What are you Drinking?

[derspiess]

Roughness is part of the appeal of bourbon for me.

If I want smooth I drink blended Scotch.  If I want sweet I drink Irish.  If I want to feel like a murderous cowboy outlaw, I drink bourbon.

Single malt and small batch bourbon are the only types of whiskey I drink these days.  And mostly bourbon.

[Caliga]

Jake, I also highly recommend Woodford Reserve, and that one isn't owned by Beam so I have no reason to push it other than the fact that I think it's an outstanding bourbon.

[derspiess]

Buffalo Trace has a CEO?  I thought they were owned by Sazerac?  Do you maybe mean you talked to their Master Distiller?

Yes, and he's a Brit.  See under bios: http://www.buffalotracemediakit.com/history.html

[Jacob]

Buffalo Trace is my favorite bourbon (Knob Creek is a close second).  I'd say Buffalo Trace is probably the more vanilla-y bourbons-- but other than that I'd say it's pretty representative of top shelf small batch bourbons.  Glad to see they've expanded distribution.  When I spoke to their CEO 4 or so years ago they hadn't yet been able to distribute west of the Mississippi.

I'm not sure if this is a sign of better distribution as I had it at a friend's house, and she'd gotten it as a gift from some Americans of unknown (to me) provenance, so they might have purchased it East of the Mississippi.

In any case, Buffalo Trace put American small batch bourbon has my respect

I'll try some Knob Creek on your and Caliga's recommendation should the opportunity present itself.

[derspiess]

Knob Creek also gets my vote for coolest liquor bottle ever.

[Jacob]

Knob Creek also gets my vote for coolest liquor bottle ever.

Cooler than the vodka that comes in a "crystal" skull bottle?

[Admiral Yi]

Ok.

And if I want to feel like a Transam driving Mullet head I drink Jack. 

[Caliga]

Yes, and he's a Brit.  See under bios: http://www.buffalotracemediakit.com/history.html

Huh.  I could swear Sazerac owns BT.  Then again that doesn't mean they can't appoint a CEO to a subsidiary division.

FUN FACT:  BT makes another high-end brand called William Larue Weller.  William Larue Weller was Princesca's great-great-uncle.

[Caliga]

And if I want to feel like a Transam driving Mullet head I drink Jack. 

I drink Jack because it's delicious.    If Princesca ever switched to working for Brown-Forman I'd start getting JD for free.

[Admiral Yi]

I drank a Manhattan made with rye (CC) when I was in Montreal.  Asked for rye to show support for our neighbors to the north.

BTW, if anyone ever feels like getting pulverized, but in a relatively elegant manner, Manhattans are a good way to go.  You will definitely feel it in the morning though.

[Barrister]

I drank a Manhattan made with rye (CC) when I was in Montreal.  Asked for rye to show support for our neighbors to the north.

Isn't that how they're usually made?

[Admiral Yi]

Isn't that how they're usually made?

My understanding is the original recipe called for rye, as it was a Prohibition drink.  Most American bars in my experience will make it with bourbon.

[Caliga]

Correct.

[derspiess]

Arctic Panzer Wolf by Three Floyds.  Doesn't hit you as hard as their other Imperial IPA, Dreadnaught, but it doesn't lack for taste.  Picked it up right there at Three Floyds a little over a week ago.

Now if I could get my hands on some of that elusive Three Floyds Zombie Dust...

[MadBurgerMaker]

Weihenstephaner original.  I have the day off tomorrow, so I'm thinking about switching to the booze.  The Laphroaig is calling to me.