Is high west good? My liquor store has a bunch of it

Yes. One of my favorite labels. I've gone through several bottles of Bourye and Rendezvous Rye

Awesome

I’ll have to pick up a bottle

Really enjoy the stuff from high west. Double Rye is great for the price but like the Bourye (particularly limited sighting if you find it) and Rendezvous more. Best I’ve had of theirs is Midwintersnight Dram but impossible to find for sale.

I'm thinking about getting whistle pig. Thoughts?

In my amateur opinion, it’s just ok.

Not bad but for the price, eh

Awesome, thanks

I’m not sure what all they’ve got at my liquor store I didn’t look that close. It’s weird how stuff is so different regionally. I can get some stuff here all the time and my buddies in kc can never find it and vice verse

And I never answered from a while back when I had the papaya I think it was the 8 or 10

It was good but for what I paid meh

Bourbon? Listen to Ozzy - whiskeys quicker! LMAO

High West has some great stuff (many blends, many sourced) but still fantastic stuf. Their basic stuff is a good place to start. Double Rye and American Prairie Bourbon as good starting points for most.

If it was $40-45 I'd be all over it.


Since it's double the cost (here), it's nothing special

Yeah if it's just ok I dont want to spend 80 bucks on it. I'd rather get Blantons but they are so damn extra with their supply

Blanton's at $70 is till over-rated as well. That's another, should be $40 bottle. Nothing special about Blanton's.

I was able to get my hands on a bottle of Dram last fall. It's terrific stuff. Gonna try and get another one this year.

Opened a bottle of Jefferson's Reserve last night to sip on while I was revisiting Lonesome Dove. I am now revisiting the Jefferson's Reserve.

Anyone ever had Wathen's? I feel like it's the poor man's Blanton's and much easier to get.

Wathen’s is excellent.

One man’s opinion. I think Blanton’s is great and I’m guessing I’m not alone since it’s so hard to get. I’m going with Corner Creek tonight which is fantastic for the price if you can find it.

Got lucky enough to find a bottle of Weller Antique today and seems like Buff Trace finally increased the MSRP to the $50 range. I’m fine at that price point but it’s not the crazy bargain it was at around $30.

Big fan of Midwinters Night Dram and Yippee-Kiy-Ya

Finally found a bottle of McKenna 10 to add to the collection.

Nice! Been increasing in price but good stuff.

Was a smidge overpriced at $40, but still tons cheaper than the secondary market.

I'm enjoying some Jack and cokes for football Saturday Lew. Can we still be friends?

$40 basically going price now. Good find!

Had it 3 years ago for $25. Everything going up!

I would think a man of your class wouldn’t be drinking such swill.

Branch out. Evan Williams black label is cheaper and better if you’re just making shitty whiskey and Coke’s.

Should have stocked up, but pretty confident it'll still be on the shelves for a bit.

Found myself a honey hole well outside of town that regularly stocks Eagle Rare, Colonel Taylor Small Batch and Straight Rye, Weller, among other hard to find bottles.

Gonna have a few woodfords tonight

It’s my go to

Shit, that reminds me I have a Derby bottle stashed away.

Class? You sure you have the right guy? Bar I'm at has Makers and I usually go there halfway through.
The good sippin' whiskey is fine when it's time but I'll never be too good for bar whiskey

Oh bar is different. Do what you need Boo.

Roger that. No Bourbon and Bones today, sitting at a proper north side bar with some of the boys.

Different thought : you ever think of doing one of those bourbon distillery tours?

Just picked up a bottle of Koval single barrel to try. I have been hearing good things about it from friends. Its distilled at Koval Distillery on Chicago of all places.

So I had been seeing it around in various spots at 48.00 a bottle wasnt willing to bite at that price. On a whim I went in a liquor store that opened near me but haven't checked it out thinking it was a discount smokes and liquor clone. Low and behold its a awesome store. Great selection of craft beers and bourbon. They had Toval marked on sale for 36.00 and I jumped. I am excited to try a pour tonight. Also has an awesome selection of airline trial bottles of bourbon and said he can get a little bit of everything. I like those to try out before you bite but he didnt have trial Toval. I was also told if cant find it he will try and locate at a reasonable price.

I’ve got a few bottles of the last few years masters collection I’m still working on

When this years comes out I’ll grab you a bottle if you want

Yes, please.

It’s usually in December I think milk let ya know

Sounds good. I'll pay you outright or we can work out a trade. I have quite the stash right now.

What does it normally go for?

I wanna say around 90 but I’m not sure.

I know, right? I’ve never associated classiness with Denver fans. ;)

Sipping on some door gunner. Local distillery. Good stuff.

My lord...if you haven’t tried the Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, do!

Close enough.

And yeah, it's good.

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Baby sat my 11 month old niece today and my brother brought me a bottle of Maker’s 46. It’s been a while since I’ve sipped on this delicious bourbon. I had forgotten just how much I like it.

Finally was able to score a bottle of Stagg Jr.

Buffalo Trace is my absolute favorite Bourbon. The above list, plus Ezra Brooks and Eagle Rare (which is fantastic), are all very good as well and are an almost complete list of the best bourbon I've tried for under $40. Blanton's is awesome, but around here you can't get it for under $40, sadly.

