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That Henry McKenna stuff is great, though I'm a little bummed they changed the packaging when it started getting pushed more:

some of these aren't real bourbons, but various sour mashes. 1. gentleman jack. 2. elijah craig. 3. jim beam double oak. 4. evan williams bottle bonded. 5. wild turkey rare breed. #4 is best bang for buck. #1 is my favorite, followed closely by #2. it's important to remember, you are only getting drunk so mind your monies. also, drink lots of water while drinking liquor, motherfuck a hangover, that shit's amateur hour. eat lots of protein leading up to the drinking, during or after. tips from a #1 alcoholic.

Past few purchases have been very high proof bottles: OGD 114, KC Single Barrel store pick, and 1792 Full Proof store pick. Lesser proof stuff tastes bad now, even selections I used to enjoy.Selling some cymbals to finance a cache of OGD 114. What a insane value.

Facundo wrote:Brandy time.Move to Wisconsin.I don't drink bourbon that much anymore, but this is still good.https://www.liquorstore-online.com/5317 ... b6cc091fc0

The foray into high proof bourbon has proven a slippery slope. Used to be wouldn't have dreamt of anything nicer than a dram of BT. Couple bottles of barrel proof in succession, and anything under 100 proof didn't taste right.Got this Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (batch B518 & 133.4 proof) and now the 30-dollars-cheaper OGD 114 is tasting closer to a BiB offering.I'm pretty sure the ECPB is allocated, but one of my local shops had 12 bottles initially, and are (currently) selling them at the minimum, which in MI is $60. This stuff also carries a 12 year age statement. Off-the-charts value. Invest now.

Crustandcrumb, thanks for the heads up!

Old Forester 1920 115 Proof; NAS72% Corn/18% rye/10% Malted Barley Don't let the lack of age statement dissuade you on this one. Yeah, depending on what market you're in, you may be able to find Elijah Craig Barrel Proof -- which is obviously higher proof but also carries a 12 year age statement -- for a similar price, but to try to quantify bourbon on paper in such a way is a fool's game, and the flavor profile on the likely comparatively young-ass and lesser-proof-ass 1920 is out of your ass. Not super complex, just a real flavor bomb. Liquid banana bread dough. No heat.$60. Buy one now before they start disappearing from shelves and showing up on secondary for three times that.

Old Forester has a 100 proof rye, clearly competing for the Rittenhouse/Overholt Bonded/Bulleit nice-mixing-rye space, and it's actually incredibly goddamn good. Mash is, unusually, 20% malted barley. Nice and rich.crustandcrumb wrote:Old Forester 1920 115 Proof; NAS72% Corn/18% rye/10% Malted Barley Don't let the lack of age statement dissuade you on this one. Yeah, depending on what market you're in, you may be able to find Elijah Craig Barrel Proof -- which is obviously higher proof but also carries a 12 year age statement -- for a similar price, but to try to quantify bourbon on paper in such a way is a fool's game, and the flavor profile on the likely comparatively young-ass and lesser-proof-ass 1920 is out of your ass. Not super complex, just a real flavor bomb. Liquid banana bread dough. No heat.$60. Buy one now before they start disappearing from shelves and showing up on secondary for three times that.This is the only over-$50 bourbon that I've actually been impressed by in years.

In an attempt to overcome my preoccupation w/ high proof juice, I recently have been drinking Eagle Rare and a certain Buffalo Trace barrel pick. Both are obviously great, but ultimately it's served to make clear that the proof-whore thing isn't just a phase, and that I just prefer loud flavors. I would much rather have a bottle of the 1920 than both of the aforementioned (which would be right around the same price).I only imbibe a couple times per week these days so don't feel so bad about ~$50 dollar bottles. P.S. - If the WT profile is your thing, Rare Breed bottles with batch numbers beginning with LL/G (and higher) are apparently particularly great on account of them using older juice in this recent batch for some reason I can't remember now. It's probably a steal at $40. Will very likely grab one and report back.

fedaykin13 wrote:E.H. Taylor - Small batch.40-45 bucks. I'm terrible at the details but it was distinct enough from the other bourbons I put at the top of the list that I'll keep it in rotation.Sadly, in a lot of markets, Michigan's included, EHT is already kind of a ghost. I know of a pub near me that's holding the barrel proof expression of it though and am sure to grab a dram soon