tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65707772091301069372024-03-04T20:40:41.481-08:00Bourbon Reviews5-star system: 1 star = "will do in a pinch" (does NOT mean "tastes like gasoline"... those aren't even mentioned here). 5 stars = whatever can top the William Larue Weller 19 year (a flaming Snickers bar!). ALL bourbons here are worth tasting. Since I sip bourbon neat & prefer hi-proof bourbons with strong flavors, I rank a good smooth bourbon slightly less than a good strong bourbon. I prefer a fiery cannonball of flavor!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-83610792923694473882008-04-21T21:29:00.000-07:002008-05-26T21:43:33.104-07:00George T. Stagg - * * *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/GeorgeTStagg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/GeorgeTStagg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Another selection from Buffalo Trace distillery's <a href="http://www.greatbourbon.com/antiquecollection.aspx">2007 Antique Collection</a>, this is maybe the highest-proof bourbon I've ever tasted (131.8). </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">And what a bargain!</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_61Xq1eun0iw/SA1tcqp72xI/AAAAAAAAABE/dM0bFwfHMvE/s1600-h/GeorgeTStagg.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I can add an </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">almost </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">equal part water to this one and still have a superb, strong </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">whiskey, on par with the 3-star-ish Weller bourbons reviewed elsewhere on this site. This one is less sweet, more fiery, and more "serious" than the others but dang ... add that water and BOOM! </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Liquid campfire.</span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-67290420686588842512008-04-20T22:22:00.000-07:002008-04-20T23:06:31.296-07:00Sazerac Rye 18 Year - * * * * 1/2<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >GOOOOAAAALLLL !!!!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here is the 2nd whiskey to get 4.5 stars (highest rating here), matching my benchmark bourbon, the W. L. Weller 19 year. Holy crap this is good. And it comes from Buffalo Trace Distillery, the same folks who brought us that Weller. I see a pattern here.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhPm8fnc5CsvWxdjb01bB00ynd6i5G9iWrNTl1vKj7ftb_R791lhLrcgb1OvG7FsugWQ8xI2bz4MWf55s89wLzLuHl4e4kU1bp82dgA0Y2kaKNsOLddMb6QkKMwedUJFYggkFWjEb12E/s1600-h/Sazereac.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhPm8fnc5CsvWxdjb01bB00ynd6i5G9iWrNTl1vKj7ftb_R791lhLrcgb1OvG7FsugWQ8xI2bz4MWf55s89wLzLuHl4e4kU1bp82dgA0Y2kaKNsOLddMb6QkKMwedUJFYggkFWjEb12E/s320/Sazereac.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191575755650020674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Upon opening the new bottle, I gave a sip to my girlfriend (a chef who </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >appreciates </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">but doesn't </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >enjoy </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">whiskey</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">). Her eyes got all sparkly: "ooo, that is goooood!" We immediately researched the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/sazerac.html">cocktail</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> for which this Rye is named (said by many to be the best cocktail ever... we haven't purchased the </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.sazerac.com/bitters.html">Peychaud's Bitters</a> yet but cheated a bit and added a few drops of the recently-released </span><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Absinthe Verte from </span><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.stgeorgespirits.com/">St. George Spirits</a> and ... amazing.<br /><br />This rye is a party in a bottle. A party where giggly, fun, cute Hooters waitresses show up after getting off work and start drinking mimosas. It is like kissing your first crush. It just makes ya smile.<br /><br />I love you Buffalo Trace. And I pledge to faithfully purchase your yearly <a href="http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2007/10/02/buffalo-trace-releases-2007-antique-collection/">antique collection</a>, from where magnificent things </span><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;" >such </span><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;" >as this come.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-43299134030940081912008-04-07T21:47:00.000-07:002008-05-26T21:44:52.075-07:00Vintage Bourbon 23 Year - * * or * * * *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/VintageBourbon23small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/VintageBourbon23small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You know how bourbon reviews can be like wine reviews where they just rattle off a bunch of things that have the same COLOR of the drink in question but no real link to the taste? Like this review posted by someone on bourbonenthusiast.com: <span style="font-style: italic;">"</span></span><span class="genmed" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Nose: Molasses, dark chocolate, coffee, pecan pie filling, dark fruit maybe plum, some alcohol, a little wet wood but no mustiness. Taste: Plum, molasses spice cookie, cinnamon toast."</span> Give me a freakin' break. You couldn't place the dark fruit ("maybe plum"?) but nailed pecan pie filling? And it smelled like wet wood (not the musty kind!) but tasted like cinnamon toast? I'm waiting to see "burnt Cheez-It" cuz hey, that's brown too!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyway, I bought the Vintage Bourbon (most horrible name for a bourbon) 23 Year <span style="font-style: italic;">because of its description</span> on the price tag at Beverages & More. It had the most un-bourbon-like description I had ever seen, written possibly by the staff at the store. The exact wording eludes my memory, but I recall it mentioning tobacco, old leather, and oil (I got the distinct impression they meant used motor oil) and being thick & chewy.<br /><br />Guess what: it tastes EXACTLY like that. My first sip sparked a vision of some crazed Distiller stirring a cauldron of alcohol and leather seat-cushions from a couch that spent 50 years in the back room of an auto mechanic's shop where on weekends it hosted long nights of smoking and card playing.