Bourbon.

[gnatty8]

Yeah there are rumors of a re-release this year so I need to start talking to my people now if I even want a chance

You might be waiting a while, 10 years or more if they stick with the 13 years for this one:

The Next Batch of Jim Beam’s Booker’s Rye Hasn’t Been Barreled Yet | The Bourbon Review

www.gobourbon.com

 

[edmorel]

Not Pappy but my recent pickups. 4, 8 and 13 years old. The 4 year old is a Pikes store pick, 106 proof, very nice and smooth. The Peg Leg is allegedly Dickel bourbon. I’m not a Dickel expert but this is good, smoky and a bit hot. Have not had the 13 year yet

 

[gnatty8]

I tried that Peg Leg Porker a few years back and liked it. I think it's well worth having at the price, and I tend to agree that it is likely Dickel in origin.. I've heard they plan on some older releases, which would be interesting, but that said, I thought the 8 year old was a solid whiskey, and I do love Tennessee Whiskey, and may be biased..

 

[venividivicibj]

The Peg Leg is allegedly Dickel bourbon.

So how does that work, is it like scotch with IBs? They buy the juice and then age it themselves?

 

[edmorel]

So how does that work? Is it like scotch with IBs? They buy the juice and then age it themselves?

the story on this one is that is was aged by the distiller and filtered using hickory charcoal from peg leg BBQ.

 

[edmorel]

I tried that Peg Leg Porker a few years back and liked it. I think it's well worth having at the price, and I tend to agree that it is likely Dickel in origin.. I've heard they plan on some older releases, which would be interesting, but that said, I thought the 8 year old was a solid whiskey, and I do love Tennessee Whiskey, and may be biased..

there’s a 12 and 15 year old, but at approx. $200 and $400, they are not the value that the 8 year old is.

 

[Piobaire]

So how does that work? Is it like scotch with IBs? They buy the juice and then age it themselves?

If it's good enough for WhistlePig...

 

[Krish the Fish]

Reading that article also reminded me that I have this one hanging around my bunker, waiting for the right time to open it.

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I killed my bottle of BRye mid 2020. Might be my favorite rye ever

 

[gnatty8]

there’s a 12 and 15 year old, but at approx. $200 and $400, they are not the value that the 8 year old is.

Oh man, yeah, I'd pass at those prices for sure, but if I recall correctly, the 8y was sub $50, and for what is basically a finished barrel pick from a distillery I already like, that's a price I'd pay for what I thought was an interesting whiskey. I think I recalled seeing this on the shelves at my local Spec's actually, so I may give it a try.

Houston is weird. All kinds of whiskey that is sort of hard to get other places just sits on the shelves here. I say 5 or 6 Dickel BiB gathering dust on the bottom shelf the other day, right beside a half dozen Weller SR

 

[Cotton Dockers]

Just finished this, not a super deep dive but a quick read with some interesting nuggets and ruminations on bourbon.

 

[gnatty8]

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Just finished this, not a super deep dive but a quick read with some interesting nuggets and ruminations on bourbon.

Price. $299.99

 

[Gibonius]

Price. $299.99

But also it's immediately sold out and going for $1200 on the grey market.

 

[gnatty8]

But also it's immediately sold out and going for $1200 on the grey market.

With confusingly shoddy binding and blurry text in places that always make one wonder whether they’d been had..

 

[jcman311]

Thanks for the recs on the Dickel bottled in bond. Found a source last night ($37) and decided why not. Excellent stuff.

 

[gnatty8]

Thanks for the recs on the Dickel bottled in bond. Found a source last night ($37) and decided why not. Excellent stuff.

It really is special isn't it? I finished a bottle from the first bottling last week, and replaced it with the second bottling. My palate is nowhere near sophisticated enough to narrow down differences between the two, but maybe that's because they are remarkably consistent. This is still relatively available in Texas, although I did notice that the 4 bottles I saw at my local place a couple of weeks ago were gone when I was there last weekend.