with a special QR code on me that I had to show at the checkout. One per visitor. If I remember right, I think it was $82.99? I'll have to check when I find the receipt. Everyone I saw was leaving with some. They had a lot of E.H. Taylor small batch going out the door, too. My buddy picked up one of those.

At Maker's Mark, I bought a special bottling, and a regular one with Margie Samuels' likeness. Profits for that one were going for a children's education fund. You can see that I went a little overboard, dipping them in the wax myself. Pfft, amateur.
At Woodford Reserve, we went on the special $125 tour, and got to taste some whiskies that weren't even for sale to the general public. I bought 2 of their 12-year American Single Malts. To me, this has an uncanny flavor of banana-nut bread.

Part 2 will arrive shortly. I bought too much to haul home from my relatives at Neeley Family distillery, in Sparta, and they are being shipped soon.

 

[Parshooter]

Score. So I was in a golf outing Saturday. On the practice green they had 2-3 dozen bottles set up on one end (green is probably 100 feet long), spaced about a foot apart. All varieties. For 5 bucks a ball, you got to putt a ball, from the other end of the green (maybe 65 feet away) towards the bottles. If you hit one, it's yours. WTH, I put in $20 for four tries. Missed the first one, hit the next three (this is more luck than skill). Luckily I hit bottles that I will drink.

 

[mneeley490]

That's a great contest! Nice score.

 

[forktender]

Score. So I was in a golf outing Saturday. On the practice green they had 2-3 dozen bottles set up on one end (green is probably 100 feet long), spaced about a foot apart. All varieties. For 5 bucks a ball, you got to putt a ball, from the other end of the green (maybe 65 feet away) towards the bottles. If you hit one, it's yours. WTH, I put in $20 for four tries. Missed the first one, hit the next three (this is more luck than skill). Luckily I hit bottles that I will drink. View attachment 734186

Sweet, I don't even golf, and I would've tossed in $40 to give it a shot.

 

[forktender]

Part 1 of my bourbon haul from my latest trip to Kentucky.

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The Bardstown High Wheat, Green River Full Proof Wheated, and little bottle of Peerless, I purchased at Evergreen liquor store in Bardstown. These are all bottles that are difficult or impossible to find in WA state. The Elmer T. Lee was a surprise allocation at Buffalo Trace. They had them stacked up in the entrance to the gift shop, and if you wanted one, they slapped a wristband with a special QR code on me that I had to show at the checkout. One per visitor. If I remember right, I think it was $82.99? I'll have to check when I find the receipt. Everyone I saw was leaving with some. They had a lot of E.H. Taylor small batch going out the door, too. My buddy picked up one of those.

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At Maker's Mark, I bought a special bottling, and a regular one with Margie Samuels' likeness. Profits for that one were going for a children's education fund. You can see that I went a little overboard, dipping them in the wax myself. Pfft, amateur.
At Woodford Reserve, we went on the special $125 tour, and got to taste some whiskies that weren't even for sale to the general public. I bought 2 of their 12-year American Single Malts. To me, this has an uncanny flavor of banana-nut bread.

Part 2 will arrive shortly. I bought too much to haul home from my relatives at Neeley Family distillery, in Sparta, and they are being shipped soon.

I love the E.T.L, can't find it out here, so I drink Blanton's and Rare Eagle.

By the way if anyone has an extra Blanton's "S" stopper, I sure could use it.
I'm gonna go poor before I find and S, I may have letters you need to trade.
Thank you.
Dan.

 

[forktender]

Neeley… got some good bottles there in your collection. I just found one to add to mine when I stopped at costco this afternoon. I have never seen this in stores before. Hope it is good. The 15 stars 8 & 15 i picked up on my last outing is really good.
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I love the OO Woodford's, our Costco, Sam's, has it at times. Lately they have had Booker's little book, which is killer. I wish I could afford to drink it regularly.