[Joe Sr.]

Damn. You made a bigger commitment than I did.


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[MDixon]

Finished off Old Forester 1910 last night. For me this one and the 1870 are neck and neck. I think I paid about $50 for it and $45 for the 1870. The 1910 was the last in the Whiskey Row series.

[Wilbur]

Just grabbed these from a visit to Japan! Very excited. The Nikka is a little flashy, but I couldn't find a good alternative from that distillery.

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[MDixon]

Awesome!

[MDixon]

Finished off Writer's Tears Copper Pot Irish Whiskey last night. It's tasty and light in flavor. I was hoping for more complexity since the price of admission was higher than several Irish offerings I really like.

[ethinson]

Had a nice dram of Bushmills Red Bush recently at my neighborhood Irish pub.  I'd had the Black Bush before and liked it. I didn't know the distinction between the two until I saw the bottles on the shelf at the store. Apparently the Black Bush is aged in sherry barrels while the Red Bush is aged in ex-Bourbon barrels.

It's incredibly smooth, with that brown sugar/caramel like sweetness you'd associate with American whiskey, plus a decent amount of oak character.  It goes down real nice. 

Next time I'm at the store I plan to pick up a bottle. It's in the 24-26$ range just like The Irishman Reserve I got for St. Patty's.

[MDixon]

I hated Red Bush. Had it twice out of airplane bottles. YMMV

[MDixon]

Finished off a Raleigh Bourbon & Banter pick of Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel tonight. Had I not know it was a Wild Turkey I could not have guessed the distillery. It was quite tasty and had a nice brown sugar sweetness which worked very well and created a nice pick. I'm going to pick up other bottles of Kentucky Spirit as I run into it at a bargain to see if the flavor is always similar or not.

[MDixon]

Forgot to post I finished off the Rittenhouse Rye BiB last week. I prefer Old Overholt Bonded Rye to it. Rittenhouse is a touch too sweet. It's good, but Old Overholt is better.

[BrewBama]

Massive fire at Jim Beam facility may have destroyed 45,000 barrels of bourbon


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[Robert]

Massive fire at Jim Beam facility may have destroyed 45,000 barrels of bourbon


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At least it was just Beam and not some good stuff. 

[BrewBama]

You never know what it was. There are only a handful of distilleries but  beaucoup labels.


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[Robert]

You never know what it was. There are only a handful of distilleries but  beaucoup labels.


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True.  Right after that wisecrack I remembered they produce the OGD BIB that's my go to these days.

[MDixon]

As an interesting side note on the fire I once worked with special hazards fire protection and was looking at protecting a rum warehouse in Jamaica. The cost of the system was 5 million to protect all the warehouses. A recent fire in two of them had destroyed 10-12 million of product. They finally decided to forgo the fire protection. I suppose the risk is rather low with the exception of a lightning strike, forest fire, or arson.

45,000 barrels at a cost of $1,200 per barrel would be $54million. Ouchy!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-is-bourbon-so-damn-expensive

[MDixon]

Finished off a bottle of Old Forester Rye. Would make a great rye for mixing or when you don't want an overpowering Rye, but not very complex.