Not yet but was hoping some eastern time zone CPers would jump in.

Let's get this started.

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I've heard alot of good things about this

Yeah, their single barrel reserve is on point. Find a barrel pick and it's even better.

Cheers!

This is called Driftwood Lemonade. I had a bourbon friend turn me to this drink a few years ago. The Evan Williams 100 proof is my go-to affordable cocktail mixer. It's fantastic.

For lemon cocktails I don't think anything is better than San Pellegrino. It's great with just regular bourbon, black cherry whiskey or honey whiskey.

2oz bourbon
2oz triple sec
4oz lemonade

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Ran into a ECBP C920 bottle today

Finna grab that neck pour after dinner

Let me know what you think.

I've never had the EC barrel proof but I've heard good things.

Its my first owned bottle. I've had pours while out before and highly enjoyed it. Just reading up on it, there seems to be significant batch variations in both proof and flavors.

I pulled the whole "neck pour" lingo off the Net to fit in with the cool crowd. Is that something you've experienced? Bourbon opens up more after there's more head space for O2 in the bottle.

Huge variations I'm told on ECBP which is pretty awesome and let's you hunt your preferred choice.

Neck pour. You smooth mother****er!!!!

Lots of guys talk about letting a bottle sit to expose it to oxygen and have it "open up." It's really not something that actually happens. It's mostly about your palate on the day you drink it. Notice how bourbon changes a ton depending on what you ate before drinking it? It's mostly that.

PPLD FTW!

You ****ing know it.

I drink a lot less than I did even a year ago. Once I get through some bottles, I plan to only have PPLD picks after that as far as bourbon goes. Those guys know their shit. Best liquor store in the entire state.

you won't be disappointed..favorite ecbp batch of 2020 with a120 as a close 2nd

Just finished a bottle, Highly recommended

I always open a bottle, fill a flask, and sneak a taste before serving my friends a week or month later. I do not drink great whiskies alone.

I'd be a song who's lyrics we all know.

Local coffee and cinnamon imperial porter at 12%

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Working around guns, equipment, and knives today, won't be starting for another hour...

Doing some BANG!!!!!!!! peach-mango and vodka at the moment. Need a little energy in my life. Been a tough day being a trophy husband.

Boutt dip my toes in

Close to finishing the Elijah Craig.


lewdog, you didn't steer me wrong the first time.... what's my next bottle?

EC is good try the Evan William's single barrel I think its damn smooth

Dem Phase Three pastry beers are amazing.

Elijah Craig barrel proof is amazing stuff. There is certainly some batch variation but it's not major. One or two teaspoons of water will really open it up nicely.

I'll look for both. If it wasn't for the smoothness of Elijah Craig, I doubt I would have gotten into it beyond the occasional Old Fashioned.

Mango Habanaro whiskey is a nice change of pace

Yeah EC is pretty smooth for the % of alc it has which is nice because if you're not expecting it after 3 you're feeling pretty damn good. I would say EW single barrel is probably one of the smoothest I've had in that price range (makers, trace, I'd even throw in bullet too) alot of folks argue Four Rose's. I'm personally not a fan of it though.

If OTW ever returns to this thread and offers to send you some samples do it. He sent me some of the best stuff I've ever had particularly EH Taylor which unfortunately seems about as hard to get as Blantons. If you ever get to try Taylor do it at first it's a total mind **** because to me atleast had multiple flavors on first sip but an amazingly nice finish.

Also Bearcat try Old Grandad. Not sure if it's an old fashion type of drink or not but that's the best $20 you're going to find and will definitely feel it after a couple.

Stedman's.....you still haven't tried it?

Anyone tried any of these I have a bottle from EC that is very tasty.

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No sir

We opened the coffee and maple variant tonight, ****in' nails, man. Thanks again for the chi-town goodness!

Don't know who makes or sells it?

Not without googling it

Sooo who's drunk RN?

Not me, I just took the scooter out for a "wake the **** up" ride at 40 degrees.

It's ****ing cold at a hundred

I'm cooking a Cajun mix between jambalaya and red beans and rice. Kinda like jambalaya meat and veggies with soupy beans over rice. very ****ing hot.

Smoking back rigs and beef and Italian sausage, and brat balls.


Friends are sitting outside with a big screen, heater, wind block, 6 feet apart with the local bar bitch serving alcohol. There will be a couple of cops in the fold along with a doc and RN so I gotta play by the rules.

That old fashioned syrup with cheap whisky is TASTY

I love Scotch and Irish whisky too but bourbon not as much. There’s a few I like but I’ll always choose scotch or Irish whisky first If it’s available. A lot of bourbon has too much charcoal/smoke flavor for me. I hate smoky drinks.


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You should try this, It's terrible

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Lagavulin 16 is great. Top notch stuff.

one of the classics...where do you place it amongst Ardbeg and Laphroaig? I" working on a Lagavulin 200th Anniv. 12 year. Good stuff.

Thanks I’ll give it a try!

You do that ;)

You're asking us? How about a picture of opened bottle in front of CP home page?

My buddies eyeballed my bottle of this and shots were served

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****ing asswipes




Now it has 1/2 an ounce left

All of them kinda have their own thing going on. Laphroaig is big iodine, Lagavulin is campfire and liquid smoke and Ardbeg is barbecue and brine.

