This was line-up #1 for Christmas Eve dinner BEFORE the gf changed the dessert course


And if anyone is actually standing after that, there's always a night-cap:

 

Those cases are still in the basement.....

 

Very nice, sir

 

It did the job.

 

Some good ol coffee, 5 more hours left on shift...

 

40 oz. of O-E...like a baws

 

Yes sir! that along with some shot's of Crown had me on the level... like a BAWS!

 

Back from GA, and my dad delivered on his promise and then some! Dad was pretty intrigued by my bourbon opinions, and bought a bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle 12 year for his partaking. I was privileged to try some as well, out of none other than some nice Waterford Crystal.




This bourbon has good initial bite, rich, bold, and deep oak notes leave a lasting warm palette and a wonderful hint of caramel and brown sugar. The nose isn't as telling, but this bourbon, at $60 a bottle, is great. Pick it up if you can find it (and that's a big IF)


Now onto the Christmas present. Dad suggested that I don't open it and save it for a special occasion...whatever...I'm drinking it!





See how dark it is?! There's a reason for that!

Even stopped by Pier 1 Imports and picked a tapered glass (I'm sure there's a name for it) to catch all the aromatic goodness that I anticipated this bourbon having. My first taste was the bourbon straight...and WOAH, this shit is stout as hell. Take the 12 year and put it on steroids and you'll have the 15 year. The nose is medium and oaky, but this bourbon is for the brazen only. This is a real man's bourbon. When I think of bourbon in a old west saloon during the 1880s, this is how imagine it to taste. Bold, rich, oak as deep as the roots that it came from. Outstanding. On the rocks, the harsh intake (it is 107 proof btw) is mellowed by a woody richness and still quite flavorful. It's not as smooth as something like Reservoir, but neither are the hands of a coal miner. This is a high end bourbon that makes me think of a Carhartt commerical or something.

All that said, at $80 a bottle, I think that Black Maple Hill comes in pretty close to this in taste, and Woodford still the best value. I ended up going back to the liquor store, asking for a bottle of 20 year, them being out...so I bought another bottle of Black Maple Hill, which is now stashed safely.

Happy New Year ya'll.

 

any whiskeys a noob would beble to handle???? im 30 years old and never really drank at all, i got some Bush Mills for a tip at work a while ago and i pretty much gagged enough to make it come out my nose

 

drink it 5 days in a row.... things will get better!

or UPS. .... no screw UPS.... FedEx it to me... I'll drink it!