Woo! Just got myself a bottle of Pappy...

[Elemenopy]

Congrats to OP!

However…

" In fact, it’s so good that celebrity chef and social culinary anarchist Anthony Bourdain once announced on Twitter that he was seriously considering a Pappy Van Winkle-themed full back tattoo. No, we aren’t kidding.

Many attribute Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve’s unique taste to its heavy use of wheat over rye or corn. It gives it less of a “bite,” and is far more refined and softer than most other bourbons, which very well compliments its velvety mouthfeel and notes of vanilla, cherry, and light smokiness."

Sounds like those people might really enjoy a good Armagnac as opposed to a very finicky bourbon.

[Southern_Yankee]

This was the entire offering, if anyone is interested…

Van Winkle Menu
10 yr old 91.99
12 Spec Reserve 115.99
13yr Rye 170.99
15yr old 175.99
Pappy Van Winkle 20 yr 300.99
Pappy Van Winkle 23yr 529.99

Consolation Menu
1792 single barrel 60.99
Blade and Bow Orphan Barrel 71.99
Blantons 61.99
Colonel Taylor Small Batch 55.99
Elmer T Lee 54.99
Four Roses Elliots Blend 160.99
Four Roses Cask Strength 145.99
Gifted Horse Orphan Barrel 61.99
High West Midwinters Dram 109.99
High West Yippe Ki Yay 77.99
Jeffersons Rum Cask 100.99
Jeffersons Ocean 91.99
John F Fitzgerald 515.99
Noah’s Mill 55.99
Old Medley 12yr 72.99
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 105.99
Old Portrero Rye 77.99
Whoop and Holler 28yr Orphan Barrel 225.99
Parkers Heritage 24 year 350.99
Redemption rye 9 year 105.99
Rowan’s Creek 41.99
George T Stagg 135.99
Stagg Jr 69.99
Thomas Handy Rye 145.99
William La Rue Weller 12 yr 150.99
Whistle Pig Boss Hog 14yr 325.99
Woodford Masters Collection Brandy cask 129.99
Yellowstone 7yr 140.99

[Smapti]

I’d bet anything that if you blindfolded any of these connoisseurs, they wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between this stuff and Jim Beam.

[pulykamell]

@Smapti

I’d bet anything that if you blindfolded any of these connoisseurs, they wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between this stuff and Jim Beam.

It’s highly wheated, so it should be pretty easy. I personally don’t like high wheat bourbons, so this isn’t the bourbon for me (I’ve only had it once), but picking it out from Beam is not difficult at all. It’ll be the sweeter and smoother one.

[Eonwe]

As an FYI, if you have an empty bottle, and you don’t want to keep it; sell it on Ebay. People are paying decent cash for them.

[kayaker]

@Eonwe

As an FYI, if you have an empty bottle, and you don’t want to keep it; sell it on Ebay. People are paying decent cash for them.

But make certain you clearly state the bottle is empty.

Sam Adams Utopias beer sells for $200 a bottle. The bottle itself is beautiful and worth maybe $20, but there were deceptive sellers years ago with ads were misleading.

I’m not a bourbon aficionado, but a friend who is offered me a taste of the 15 year old Pappy last xmas. It was nice.

[Icarus]

Congrats!

Caskers.com was recently selling the 23 year old for $199.00. They sold out before I had a chance to get an order in.

[Evan_Drake]

@Smapti

I’d bet anything that if you blindfolded any of these connoisseurs, they wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between this stuff and Jim Beam.

Certainly there are many people who think a dollar bottle of scent is as acceptable a gift as the most lauded creations of Parisian perfumiers; that broken chocolate from a dime store will taste as sweet as that from Swiss masters; that a rough ragout of sheep or marmot innards seethed in an old firepot by tribesmen on the Mongolian plain is as fine a dining experience as a menu prepared by Brillat-Savarin.
It’s a definite point of view.

[Icarus]

@Evan_Drake

Certainly there are many people who think a dollar bottle of scent is as acceptable a gift as the most lauded creations of Parisian perfumiers; that broken chocolate from a dime store will taste as sweet as that from Swiss masters; that a rough ragout of sheep or marmot innards seethed in an old firepot by tribesmen on the Mongolian plain is as fine a dining experience as a menu prepared by Brillat-Savarin.
It’s a definite point of view.

Yeah, I call it elitism-in-reverse.

[ThisSpaceForRent]

@Elemenopy

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Sounds like those people might really enjoy a good Armagnac as opposed to a very finicky bourbon.

I’ve recently grown quite fond of Brenne French Single Malt Whisky. It is double barrel age and finished in fresh Cognac barrels. Quite a unique whisky.