Achtung! Bourbon.

Bourbon is a subtype of whiskey. Usually comes from the bourbon region in Kentucky though, not Michigan. :embarrassed:
 
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telecaster911 said:
Bourbon, but give me a good starter brand name. Something for sipping neat.
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Bourbon isn't really peaty or smoky, at least not in any overt way.

I like Trace too. Bullieit is totally easy to drink too, and pretty accessible, but I find it a little boring.

Elijah Craig is really approachable and smooth, and reasonable easy on the wallet.

If you are on a budget- I also thin the Beam 5 year is perfectly good to sip on.

You might enjoy rye as well... it, a little more earthy/peppery.
 
WL Weller Special Reserve 90pf is a pretty fantastic wheated bourbon. Especially for the $18-20 price tag. It's great for sipping neat.
It's made by the folks at Buffalo Trace, and I believe it's the same recipe as the highly coveted Van Winkle brand. The 23-year Pappy Van Winkle sells for around $300 retail and sometimes double that second-hand. But you can try the 7-year for under $20 because it's sold under a different brand name.
 
jaxn slim said:
WL Weller Special Reserve 90pf is a pretty fantastic wheated bourbon. Especially for the $18-20 price tag. It's great for sipping neat.
It's made by the folks at Buffalo Trace, and I believe it's the same recipe as the highly coveted Van Winkle brand. The 23-year Pappy Van Winkle sells for around $300 retail and sometimes double that second-hand. But you can try the 7-year for under $20 because it's sold under a different brand name.
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That's really cool. I've read about that Pappy Van Winkle. GQ did a good article on the re-emergence of whiskey in America. Of course I'm assuming all this about it being the same is speculation of the masses? Or is there documented proof?

Either way I'm definitely going to have to put that on my To-Try list.
 
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jaxn slim said:
WL Weller Special Reserve 90pf is a pretty fantastic wheated bourbon. Especially for the $18-20 price tag. It's great for sipping neat.
It's made by the folks at Buffalo Trace, and I believe it's the same recipe as the highly coveted Van Winkle brand. The 23-year Pappy Van Winkle sells for around $300 retail and sometimes double that second-hand. But you can try the 7-year for under $20 because it's sold under a different brand name.
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:)
Looks like I'll have to give this a try. These reviews were all positive, too:
http://www.bourbonenthusiast.com/forum/DBvd.php?id=272&task=displaybottling
 
jaxn slim said:
WL Weller Special Reserve 90pf is a pretty fantastic wheated bourbon. Especially for the $18-20 price tag. It's great for sipping neat.
It's made by the folks at Buffalo Trace, and I believe it's the same recipe as the highly coveted Van Winkle brand. The 23-year Pappy Van Winkle sells for around $300 retail and sometimes double that second-hand. But you can try the 7-year for under $20 because it's sold under a different brand name.
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Does that opinion apply to the release w/ no age statement too?
 
eloydrummerboy said:
That's really cool. I've read about that Pappy Van Winkle. GQ did a good article on the re-emergence of whiskey in America. Of course I'm assuming all this about it being the same is speculation of the masses? Or is there documented proof?

Either way I'm definitely going to have to put that on my To-Try list.
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I've got it on pretty good authority. I've spent some quality time at that distillery. It's not speculation that makes me uncertain, just my pickled brain.

Lerxst said:
Does that opinion apply to the release w/ no age statement too?
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I'm not sure which one that is. The 12 yr is definitely the same recipe. I'm reasonably sure the Antique and Special Reserve are as well. They're both 7 yr.
 
jaxn slim said:
I've got it on pretty good authority. I've spent some quality time at that distillery. It's not speculation that makes me uncertain, just my pickled brain..
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IIRC is the same mash bill as pappy but not necessarily the same 'juice'..which might or might not be the case now that the 10yr Pappy is all BT distilled product. Heck, there's all the controversy over the recent releases of pappy because supposedly they've run out of some of the Stitzel-Weller distilled bourbon that makes up the older expressions at this point.


jaxn slim said:
I'm not sure which one that is. The 12 yr is definitely the same recipe. I'm reasonably sure the Antique and Special Reserve are as well. They're both 7 yr.
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They've dropped the age statement from special reserve and antique with in the last year and you know what everyone assume that implies; younger bourbons in the blend.
 
Lerxst said:
IIRC is the same mash bill as pappy but not necessarily the same 'juice'..which might or might not be the case now that the 10yr Pappy is all BT distilled product. Heck, there's all the controversy over the recent releases of pappy because supposedly they've run out of some of the Stitzel-Weller distilled bourbon that makes up the older expressions at this point.
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Ok. My impression was that they just age them in different warehouses/parts of the warehouses.
I hadn't heard about the controversy. I should probably read about this more often.


They've dropped the age statement from special reserve and antique with in the last year and you know what everyone assume that implies; younger bourbons in the blend.
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Oh wow. I hadn't seen that. I'm still drinking from our last barrel of Weller, so I haven't really looked at it on the shelf lately.
 
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