<br /><br />Do I want to taste that? No, I don't. But it was like a bad accident: Did I really just taste a chair right out of The Godfather? .... sip ... yes I did. 2 stars.<br /><br />So here's a $100+ bottle of bourbon, clearly masterfully created, with an </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">inescapable </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">allure, which is pleasing in spite of and possibly <span style="font-style: italic;">because of </span>its perfectly rendered distastefulness. What to do ...<br /><br />Add a splash to the Van Winkle 12: oooo! Interesting!<br />Add a splash to the $13 Corner Creek: hmmm! That's a whole new deal right there!<br /><br />You know how adding salt brings out </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">food's </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">hidden flavors? The Vintage Bourbon 23 Year is bourbon-salt. It turns your collection of 10 bourbons into 20. And THAT is a nice way to make $100+ bottel last quite a while. 4 stars for adding so mch to my enjoyment of my other bourbons!<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-64995331286918881692008-04-07T21:41:00.000-07:002008-05-26T21:43:01.794-07:00Corner Creek Reserve - * * 1/2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/CornerCreek.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/CornerCreek.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This bourbon was a steal at $24 when I first came across it. Now it is on sale at Trader Joe's for $13 and for that it gets an extra 1/2 star just because it is so freakin' incredible that something this good costs so little. It is velvety, and definitely on the low end of the alcohol content spectrum (88 proof). There ain't nothing wrong with this one, and it feels so good in the mouth. Solid. Solid. Solid.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-31602397185747170232008-04-06T20:52:00.000-07:002008-04-06T20:56:49.861-07:00Upcoming reviews...<ul><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sazerac Rye 18 yr (2007 release) & the classic Sazerac cocktail</span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">Vintage Bourbon 23 year</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Verdana;">William Larue Weller 2007 release</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Verdana;">St George Single Malty Whiskey</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Corner Creek Reserve</span></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-34655847909157407432007-02-18T21:05:00.000-08:002007-08-12T22:57:53.357-07:00W. L. Weller 12 Year - * * *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/Weller-12-703590.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/Weller-12-701094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! Slippery mouth feel, with a bite that seems higher than 90 proof. Complex flavors similar to the Weller 19 Year, but not as well-rounded, make this the slightly more chaotic & messy-haired little brother to that best-of-the-best bourbon. Priced less than $30 it is the best bang for the buck. 45% alc (90 proof).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-12496913492212668832007-02-17T12:15:00.000-08:002007-08-12T22:48:57.242-07:00Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year - * * *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/Van-Winkle-12-773414.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/Van-Winkle-12-771050.jpg" border="0" /></span></a>This was my default bourbon for a few weeks, which surprised me because there wasn't anything that stood out about it. No dominant flavors. Not too smooth, not too sharp. It is one of the most neutral bourbons I've tasted. And yet there is something very nice about it. Still a mystery!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-37633669420712695172007-02-17T12:02:00.000-08:002007-02-17T12:22:15.155-08:00W. L. Weller Special Reserve - *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/Weller-Special-Reserve-715000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/Weller-Special-Reserve-712237.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The Makers' Mark of Weller's line, and it is better than Maker's. This is a soft velvety bourbon. Not as much vanilla as Maker's, with more alcohol and wood character. 45% alc (90 proof) aged 7 years.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-17228527801785580862007-02-17T11:17:00.000-08:002007-02-18T21:18:19.973-08:00W. L. Weller Centennial - * * 1/2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/Weller-10-732655.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/Weller-10-729965.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Second best bourbon for the money (the Toyota Camry of bourbon?). Only $30 and kicks the ass of many up to $50. The lesser-expensive Weller 12 is the #1 value in my book. Both are perfect "go to" bourbons for after-work unwinding. At 50% alcohol (100 proof) this one's kind of a "Booker's light".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-24715949068609416642007-02-15T19:45:00.000-08:002008-05-26T21:47:52.570-07:00Black Maple Hill 11 Yr - * * 1/2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/BlackMapleHillsmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/BlackMapleHillsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >One or two primary flavors that are good, but not <span style="font-style: italic;">great</span>. Main flavor is sweet & syrupy but also kind of "grassy" or "woody" which is not my preference (if yours, then you'd probably give this 4 stars). Very smooth, not much bite. This is a timid bourbon but very good. Bring it out in mixed company. 47.5 % alc (95 proof).<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-43105925844559250292007-02-15T19:44:00.000-08:002007-08-12T22:44:25.605-07:00Eagle Rare single barrel 10 year - * *<a href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_eagle-756153.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_eagle-756149.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://branemedia.com/bourbon/bourbon_eagle.jpg"></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">This single-barrel is a perfect "template" for bourbon. With all the elements of the best bourbons, and no bad aftertastes, it is like the "type O blood" of bourbon. It will satisfy any bourbon drinker, but it isn't particularly strong in any one area. So in a sense it is kind of forgettable, but that's better than be remembered for a negative quality. Aged 10 years, 45% alc (90 proof).