Lagavulin 12 is great too. Usually higher ABV.

I also enjoy Caol Ila quite a bit. It's an Islay too but has more of an ashy vibe. It's weird to use those flavor descriptors in a positive way but that's about the only way to describe the flavor attraction. Once you figure out peated stuff, it's all gravy.

This is why I can drink scotch over bourbon. I know the bourbon purists will disagree but I think scotch has a bigger range of flavors. I know I have a small sample size for bourbons.

I totally agree. Scotch has a bit of an advantage though in that it can be matured in lots of different types of casks versus bourbon, which has to be aged only in a first-use oak barrel.

Been a long time since I tried Caol Ila...will have to give it a try. Your descriptions of the others are spot on. My wife just got me an Ardbeg Uigeadail which I'm going to enjoy over the TG holidays.

Uigeadail is my favorite Ardbeg expression. Excellent whisky.

Lew is already in bed

LMAO

Close!

Apple cider and cinnamon vodka Just getting back from a motorcycle ride

Looks like lots of bonfires 62 degrees and calm winds.

Lagavulin 11 and an old bottle of 2nd Shift rye barrel aged LSD. The beer is pretty long in the tooth but isn't totally shitty. Poor beer got hidden behind some other bottles on my shelves. Don't overage your beers, folks. Don't be a beer killer.

Whatever gets ya there man

Let’s ****ing ride!!!!

Do you wake up every Sat morning ready to do battle with the booze? :hmmm:

You must be having some rough weeks. :D

Enjoy!

I only drink on Saturday.

So abso-****ing-lutely!

Imgur down so can't post my first.

Manhattan served up.

Manhattan served up.

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Run the Jewels IPA collab

Pipeworks 1 of 6 US breweries participating

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Are you sober enough to take me to Taco Bell?

I hear they deliver. Heard it from a homeless guy downtown

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NEIPA I somewhat regularly brew loosely based off the beer designed by CP brewers a few years ago.

I thought you hated Weller Lew?

I'm still hungover so no drinking tonight for me

Looks good

Hated? No.

Special Reserve Overrated. Absolutely. Also why I’m using in a Manhattan.

I love Weller antique though.

I've had way to many Knob Creek small batches and Coke zero's tonight. I am not a huge fan of Knob Creek small batch but it was gifted at a project startup. It's a bit harsh for my pallet and I like some heat the finish is weak. But it works well with a coke mixer and is easily tamed with a splash of water. It was a big handle from Costco that they buy a case and hand out at startups. I am just happy it wasn't Jack Black that a staple for these things.

I guess I am sounding ungrateful the stuff just gives me an aggressive buzz for some reason.

Got this guy queued up for Sunday Night football

FORM OF THE DESTRUCTOR — BARREL NO. 3832 CROWLER
Mother of all Money Barrels. Sanctuary of Sanctuaries. Stokebringer. Of the thousands of barrels we've tasted over the past decade none stand out quite like this one. This singular example of DBVSOD spent eighteen months in Heaven Hill barrels before being rebarreled in a Weller Special Reserve barrel for an additional year. Brownie crust, vanilla, graham, and bakers chocolate evolve from the glass as it warms, while American oak tannin and alcohol leave the palate dry and yearning for more after each sip. 16.66% ABV (32oz Crowler)

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The usual beers and vodka, just nursing a Budweiser right now... pacing myself to be lucid for the game tonight

Off all week. So a few makers for the game **** the Raiders

Had a screwdriver with tequila instead of vodka and now it's on to Busch Light and doja to keep me even keel.

All ****ing week?!

You work for the school system?

It's saying something when I look at the ABV and think, damn... LMAO

November in Chicago

I took PTO tomorrow LMAO

EC small batch, rocks

Evan William's SB on deck

I have a billion hours of PTO between getting PTO while we were closed for 3 months and working from home that shit adds up. Plus it's not like I can vacation anywhere.

You moved???
or are you so hammered you think concrete is wood?

I have 2 months of accrued vacation and have had for 3 years. I've been capped ever since and lost I don't know how many weeks of vacation due to not having the ability to actually take off work.

Cinnamon vodka and orchard fresh cider.


Billion hours of PTO? Are you a year into the job?


It seems like yesterday that you got fired.

My 800lb gorrila closed our office without notice on Friday. Full base pay plus 100% corporate bonus paid after we return from 60 days off. Converted out "use it or lose it" regular vacation into cash! I had 10 days. Talk about a nice holiday bonus.

Yeah most places when you have that much PTO it's kind of a farce. I get it definitely a rock and a hard place for a business just like everything else during the COVID era.

At my place weve had so many cases, building gets evacuated due to so many positive cases on a weekly basis, etc morale is extremely low and the turnover is high, alot of people took early retirement there is a huge shortage of unfilled positions. I had to crawl through glass just to get approved to work from home. Literally multiple doctor letters stating I'm at high risk for contacting severe COVID. Time off used to be granted by seniority around holidays but now they just said **** it and approved anyone who puts in they need people so bad.

Its amazing despite having 3 months to come up with a plan they really didnt come up with anything other than enforcing masks and putting down arrows on the floor telling people which way to go and of course nobody follows it. They really need to shut it down for a month come up with a strategy to get more people to work from home which IMO will help increase productivity and boost morale