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Usually around $18 a bottle here.

Soooooooooooooooooooo.....is it good. Did I miss out????

Nope I had to work. I had 2 friends pick me up a couple bottles.

Ingwe you never had Basil Hayden? Good stuff. Very smooth small batch bourbon. I opened a bottle last night.

Save some for my next trip through!

I do like Pendaltion, its good stuff. If im sipping, I like Crown reserve. If im mixing, regular Crown, and Makers Mark followed by, believe it or not, Kessler.

Jack Daniels Black

As in I think it sucks that you only have to pay $19 and I'm forced to pay almost $70.

sin tax that bad there?

Pendleton 1910. Good stuff... I'm sippin some right now.

Just tried some Johnnie Walker blue label ($200/bottle). It was dreadful tasting, I will stick with bourbon. I suppose I am not sophisticated enough for it.

Glenlivet 12

Been drinking Makers Mark for a while now but Wyoming Whiskey small batch. Bourbon is now at the top of my list.

I will let you know next week

Moonshine is a clear corn whiskey that is distilled from fermented corn mash. When aged for two years it becomes Bourbon Whiskey. The fresh corn whiskey is Moonshine and is consumed without aging.

Moonshine has a reputation far and wide as a clean, clear and potent liquor. West Virginia Moonshine is particularly renowned for its crisp, clear, taste.

Until now, Moonshine has been hard to find. Almost all of it was distilled in the back woods, away from the prying eyes of tax revenue officers out to stop the illegal business of non-tax paid whiskey. (click pic for full story) . . .

Sam,

That's pretty much my outlook as well!

Town branch!
Angels Envy!
Very good Bourbons and not too pricey
THE FINEST WITHOUT QUESTON IS PAPPY VAN WINKLE
There are some great single malt scotch as well

If its not made in KENTUCKY it really isn't bourbon. FACT

whatever............

Fiction, actually. There is no requirement in the legal definition that bourbon be made in Kentucky.

I will agree that Pappy Van Winkle is top notch. I've got a bottle of AH Hirsch 20 y.o. that would give it a run for the money though!

Just for fun:

Wiki facts on Bourbon




From the article:

Legal requirements

Bourbon's legal definition varies somewhat from country to country, but many trade agreements require the name bourbon to be reserved for products made in the United States. The U.S. regulations for labeling and advertising bourbon apply only to products made for consumption within the United States; they do not apply to distilled spirits made for export.[2] Canadian law requires products labeled bourbon to be made in the United States and to also conform to the requirements that apply within the United States. But in countries other than the United States and Canada, products labeled bourbon may not adhere to the same standards. European Union regulations require bourbon-labeled products to be made in the United States, but do not require them to conform to all of the requirements that apply within the United States.

The Federal Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits (27 C.F.R. 5) state that bourbon made for U.S. consumption[2] must be:

*made from a grain mixture that is at least 51% corn;[3]
*aged in new, charred-oak barrels;[3]
*distilled to no more than 160 (U.S.) proof (80% alcohol by volume);[3]
*entered into the barrel for aging at no more than 125 proof (62.5% alcohol by volume);[3] and be
*bottled (like other whiskeys) at 80 proof or more (40% alcohol by volume).[4]

Bourbon has no minimum specified duration for its aging period.[5] Products aged for as little as three months are sold as bourbon.[6]

Bourbon that meets the above requirements, has been aged for a minimum of two years, and does not have added coloring, flavoring, or other spirits may (but is not required to) be called straight bourbon.[7]

*Bourbon that is labeled as straight that has been aged under four years must be labeled with the duration of its aging.[8]
*Bourbon that has an age stated on its label must be labeled with the age of the youngest whiskey in the bottle (not counting the age of any added neutral grain spirits in a bourbon that is labeled as blended, as neutral-grain spirits are not considered whiskey under the regulations and are not required to be aged at all).[9]

Bourbon that is labeled blended (or as �a blend�) may contain added coloring, flavoring, and other spirits (such as un-aged neutral grain spirits); but at least 51% of the product must be straight bourbon.[10][11]


Bourbon bottle, 19th century.
Whiskey sold as Tennessee whiskey is also defined as bourbon under NAFTA[12] and at least one other international trade agreement,[13] and is required to meet the legal definition of bourbon under Canadian law,[14] but some Tennessee whiskey makers do not label their product as bourbon and insist that it is a different type of whiskey when marketing their product.