Tell me about your favorite whiskey or bourbon

MVI · Jun 21, 2025

6.7_Antimatter_LUST · Jun 21, 2025

DTX2023Tremor said:
Today we're having a few friends over for whiskey tasting I've themed "Age is just a number". It's blinds of 10 year bottles from the $50 to $300 price point. The idea being to determine which one of these bottles is our favorite, when we take away all the brand marketing and prestige from the bottles and just let the whiskey do the talking. Here's the line-up - 15 bottles. It's going to be a fun afternoon .

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Looks like a fun afternoon indeed! Would be curious to hear the results. Are you doing a first to last 1-10 ranking or just the overall top rated 1st place winner?

DTX2023Tremor · Jun 22, 2025

6.7_Antimatter_LUST said:
Looks like a fun afternoon indeed! Would be curious to hear the results. Are you doing a first to last 1-10 ranking or just the overall top rated 1st place winner?

Overall top place winner. It was a little of a mixed result with most liking the Old Fitzgerald 10 year bottle in bond as their favorite, while a few picked the Eagle Rare Single Barrel. What surprised me was my favorite was the Penelope Estate Collection bottle (the Old Fitzgerald came in second for me).

Sadly, the Basil Hayden 10 year was universaly ranked the bottom across the dozen people tasting the bottles.

TRAMPER · Jun 22, 2025

DTX2023Tremor said:
Overall top place winner. It was a little of a mixed result with most liking the Old Fitzgerald 10 year bottle in bond as their favorite, while a few picked the Eagle Rare Single Barrel. What surprised me was my favorite was the Penelope Estate Collection bottle (the Old Fitzgerald came in second for me).

Sadly, the Basil Hayden 10 year was universaly ranked the bottom across the dozen people tasting the bottles.

That isn’t sad or surprising…. BH bottles are only ever 80 proof lol. Too much water added. I’ve had a bottle of BH10 my wife bought me and it was ok, but way way too low on proof. Just their business model I guess. Probably pretty profitable since you can really spread those barrels out.

I've never had the Old Fitz10 but ER is always a good sip. Sounds like a fun blind!

Camarox2 · Jun 22, 2025

Ha, I just got done drinking ER 10yr. @Tamper It’s way to early for you to be awake & way to late for me to still be awake. Good night!

Optimus🤖 · Jun 22, 2025

Camarox2 said:
Ha, I just got done drinking ER 10yr. @Tamper It’s way to early for you to be awake & way to late for me to still be awake. Good night!

"Tamper". Now I know you're fucked up. Stop tampering with shit!

TRAMPER · Jun 22, 2025

Camarox2 said:
Ha, I just got done drinking ER 10yr. @Tamper It’s way to early for you to be awake & way to late for me to still be awake. Good night!

I’m just pulling into work man…. No 9-5 for this boy.

TRAMPER · Jun 22, 2025

Optimus🤖 said:
"Tamper". Now I know you're fucked up. Stop tampering with shit!

Hahaha i was going to let that one go. It is late… or early… or whatever

TRAMPER · Jun 22, 2025

So to be very clear this is “poor man’s Pappy”. Mixed of Weller 12 and A107.

My first go around at it.

TRAMPER · Jun 22, 2025

And…. It’s NOTHING like Pappy lol

6.7_Antimatter_LUST · Jun 23, 2025

Enjoyed a nice flight last night. My first try of the bourbon in the two sample bottles. The Stagg (jr) has been hitting stores around me in very limited supply. Have not been lucky enough to snag one.

DTX2023Tremor · Jun 23, 2025

TRAMPER said:
That isn’t sad or surprising…. BH bottles are only ever 80 proof lol. Too much water added. I’ve had a bottle of BH10 my wife bought me and it was ok, but way way too low on proof. Just their business model I guess. Probably pretty profitable since you can really spread those barrels out.

I've never had the Old Fitz10 but ER is always a good sip. Sounds like a fun blind!

Agreed... I intentionally had the BH 10 as the very first pour that everyone tried because it has such a low proof and didn't think it was fair to put it later in the mix. I have enjoyed a few of the BH products in the past, particularly the dark rye. Disappointing that Beam would release this and have it just be so flat.

DTX2023Tremor · Jun 23, 2025

On Father's Day weekend, Buffalo Trace dropped the first release of Eagle Rare 12 year, an official bottling with this age whereas prior releases of Eagle Rare have ranged from 10 - 12 years old (despite the 10 year age statement).

It is insane how some people react to these releases. A 12 year Eagle Rare is going to be very similar to the 10 year, which is likely why Buffalo Trace put a $50 MSRP on it.

1 hour after this week's auction on Unicorn auctions went live, this is what 2 bottles were going for. Would you pay 10x for this bottle? This doesn't include taxes and fees which puts the higher bid bottle at $563 all in.