</span><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-74431958488773733042007-02-15T19:43:00.000-08:002008-05-26T21:46:57.226-07:00Wild Turkey 101 - * * 1/2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/WildTurkeysmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/WildTurkeysmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_wildturkey-799428.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_wildturkey-799425.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Nothing wrong with this one. It just doesn't have that "BAM!" of my favorites. But it has some kick while still being smooth, and a very good primary</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >flavor. Wood, </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >charcoal, beef jerky. N</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >o complaints. 50.5% alc (101 proof). NOTE: I can't recommend the 80 proof version.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-55760026008280473922007-02-15T19:42:00.000-08:002008-05-26T21:39:24.312-07:00A.H. Hirsch Reserve 16 - * *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/AHHirschsmall2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/AHHirschsmall2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">91.6 proof; the vodka of bourbons: closest thing to a straight alcohol flavor of any bourbon I've had; hot pepper on a silky smooth slip-n-slide; virtually no other flavor except pepper; no bad aftertaste, ony heat; very interesting </span><a href="http://www.hirschbourbon.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">story </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">to this one.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-5093228293411758202007-02-15T19:41:00.000-08:002007-08-12T22:58:25.675-07:00Pappy Van Winkle's 20 Yr - * * * 1/2<a href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_pappy20-742724.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_pappy20-742720.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://branemedia.com/bourbon/bourbon_pappy20.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">This is the caramel candy-bar of the bunch. Like an agressive Makers Mark without the odd aftertastes. Medium-strong alcohol bite, and </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">a few prominent flavors which disappear quickly, leaving a</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> long lingering warmth. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">All good, nothing bad here. I prefer this one's younger brother, the 15 Yr, with its larger & more intense flavors. Read more </span><a style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://www.oldripvanwinkle.com/newbs/vw/website3.nsf/docsbykey/HNEY-5FFM32?opendocument">here</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. 45.2% alc (90.4 proof).</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-72893381969614575172007-02-15T19:40:00.002-08:002008-05-26T21:38:56.878-07:00Pappy Van Winkle's 15 Yr - * * * *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/PappyVanWinkle15small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/PappyVanWinkle15small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Wonderful. Similar to the Weller 19 but with its own slightly less intense (but enjoyable) flavors. I actually chuckled with joy as I was drinking it. No kidding. Read more <a href="http://www.oldripvanwinkle.com/newbs/vw/website3.nsf/docsbykey/HNEY-65GK63?opendocument">here</a>. 53.5% alc (107 proof).<br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-42082499018070896672007-02-15T19:40:00.001-08:002008-05-26T21:38:26.205-07:00Knobb Creek - *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/KnobCreeksmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/KnobCreeksmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_knobbcreek-709432.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_knobbcreek-709428.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://branemedia.com/bourbon/bourbon_knobbcreek.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A good bourbon for mixing. Strong, no bad notes, crisp with some interesting earthy darkness that blends amazingly well with sour mixers. Aged 9 years. 50% alc (100 proof).</span></span><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-58243734588534102822007-02-15T19:39:00.001-08:002008-05-26T21:40:14.121-07:00Baker's - * * * 1/2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/Bakerssmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/Bakerssmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_bakers-781795.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_bakers-781792.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://branemedia.com/bourbon/bourbon_bakers.jpg"></a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Wonderful spice flavors. At 107 proof, this is a <em>slightly</em> less intense and spicier version of Booker's. Really really yummy.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-80901299755068257832007-02-15T19:35:00.000-08:002008-05-26T21:41:53.704-07:00Booker's - * * * *<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/Bookerssmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbon/Bookerssmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_bookers-734369.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_bookers-734366.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://branemedia.com/bourbon/bourbon_bookers.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />127 proof but without the stinging alcohol ZAP! you'd expect. U</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">nfiltered, bottled at cask strength like my #1 rated William Larue Weller 19 year. This bourbon is near-perfect if yo like 'em strong and thick.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6570777209130106937.post-24116500961133355722007-02-15T19:32:00.000-08:002008-05-26T21:45:53.743-07:00W. L. Weller 19 Year - * * * * 1/2<a href="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_WLWeller19-747424.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://www.branemedia.com/bourbonblog/uploaded_images/bourbon_WLWeller19-747420.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Oh... my... god. This is heaven on earth. This William Larue Weller is unfiltered, bottled at a barrel proof of 122, delivering just a sting of alcohol crispness, some sweet caramel and spice, and smokey goodness. Like a Snickers bar dipped in gasoline and set on fire. YUM!<br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1