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If you had to pick a top three?Interesting thread. Being from Eastern Tennessee, we are all Tennessee Whiskey drinkers. Too many local varieties to share. All smooth and potent.
I got a bottle of the small batch for a white elephant gift last night...pretty good stuff.I'm interested to compare Four Rose's single barrel to the small batch select,.so the small batch select might be my next purchase. I like the single barrel so far, as well as Buffalo Trace. Makers is not for me.
On the lookout for Eagle Rare but it has proven to be rare indeed in my local area.
I'm wayyy late to the bourbon craze, but it does make the bourbon hunt a little more fun, I guess.
I have heard it described as a good starter, but it doesn't hold up once you gain more of an appreciation for the more complex stuff. You figure it came out of the barrel at around 120-130 proof and is diluted down to 80, so you are going to lose something in the detail. Everyone has their sweetspot, I tend to gravitate to about 95-115 proof range. That said, I have several barrel proof bottles that are good, and a bottle of Michter's sour mash that is 86, and I love it.... All part of the fun I guess.anyone found of Basil Hayden
Its all "local stuff". Handcrafted, home brewed using only artesian Smoky mountain spring water over the stills. Names like Kingsnake, Smooth Barrel, and some of the stuff that comes in old ceramic milk "jugs" are the best. I tried to give some to other HT'ers while in MT for my elk hunt, but they weren't really interested in TN mountain spirits (whiskey).If you had to pick a top three?
Don’t buy Basil. Buy Old Granddad Bottled in Bond. It’s the same mash bill as BH except aged one more year (a good thing) and bottled at 100 proof.I have heard it described as a good starter, but it doesn't hold up once you gain more of an appreciation for the more complex stuff. You figure it came out of the barrel at around 120-130 proof and is diluted down to 80, so you are going to lose something in the detail. Everyone has their sweetspot, I tend to gravitate to about 95-115 proof range. That said, I have several barrel proof bottles that are good, and a bottle of Michter's sour mash that is 86, and I love it.... All part of the fun I guess.
Old Crow punches above its weight. I used to keep a handle (CVS $15) at the house and would fill up empty bottles of “the good stuff.” I can’t tell you how many times people would take a drink of $8 Old Crow out of a $70 bottle then compliment how great my bourbon collection is. Of course that was after they mixed it with Coke or Canada Dry.You fellas are killing me by drinking that GOOD stuff. I have to drink cheap stuff with a big BITE, so after sipping one shot of Old Crow I don't want anymore. It reminds me of the stuff "Cat cooker Joe" the Chinese restaurant owner made in his stores basement and vented through the main hood vent to avoid detection.
Old Granddad 114 is great as well.Don’t buy Basil. Buy Old Granddad Bottled in Bond. It’s the same mash bill as BH except aged one more year (a good thing) and bottled at 100 proof.
BH is, no joke, is a younger, watered down OGD, in a pretty bottle for 2-3x the price.
If OGD is too much at first, serve it on ice and let it mellow for 10-15min. The extra water from the melt will get you close to BH with just a bit more complexity.
Never heard of it, but I just looked it up and Total Wine has it for $40. I love high rye bourbons so I’ll give this a try.Old Granddad 114 is great as well.
I agree regarding BH, lots of flash, very little character.
Are you able to get your hands on New Riff Single Barrel where you are at? I have heard there is some variance in the single barrel roulette game with it, but the bottle I have is really good.
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I love allocated bourbon season! Hoping to score big like a few years ago. Cheers and Merry Christmas!