# Have I mentioned how much I love bourbon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [December 3, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604 "2007-12-03T02:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/41 "2007-12-04T23:40:23Z")
_sipping a little **Russel’s Reserve** _ me too! Best wedding gift…bottle of **Knob Creek** …drank some the night of…more later really like the **Buffalo Trace** …great bourbon for the price drink **Makers** with the boys and my favorite thing about flying to Louisville … **Woodford Reserve** bar and grill right in the terminal ---
**Author:** ![Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olive_The_Other_Reindeer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/42 "2007-12-04T23:53:51Z")
And, speaking of Manhattans, Hubby scored a bottle of the “limited edition” Fee Brother’s Whiskey Cask Aged Bitters (it was like $15 for a 4oz bottle). Perfect for Manhattans. They get used whiskey casks from a distillery in Tennessee (they won’t say which one, but they do say it isn’t JD - so it is probably George Dickle). It brings the Manhattan to a new level!! Olive ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/43 "2007-12-05T02:03:44Z")
Okay, bourbon fans, I got the name of the bourbon I mentioned earlier. It was Rock Hills Farms. I was impressed with the two sips I tried. Of course, a more respresentative sampling is needed to form a proper opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/44 "2007-12-05T03:38:33Z")
I suppose that makes sense. They’ve got the horsie themed bottle. That’s the other reason I don’t drink my bottle of RHF too much. It’s the best looking bottle in my collection. It would be a shame to throw it away. One other bourbon tidbit that I don’t think anyone mentioned. While bourbon can be made anywhere in the US, Kentucky is the only state allowed to have its name on the label. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/45 "2007-12-05T03:53:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I tried a new one the other day with which I was impressed. It was billed as the “Official Bourbon of the Kentucky Derby”. I don’t remember the name, though. I’ll email the folks I got the sample from and get the name. At least the last few years, that’s been Woodford Reserve, and it’s hard to beat. If you order a mint julep in the cheap seats at Churchill Downs, though, it’s made with bottled mix from Early Times. It’s not bad, but there’s one little problem–_Early Times isn’t bourbon_. They have to call it a “Kentucky Whisky” because it’s partially aged in used barrels. It isn’t bad stuff for the money, and you shouldn’t use top-shelf stuff in a julep anyway, but if you’re drinking something out of tradition stuff like that matters. Tonight I found one of the little airplane bottles of Booker’s hiding in the back of the bar. It’s exquisite, but am I a heretic for thinking it needs a little splash of water to open it up? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/46 "2007-12-05T04:37:43Z")
[QUOTE=DoctorJ] Tonight I found one of the little airplane bottles of Booker’s hiding in the back of the bar. It’s exquisite, but am I a heretic for thinking it needs a little splash of water to open it up? [/QUOTE] So far I haven’t been able to bring myself to drink it any way but neat. However no less an authority than **silenus** once said, IIRC, that Booker Noe himself used a little splash to open it up, and that that was good enough for him. So if you do add a little water you’ll certainly be in good company. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/47 "2007-12-05T06:57:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I was recently stopping on the way home for the usual provisions (beer and wine to you) when I saw that the store had Evan Williams bourbon on sale for $5 a bottle. Yup, a full sized fifth for $5, which is about half price. I bought, um, 10 of them and I’ve been loving it ever since. Yeah, it’s cheap, but it’s not like Ten High cheap or anything. It’s really pretty good stuff and since I have enough to last well into next year that’s all I’ll be pouring at my house. [/QUOTE] Uhhh, I guess people can disagree. That’s the worst crap I have ever tasted. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/48 "2007-12-05T11:15:30Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] It’s been a while since we had a bourbon thread. What new wonderbooze have you found? My current (as in “in my glass right now”) tipple is Buffalo Trace, which I remember **Tuckerfan** waxing rhapsodic about about a year ago. Definitely a keeper. Very smooth. [/QUOTE] Oh, yes, wonderful stuff and the BBQ sauce is liquid crack! (One taste and you’ll pour it on _anything!_) I have to recommend the [Whiskycast](http://www.whiskycast.com/). It’s a great source of whisky/bourbon/scotch related news as well as non-snooty reviews of drinks. (The host once described a whisky as “Breakfast in a bottle.” :D) And TN liquor laws are _stupid_ beyond belief. When Jack Daniels introduced a beer, the state _seriously_ considered treating it as a liquor! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604/49 "2007-12-14T12:59:06Z")
Anyone tried Anchor Steams [Old Potero](http://www.anchorbrewing.com/about_us/oldpotrero.htm) rye whiskey? Thoughts? I love me Anchor Steam but not sure on their rye whiskey. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-how-much-i-love-bourbon/428604.md?page=2)