Bourbons

**WinstonSpencer** · 08-24-2016, 06:25 AM

CC, I'm curious about your bottle of Ardbeg. At this point would you say you drink it for the sentiment? There's no fuggin way that dram could even be a shadow of what it was 10 years ago if it has been open all this time. Please tell me I'm wrong.

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**CoventryCat86** · 08-25-2016, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by WinstonSpencer

CC, I'm curious about your bottle of Ardbeg. At this point would you say you drink it for the sentiment? There's no fuggin way that dram could even be a shadow of what it was 10 years ago if it has been open all this time. Please tell me I'm wrong.

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You are wrong, Scotch and most hard liquors do not spoil when the bottle is open. It tastes just as good now as it did when I bought it. Wine on the other hand starts to oxidize immediately and is no good in twenty four hours if you don't "pump" (suck the air out of) the bottle. There is precious little, if anything in an 80+ proof bottle of booze to oxidize so the taste will not change. If you think it does, you're imagining things.

If you think I'm wrong, go "goggle" it.

**ggiese** · 09-06-2016, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by CoventryCat86

You are wrong, Scotch and most hard liquors do not spoil when the bottle is open. It tastes just as good now as it did when I bought it. Wine on the other hand starts to oxidize immediately and is no good in twenty four hours if you don't "pump" (suck the air out of) the bottle. There is precious little, if anything in an 80+ proof bottle of booze to oxidize so the taste will not change. If you think it does, you're imagining things.

If you think I'm wrong, go "goggle" it.

Have a friend whose wife was "cleaning up" his scotch collection. She assumed all of his half empty bottles were "spoiled" so she poured them down the drain...

Winston - just had a dram of King Alexander with my brother over the weekend. I don't think it is one bit less pleasurable than the day I opened it nearly 10 years ago. I agree with CC - as long as you keep it corked it's as good as the day you open it.

**WinstonSpencer** · 09-06-2016, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by ggiese

Have a friend whose wife was "cleaning up" his scotch collection. She assumed all of his half empty bottles were "spoiled" so she poured them down the drain...

Winston - just had a dram of King Alexander with my brother over the weekend. I don't think it is one bit less pleasurable than the day I opened it nearly 10 years ago. I agree with CC - as long as you keep it corked it's as good as the day you open it.

That sounds lovely. I'll have to search out a "Grail" whisky one of these days for said experience. I did pick up my first Japanese whiskey over the weekend. I'll report back.

**WinstonSpencer** · 09-06-2016, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by ggiese

Have a friend whose wife was "cleaning up" his scotch collection. She assumed all of his half empty bottles were "spoiled" so she poured them down the drain...

This - not so lovely.

**ggiese** · 09-11-2016, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by WinstonSpencer

This - not so lovely.

Yeah - considering he was a serious scotch collector and dumped about $1k worth of some significantly rare scotches!

The laugh we had was a VERY nervous laugh - he doesn't blame her because she had no clue. But - he did have a pretty long conversation with her about how long open bottles of spirit will last. He believes she understand but (at least temporarily) has his collection under lock and key...

**WinstonSpencer** · 08-26-2016, 07:37 AM

Can always count on you for a spirited reply. I suppose it was an ill thought out question given that I could never even keep a bottle of booze for ten days let alone ten years. Although, I can say that I've had the opportunity to try several wines that would still blow you away after 24hrs.
Uh, bourbon...I do agree that Old Grand Dad is pretty great for what it is.

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**CoventryCat86** · 08-31-2016, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by WinstonSpencer

Can always count on you for a spirited reply. I suppose it was an ill thought out question given that I could never even keep a bottle of booze for ten days let alone ten years. Although, I can say that I've had the opportunity to try several wines that would still blow you away after 24hrs.
Uh, bourbon...I do agree that Old Grand Dad is pretty great for what it is.

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LOL, you're being way too nice!

I would have said, "Can always count on you to be a dick."

You're correct in that many nice wines are still good the next day, probably not so much the case with say a bottle of "Two Buck Chuck"

**ggiese** · 09-06-2016, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by CoventryCat86

LOL, you're being way too nice!

I would have said, "Can always count on you to be a dick."

You're correct in that many nice wines are still good the next day, probably not so much the case with say a bottle of "Two Buck Chuck"

...wine, on the other hand, doesn't last much more than 24 hours after opening. It is much more fragile. Though I've had some reds that were far better the next day after they "opened"

**WinstonSpencer** · 09-06-2016, 09:31 PM

I'm gonna roll with this thread since the closest to "whisky" was "whiskey". This isn't bourbon either but I'd say it's closer to bourbon than scotch.

Heavy body with a great balance between sweet honey/caramel and ripe fruit and oak. Very good.

**CoventryCat86** · 09-14-2016, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by WinstonSpencer

I'm gonna roll with this thread since the closest to "whisky" was "whiskey". This isn't bourbon either but I'd say it's closer to bourbon than scotch.

Heavy body with a great balance between sweet honey/caramel and ripe fruit and oak. Very good.

I've never had that but we have a bunch of customers that are constantly coming in for this and they ooooooh and ahhhhhhh over it.

**CoventryCat86** · 09-14-2016, 09:32 PM

I bought a bottle of this on a recommendation from one of my co-workers and MAN is this stuff good!

It only cost a little over $20.00 making it one of the best deals in the store. It's a Heaven Hill product and very nice, smooth, caramel flavor. It's a "single barrel" for those of you who care about that.

I know I already talked about it in my earlier post but the more I drink this, the more I like it.

As you can see, the bottle is almost gone. I'll have to get another one this week. That's a white Maine Coon cat named Lilyanna keeping an eye on it for me.

**badwhale** · 10-26-2016, 05:30 PM

Having some Michter's small batch tonight. Delish.

**CoventryCat86** · 10-26-2016, 10:21 PM

I've had some Eagle Rare and Buffalo Trace, both from Buffalo Trace Distillery over the past couple of weeks.

The Buffalo Trace is inexpensive, around $20.00. Not bad but nothing special, not much flavor, a little bit of a bite, weak nose.

The Eagle Rare 10 year is much better and doesn't cost much more. It's relatively hard to come by, as is the Buffalo Trace. My store gets a few bottles of these every three or four months or so. The Eagle Rare, has a bit more body than the Buffalo Trace, not as much of a bite, nicer nose.

For a few bucks more, I'd recommend the Eagle Rare 10 year.