The only one I'll add is Stonehammer. If you like sweeter, very smooth bourbons, this one is great. Fantastic taste, great neat, and a splendid mixer. It's probably my second favorite Bourbon after Buffalo Trace and it's pretty dirt cheap around here. If I was going to recommend something for someone to try which is delicious, inexpensive, and not Buffalo Trace, it would be the first name off my tongue pretty much every time.

Sipping on a Jefferson tonight - very tasty

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That's a fairly easy snag in Phoenix. :D

Got a bottle of Blanton’s the other day. It’s really good

Try Breckinridge if you get a chance. Runs about 40 and easy on the water if you like water. It is easy to go to much just a splash will do.

I’ve had that. My In-Laws bought me a bottle of this a couple of years ago. I liked it.

No shit?

It's a ****ing unicorn here.

I remember when I fell for advertising and gimmicks.

I hope to be as savvy as you one day. One day.....

If he likes it, what's it matter to you?

I know Lew was just flipping me shit, which is no big deal. That said he's definitely one of the more opinionated bourbon drinkers itt that assumes he knows what people should like/not like - which I always find a little comical for sure.

I have opinions on the various bourbons I collect, but I don't give advice on what people should/should not like. Just like beer, not everyone has the same taste buds, so things taste differently.

I've got a bottle of Jefferson's Ocean at home, it's a perfectly good bourbon. Nowhere near my favorite, but it tastes just fine going down.

It's a bit pricey IIRC. It's good, but for that price there are a few others i'd prefer.

I have a bottle as well that is an ounce shy of full. I always seem to reach for a different bottle.

Like you said, Bourbon is like wine/beer - people like different things.

Same.

But, for the person that just has a bunch of Well bourbons sitting at home, that Jefferson's Ocean would taste damn good.

Has anyone heard about their liquor store's starting to receive their allotments for the fall season? In KS/MO, store's usually start receiving the higher-end stuff around Nov 1. The store I shop does a lottery for those bottles.

Hopeful to get my hands on any of the following this year: Old Forrester Birthday, Four Roses Limited Ed Small Batch and anything from the Buffalo Trace 2019 Antique Collection. I'd also take an Elmer T Lee 100 Yr Tribute if I find one.

Just recently came across a bottle of Michter's 10 Yr Single Barrel and a friend gifted me a bottle of Pappy 10 Yr.

I collect bottles of bourbon like Prison Bitch collects Gay Porn. I'd guess I have about 20+ different bottles on hand right now. Some of them I have purchased, and others I have received as gifts. The Jefferson's Ocean was a gift that I popped open last night. I've had much better tasting Bourbon's in my life, but to be honest, it tasted pretty good last night :)

In that case, you would have 100's of bottles.

Speaking of collections, I just realized I've never posted mine. This is what's regularly out, plus I have some spares of Blantons, McKenna, EH Taylor, Wathens and Eagle Rare stashed.

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I won a bet with a coworker on who would win more games this year Cards or Cubs so he owed me a bottle of decent whiskey. I told him Woodford Reserve would be fine.

He got me a bottle of the double oaked and I have to say I like the regular better. Its a bit much, but it will get drank.

So ****ing sensitive! ROFL

Just saying the gimmick of aging it at sea doesn’t justify it’s price point for taste. You do you though. Drink what you like.

You should break the bottle over his head

I don’t know how to post a picture or I would lol

We sell a lot more of the regular than the DO. We finally ran out of the KY Derby yesterday.

Little woodford reserve masters collection oat grain for me on the rocks tonight

I’m hitting what I have left of my 2018 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon tonight.

Shit is fantastic.

Buffalo Trace for me tonight

Picked up a bottle today, it's good! Incredibly smooth, good, complex flavor, and still packs a punch. I'd still put it behind Stonehammer and Buffalo Trace personally, but perhaps I should get a bottle of each just to verify...

Either way, very enjoyable, thanks for the suggestion.

Decent lineup.

PM me your address.

I'm not much of a drinker. I'm wondering if I have a potential drinking problem though because whenever I see people on TV pouring themselves a drink I have an urge to do the same. This started about a year ago when I binged the Ray Donovan show where he's constantly pouring himself some kind of whiskey.

Does this happen to anyone else? Do I need help?

No problem, glad you like it. I agree that it is smooth almost too smooth. I use less than half the water I would for Pendelton or Buffalo Trace.

God damn right it is. It's delicious

Good stuff.

Let’s hang out.

"If I could age like bourbon, I wouldn't mind getting old."

Jefferson Reserve is pretty good. Knob Creek slightly chilled is nice. I have become a fan of chilling my drink rather than using ice as it doesn't water the drink down. Knob Creek at room temp/no ice I would go with single barrel. I haven't tried their smoked maple yet.

Makers tonight. Gotta workout at 9am sp limiting myself to about 5 of em. Hope that's not too much lol

Henry McKenna 10 Year, neat.

So. Damn. Good.

The night got away from me last night had about 9 or 10. I feel like shit but trying to rebound for the halloqeen party tonight