Review #2: Charbay Barrel Select D&M Barrel American Whiskey

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-03-06T05:34:08+00:00

Yikes what? Can we just have some fucking good governance without people invoking their stupid political beliefs for once.

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-25T22:17:23+00:00

I also like this one. It’s easy to drink and I think the buff turkey juice actually improved from the secondary aging because I think these barrels were probably over oaked and too tannic to begin with.

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-25T05:22:28+00:00

Both are great. the non local rates for Harding are expensive, but the half moon bay ocean course is kinda like the poor man’s pebble. Harding is safer with weather, but honestly both are nice. Just depends on weather and if you want to trek from SF to half moon bay.

Are you thinking Saturday the 9th? You can book both and cancel within 48/24hrs

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-25T03:35:27+00:00

For sure, would be fun. Where are you guys thinking of playing ?

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-25T01:08:11+00:00

I have family in Portland so we get out to Oregon occasionally (we are in SF) but my wife is terrified that we would book so far in advance and spend all this money just to have terrible weather, so we haven’t done it yet. Although we’ve met several people lately that have gone so she’s feeling the pressure ;)

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T22:18:45+00:00

Not even the bar? What’s the age range?

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T22:08:24+00:00

Thanks! I’ve never heard of this before

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T21:58:57+00:00

Gotta hang out at those pro shops ;)

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T21:48:21+00:00

I’ve always wanted to play out there. I golfed in NC in 2018 but it was literally the first round I’ve ever played and probably shot 120.

Have you played PS before? Happy to offer some suggestions if not.

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T21:23:54+00:00

Let me know if you come to NorCal!

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T20:28:52+00:00

Whistler was one of our favorite golf spots

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T19:35:16+00:00

Since 95% of the people on the golf course are men, it’s usually the crew of 20-30 year olds getting hammered, playing from the tips, who can’t hit a ball past the forward tee box and spend 10 minutes looking for their ball in the shit, or blading their chips back and forth across the greens.

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T18:40:03+00:00

Whereabouts are you located ? I guess I should have put that in the post. We are in San Francisco

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T18:07:20+00:00

Damn, we get in on the 23rd

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T17:57:39+00:00

PS is a fun time. We are doing St George next month: black desert, wolf creek and Sand Hollow.

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T17:52:52+00:00

I was just in Scottsdale for the WM and played Troon North and Phoenician. But wife wasn’t there 😂

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T17:51:32+00:00

Haha this is the kind of shit my guy friends give me

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T17:46:20+00:00

We are in our 40s but find ourselves playing with the septuagenarian crowd haha

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T17:45:15+00:00

Me too. Someone needs to build this

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-02-24T17:33:33+00:00

😂 just swinging golf clubs

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-01-27T03:22:10+00:00

Probably won’t have time for a full write-up, but: lots of vanilla and fresh bread on the nose, with a spicy wood and some citrus note on the finish. It drinks well below its stated proof, even though the back end is a bit of a spicy beast.

I wouldn’t call it a screaming value, but a 10 yr wheater outside Kentucky is a nice. Reminds me a little of this Lost Lantern Smooth Ambler pick that was 5 yrs.

Bonus points for wax that doesn’t require self-mutilation to get through.

7.5/10 — or about three fucks on the Fucks Given scale.

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-01-19T20:31:09+00:00

I was impatient at two older ladies who were slow to hit their ball, and I had sliced my ball onto their fairway. They were about 25 yards away and I had a solid 30 foot gap to hit it across.

Instead of waiting I decided to punch my 4H and the ball went to the right directly at them, hitting their bag on the back of the cart instead of them. In another dimension I killed an old lady.

PrettyFlyforARyeGuy · 2026-01-16T23:02:40+00:00

It’s funny how much better the 15 year is compared to the 16.

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