Posts by ecs135

Buffalo Trace Antique Collection goes on sale today (in KY at least). Any word on the way the bottles stack up this year? Eagle Rare 17, Sazerac Rye 18, or Weller... Can't go wrong, I suppose

Quote:Originally Posted by Huntsman  In a Negroni, I like to add 0.5 oz extra of Lillet to the standard 1:1:1 with sweet vermouth. Just for the sake of clarifying my understanding of this (to me) important Negroni suggestion: 1 oz....

Might anyone have a recommendation for where to go wine shopping in Rome? I'd like to buy a 1/2 case or so of wine to have with me during a three week stay in Italy. The best thing would be the name of a good local contact who can...

Just picked up three bottles of Encanto pisco, and last night I mixed up a pisco sour: 2 oz. pisco, 1 oz. lemon juice, 1/2 oz. simple syrup, 1 egg white, shaken and strained, angusturro bitters to finish. Bliss. But just as soon as...

Alban, "Reva" Syrah, Edna Valley, California, 2005, last night for a friend's birthday celebration. Rocked, but did not slay.

I'm working out third party shipping arrangements from CA to KY (that's Kentucky). Am I taking an unreasonable risk to use ground shipping? If I go ground, which I suppose would mean 5-7 days, what time of year or general...

Just received a TM Lewin shirt from IBJanky, shipped the same day I ordered, arrived promptly, nicely packaged, now it is the best fitting shirt I own. Props!

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Quote: Originally Posted by jumpinjeffd Did you not find this wine still rather young? What were the characteristics of the wine? Did you decant it? How long? I am interested as this is a nice bottle and I will open...

Had a bottle of Prudhon Puligny Montrachet Enseigneres 2005 with friends earlier in the month. Now with three weeks to reflect on the experience, I can safely say that it was the best thing I've ever had to drink.