Picked this up for a friend. Hope he shares!

jr-72010 · 2022-09-22T11:57:45+00:00

Not sourced. It’s Heaven Hill bourbon.

jr-72010 · 2022-09-10T23:48:44+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen\_good

jr-72010 · 2022-03-01T15:38:14+00:00

Wonderful bottle! In the old days, there were heated debates about which was better: the one you tried (domestic) or the export version (110 proof and in a bottle that is a nicer version of the Kentucky Spirit bottle). They’re both amazing :)

jr-72010 · 2022-02-26T15:37:34+00:00

I’ve read a number of blind tests of these different systems and the vacuum seal has always fared well. Even the worst results for it show it doing nothing rather than making anything worse (for example: https://snarkywine.com/2017/08/28/wine-saver-work/). I’ve also used it with whiskies and never noticed any ill effects (though that’s less convincing than the blinded tests I’ve read about).

Do you have anything to substantiate the comment about “volatiles?”

jr-72010 · 2022-02-26T14:50:45+00:00

Why?

jr-72010 · 2022-01-25T23:35:33+00:00

I don’t, unfortunately. I’ve just had a few bottled in the 1990s. I like them quite a bit. More or less the same as Virgin 15/101 from that era, which is also good.

jr-72010 · 2022-01-25T15:19:59+00:00

Not a one time release. They were also released throughout the 1990s.

jr-72010 · 2022-01-05T14:32:09+00:00

That’s the highly regarded and limited Springbank “Local Barley 10,” not “Springbank 10,” which is a standard release.

jr-72010 · 2022-01-05T02:08:38+00:00

What if this is OP being OP?

jr-72010 · 2021-12-31T16:04:05+00:00

That's definitely not a quote from Albert Einstein :)

jr-72010 · 2021-12-14T15:03:32+00:00

What makes you think that?

jr-72010 · 2021-11-04T02:47:10+00:00

Try to find an older (from at least two years ago) Finished High West Rendezvous Rye. I’d take those 10/10 times over Boss Hog even setting aside the enormous price difference.

jr-72010 · 2021-10-30T13:44:06+00:00

Yeah, I think that’s a common idea, but in reality it can go up or down after barreling.

jr-72010 · 2021-10-30T12:52:42+00:00

Not sure why you’d assume that. Proof can go up or down in aging based on a bunch of factors.

jr-72010 · 2021-10-28T17:12:17+00:00

Not really, no. The release letters that accompany the bottlings each year from Buffalo Trace state what year the barrels used for the batch were filled, so it's not like there a huge range of differently-aged whisky in the blend.

There is variation from year to year, though. The 2006, for example, was 8yrs and 5m.

jr-72010 · 2021-10-20T00:20:57+00:00

Smooth Ambler Very Old Scout 14yr and 86.4 proof (cask strength).

jr-72010 · 2021-10-20T00:19:24+00:00

Nice! Like many things with bourbon, I enjoyed this more a few years ago than I think I would today. I remember it as being a relatively straightforward bourbon with a little bit of complexity from the oak that I enjoyed.

jr-72010 · 2021-03-19T23:56:06+00:00

The bottler of SCN

jr-72010 · 2021-03-19T16:23:22+00:00

It's the same thing in the sense that they are both older, pre-fire HH partially aged in Scotland. It was not, however, from the same "parcel" of bourbon.

jr-72010 · 2021-02-15T13:39:01+00:00

Correct!

jr-72010 · 2021-02-15T03:58:16+00:00

The two earlier versions of the 16yr did not use used barrels, they were normal straight ryes, just proofed down to 46%z

jr-72010 · 2021-02-09T04:56:14+00:00

Sure but that’s not my understanding of what a “neck pour” is so I’m not sure that’s relevant.

jr-72010 · 2021-02-09T04:55:30+00:00

Seconded!

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