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Makers Mark gets my vote and taste buds working!
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Might as well toss out my favorite to sip neat, Russels Reserve, about $32 a bottle.
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So I gotta ask, and I'm not being my usual smartass self.
For you guys that are shopping for these different priced bourbons and are picking it apart down to a gnats ass, are you hoping to save a little on each bottle of bourbon and at the end of the year go on a cruise with the wifey on the savings or what? Do you seriously drink so much that you have to buy budget booze? Why not buy the booze you like the most and drink occasionally or in moderation, and really enjoy good spirits? To me it'd be like drinking cheap beer in a can by the half case rather than 1 or 2 craft beers that are really good.
I guess I equate budget booze shopping with alcoholism. Maybe I'm way off base. Your off base, I been to some "blind" bourbon taste events before and seen time after time cheap liquor beat high end stuff a bunch of times. That's not to say some high end stuff is not worth the money. But it pays to experiment and is fun in the process. This is how I discovered George Dickel 12, $21 a bottle. Your schitten me, blind bourbon testing! WTF. The only way that works is after the party! I say that as an x tester of wide eye'd testing! I haven't consumed any liquor for some time!! But blind testing sounds a little Napa valley, wino stuff to this old boy! Just saying not stirring!
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Huh, there's a bottle of Evan Williams Single Barrel hiding in my liquor cupboard. It's mine and you can't have it.
Meanwhile, have you tried Jim Beam Black? (pretty cheap)
Or one of my current favorites, Old Forester 1870? (not so cheap, but very good)
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https://distiller.com/spirits/ezra-brooks-90-proof-bourbonGood basic bourbon at 90 proof and $22 a 1/2 gallon. Try it before you piss on it... just saying.
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Virginia has a pitiful selection of Ryes. I like Rye whisky.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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If cash is short(or even if it isn't), there's a lot to be said for good old Jim Beam.
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Henry McKenna Single Barrel isn't bad for the money.
Anything Weller is good, but scarce around here.
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Ezra ain't bad for my $$$$. Or anybody's according to my non snotty taste buds. And as far as Evan Williams goes, 1783 ain't far enough away from Single Barrel for me to tell. Only difference between "Good Whiskey" and Evan Williams to many is about $50 a bottle. Blind testing could be very embarrassing for some.
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Or one of my current favorites, Old Forester 1870? (not so cheap, but very good)
Never had their 1870 but their 1807 bottled in bond is pretty nice.
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Ezra ain't bad for my $$$$. Or anybody's according to my non snotty taste buds. And as far as Evan Williams goes, 1783 ain't far enough away from Single Barrel for me to tell. Only difference between "Good Whiskey" and Evan Williams to many is about $50 a bottle. Blind testing could be very embarrassing for some. Couldnt agree more. I'm one of the lucky ones who can afford whatever I choose. I've drank $300-500 a bottle scotch. Was than impressed ith some of these high dollar spirits. I have found some cheaper bourbons to have a much better taste than the much more expensive stuff, EW single being one of them. Eagle rare as well.
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Huh, there's a bottle of Evan Williams Single Barrel hiding in my liquor cupboard. It's mine and you can't have it.
Meanwhile, have you tried Jim Beam Black? (pretty cheap)
Or one of my current favorites, Old Forester 1870? (not so cheap, but very good) Haha, sure you dont want o part ways? Have tried beam black but not old forester. Will give it a go
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Bought a bottle of Evan Williams last week in Franklin, TN so it must be available or was anyway.
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Ezra Brooks! That's a blast from the past 50 years ago. We used to drink that crap because we couldn't afford Jim Beam or Jack Daniels, etc.
I'm more partial top the better Canadian whisky's these days.
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Henry McKenna Single Barrel isn't bad for the money. Henry McKenna Single Barrel was named ‘Best in Show Whiskey’ at 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Good stuff. Henry McKenna
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I started drinking a little bourbon and Whiskey last spring. I drink them straight or neat in a snifter glass. So far I would say that Evan Williams Black is pretty hard to beat for the price. ![[Linked Image]](http://i.imgur.com/vtCJerC.jpg)
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I don't drink much at this point in my life, but on the rare occasion I do, it's Jack Daniels. Pretty much that or nothing. I just like the taste and it goes down smooth. I'd be lost in a conversation about what makes a good bourbon.
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Guess I'm the only one that ever drank Weller&Weller. Weller's is okay. It is seldom mentioned on the fire. Some drink the Rebel Yell version of it.
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Virginia has a pitiful selection of Ryes. I like Rye whisky. The best Rye I've ever had is High West Rendezvous Rye. It is pricey, but it is good.
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