BOURBON questions & comments

[billybarue]

Any specific versions of Bookers or Basils??

[(909)]

I am a big fan of bourbon and I've tried the $15.00 bottles and the $100.00 bottles. Some of my favorites:

$15.00 Jack Daniels.. for $15.00 bucks you cant beat it, Jack is pretty smooth.
$15.00 Jim Beam..I don't care for the flavor profile on any Beam stuff.
$20.00 Knob Creek.. is sweet and kinda smokey a little like maple syrup.
$20.00 Makers Mark.. good stuff combines the best of Jack and Knob Creek
$15.00 Elijah Craig.. relatively unknown, sometimes hard to find but a great!! Bourbon
$30.00 Woodford.. for whatever reason I wasn't impressed, maybe too much alcohol.
$$$$ Basil Haydens..potent stuff, not as smooth and sweet very refined taste.
$$$$ Bookers..sames as above

If your new to Bourbon, don't think that you need to spend Scotch money on a good bourbon. I may be wrong, but for $15-20.00 you can pick up a decent Bourbon. IMHO the same money will get you a nasty bottle of scotch. Try one of the 3 or 4 listed in the under $20.00 range and try drinking it with ice and a very little bit of water. Don't drink a bunch of it, unlike good Scotch it'll definitely give you a rippin' hangover.

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Originally Posted by billybarue

Any specific versions of Bookers or Basils??

There are only 1 kind of each. All are made by the company that makes Jim Beam. They have 4 "small batch" bourbons. Bookers, Bakers, Basil Haydens, and Knob Creek. I guess instead of releasing different variations on a single brand they decided to give each a different name and style. Check the website...

http://www.smallbatch.com/

IMHO Bookers>Knob>Basil Hayden>Bakers

[Commander Quan]

I like bourbon it's perfect for any occasion you can sip it on the rocks, mixed, or if the mood strikes you can get stupid drunk and not feel guilty like if you had drank half a bottle of scotch.

[ghost]

Bourbon is great. In my bar I always have Knob Creek, Woodford Reserve, and 1792. Have yet to try Bookers or Maker's yet (have heard many good things) but plan too. I also always keep a big bottle of Jack (Tennessee Whiskey) as well as their single-barrel (which I LOVE!!!) for myself

[ky toker]

Where's the bourbonmeister? [punch]

The Elijah Craig weighs in at 94 proof and under $20. Beat that.

[TideRoll]

Originally Posted by billybarue

What are the ones you have - recs?

What is Tennessee whisky exactly (I guess I could google it)?

BillyBarue

Jack Daniels and Dickel are Tennessee Whiskey, and I have the obligatory Old No. 7. Close relative to bourbon, but passed through charcoal before being aged. Right now, I have the Jack, Woodford, Knob Creek and I also have a big old bottle of Makers Mark that was given to me at a Christmas party. I have about a stout shot of Bookers left, and it would be a stout shot. Not everyone likes all of these, some have more alcohol than others.

[vtdragon]

Just reading this thread tickles my pallette for the Beam on the rocks I will have when I get home from work tonight.
I used to drink a lot of different Scotches, but have gradually become a Bourbon guy and now find most Scotch (especially blended ones), to be lacking.

[ghost]

Same here vtdragon. After reading this thread my mouth started watering and got this strange urge for good ol' American made whiskey.

[gvarsity]

Evan Williams Single Barrel About 22$ a bottle 86 proof. Delicious small batch bourbon lots of caramel flavor. I have tried a lot of Bourbons and this is the smoothest I have had.

[billybarue]

Went here to refresh my memory on some Bourbons I know I have wanted to try in the past:

https://www.binnys.com/search/spirit...&otext=bourbon

I have heard great things about Buffalo Traceand $18.00 seems like a good price, but I have no basis for that.

Looking through there stuff this would be my to try list:


1) Buffalo trace
2) Eagle Rare
3) Elmer T. Lee
4) Old Charter
5) Weller 12 year
6) Blantons

[JohnnyFlake]

Ther are times when I prefer scotch and then there are times when I prefer bourbon. IMHO, there are no better burbons in their price ranges than the following:

Buffalo Trace
Makers Mark
Wild Turkey Rare Breed
WL Weller Reserve 7yo

That's just my

Johnny

[hooperjetcar]

I love Blantons, but just can not afford to drink it that often. Mostly it's Knob, Makers, or Woodford Reserve, plus a bottle of Family Recipe that ain't too bad.

[(909)]

Originally Posted by hooperjetcar

Family Recipe that ain't too bad.

Whats the family recipe??

[hooperjetcar]

Well then it wouldn't be a family recipe would it?