Bourbon.

[bdeuce22]



^^^^^^^^^^^^

Huh. I'm intrigued.

And speaking of those seasonal releases, I just saw a bottle of barrel proof Parker's Heritage Collection 2013 edition on the shelf at my liquor store. Anyone know if it's worth the purchase?

Parker's is good. I actually just had a couple glasses of it at a friends house. I'm going to track down a bottle here

 

[Gibonius]

Has anyone tried Abraham Bowman bourbon? Limited supply just popped up around here and I've never heard of it.

 

[edmorel]

Picked this up, the tasting notes made it sound like something I would really enjoy. Have not tasted it yet but it does have a beautiful nose.

 

[gnatty8]

Beauty contest I posted to my Instagram feed the other day..

 

[edmorel]

how's the black maple?

 

[gnatty8]



how's the black maple?

Meh, it's good, not great. I actually prefer the EH Taylor you posted above. Of the lot, my favorite is the PVW 15 year old.

 

[Piobaire]

Gnatty, great pic.

As to the Black Maple did you know it's like Whistle Pig? Just buying sourced distillate and aging it. Given how Jim Beam rye and Old Overholt are the same distillate I wonder how many bottles of the various whiskies share the same distillate? I've a bottle of the Black Maple and think it's a nice value. Very nice in a true Old Fashioned.

 

[ama]



Gnatty, great pic.

As to the Black Maple did you know it's like Whistle Pig? Just buying sourced distillate and aging it. Given how Jim Beam rye and Old Overholt are the same distillate I wonder how many bottles of the various whiskies share the same distillate? I've a bottle of the Black Maple and think it's a nice value. Very nice in a true Old Fashioned.

Nice to see you back Gnatty.

That is the dirty little secret of a lot of high end ryes and bourbons these days. People buying bulk whiskeys and repackaging them. There are a ton of people out there doing it.

 

[Nil]

One of the best examples of that is all the 95% rye whiskey that's been introduced to the market the last few years. Almost all of it comes from Lawrenceburg Distillers Indiana (LDI). Bulleit, Templeton, High West, Redemption, George Dickel, and KBD (aka Willet) among others get their whiskey from LDI. I also heard Jefferson's, who it was rumored got it's rye from the same Alberta distillery as Whistlepig, is moving over to LDI also.

 

[Cary Grant]

Whistlepig is tooling up to eventually distill their own.

 

[ama]



Whistlepig is tooling up to eventually distill their own.

True. High West, and I believe Willet, already are distilling and aging also.

 

[Bhowie]



Whistlepig is tooling up to eventually distill their own.

I think it's just for a new label, not all of their products.

 

[Cary Grant]



I think it's just for a new label, not all of their products.

Yeah- not sure, the guy that told me wasn't certain either.

 

[edmorel]



Yeah- not sure, the guy that told me wasn't certain either.

I did hear the same thing you did, that they were going to be distilling for whistlepig in vermont rather than buying from canada. I think the owner even said as much in a WSJ interview.

 

[ama]

If anyone has any extra Pappy (15, 20, 23 and Rye) I'd be interesting in trading or buying it. Looking to put together a very nice gift. Thanks!