🍂🥃 We’re always on the lookout for great fall-time bourbons and whiskeys! What's your go-to bottle this season? Let us know if there’s one we should try next. Cheers to discovering new favorites together!
Around this season, some of my go to bottles are things that are double baked like a Woodford Double Oaked or Elijah Craig Toasted Barrell. Maybe some classic Russell's or maybe Buffalo Trace, but that's what gets me into the Fall season
Trent I do the same thing. You said you keep the bourbons you are currently drinking next to your bed. What I do is, I built a bourbon rack that looks like a gun rack in my laundry room since I don't have room in my living room, and that has 3 shelves bottom, mid, and upper. And there is some good sharing stuff there, Eagle Rare, Buffalo Trace, JD barrel select barrel proof, Woodford Double Oaked, Russel's Reverse Singel barrel private barrel, Evan Williams Single barrel Vintage, and others, but I also have a 3 shelf bourbon rack in my bedroom and thats where I keep what I am currently drinking, 3 Fingers High, Bardstown, JT Meleck, and others
Y'all's is one of the channels where I automatically like the videos before I even watch them. Sometimes - even though I try to restrain myself - I post far longer commitments than I intend to. But I really do appreciate y'all's channel. I don't alter what I drink by the season, but just go through the rotation. So I'll mention two bottles I picked up within the past week. Oregon Spirit wheat whisky is a bit harsh on the finish, at least with the first glass, but I like it pretty well, and I think it'll open up nicely. And just today I grabbed a bottle of Redemption wheated bourbon, which I've wanted to try for a couple of years. It's pretty good, perhaps the best wheater I've had - and the highest wheat percentage, at 45. 12:04 113.5 - you do math in your head a ton better than I do. 🙂 13:57 Since Maryland is the Old Line State, I bet that is from Maryland. 🙂
I definitely move towards rye as the weather gets cooler. There is nothing better than sitting around a campfire sipping a great whiskey with friends on a chilly night. Right now I am enjoying Sagamore Double Oak rye. Lots of brown sugar, baking spices and oak notes. Delicious!
I visited Glenns Creek distillery in September and got a couple bottles of OCD #5. This is what I’ve been drinking and one bottle is almost gone already.
I was always a bourbon drinker until last Fall, but then I was introduced to rye. I’ve tried dozens since then, but I keep going back to Smoke Wagon premium blended rye. I absolutely love it! I tend to enjoy cinnamon and pepper notes in my ryes. Big fan of your show! Thanks for turning me on to rye. They’re perfect for Fall and Winter!
Awesome that you guys are in Valparaiso. I’m just south of Valpo in Wheatfield. Just getting started with my bourbon Journey. Just did a little hunting up in Porter County this past weekend. Great channel!
I have always enjoyed whiskey. It took me a long time though to work through scotch, Irish, and bourbon. I drank scotch for a long time and always said scotch was number one then bourbon. However 5 years ago I moved to South east indiana about an hour from louisville and I started to get big into bourbon because scotch was a lot harder to find. The last two years or more I started to build a larger selection of bourbon. Lately I have been enjoying all of my bardstown products and I went back to pikesville and love it
Been more and more PA Rye. really into Liberty Pole Peated Rye and the Monogahela Rye.... amazing. great vid.... happy to see Kurt with a peated bourbon. Liberty Pole has one of those too....
Last month I got into Frey Ranch with both feet, so to speak. But lately I have been falling in love with Hard Truth! It is still reaching up to 93 degrees in San Antonio, so an occasional zesty rye, like Rossville Union straight rye cask strength is still an occasional favorite as is the Barrell Seagrass!
I've had two whiskies from Hard Truth - the Sweet Mash Rye and the Sweet Mash Bourbon. They're both good, but I actually think the rye's better - and I'm a bourbon guy! 🙂
In Australia it's spring time and as it gets warmer the lighter whiskeys come out! But if you want a perfect whiskey for a certain time of year, The Archie Rose Single Malt which is an Australian whiskey is the absolute perfect Christmas whiskey, it literally tastes like a dark fruit cake it's phenomenal!
Almost bought an Elmer T Lee yesterday for $250 but your app saved me! Haha I use it often to help with my purchases as I am relatively new to all of this
I've already done some damage this fall. I've picked all of these up within the last few weeks: Springbank 10 Kilkerran Heavily Peated Penelope 8 Year Rye finished in Tokaji casks Springbank 15 Jack Daniels Single Barrel, Barrel Proof Rye Old Forester Single Barrel, Barrel Strength Rye (won in a raffle) Catoctin Creek Roundstone Cask Proof Rye Russell's Reserve Camp Nelson E Barrel Pick
I bought a bottle of Lagavulin 8 for the cold and rainy days I dont know what my next bottle will be, maybe a rye but the Wild Turkey 70th anniversary bottle looks good
This might be blasphemy but I’ve been into blending bourbons and rye’s. It just makes me smile when when it comes out delicious. Cheers guys and thank you for all the laughs
You should try Redwood Empire Lost Monarch. It’s a Rye Bourbon Mix and I’ve heard great things about it. I’m drinking their bourbon Pipe Dream and it is delicious.
Michter’s is what comes to mind for me when I think of a fall pour, specifically the sour mash, rye, and 2023 Shenk’s. The toasted butterscotch and s’more notes I get from them makes me think of exactly what you guys said; sipping a nice glass on a chilly and rainy, lazy, fall Sunday.
Believe it or not, gin is something I’ve started getting into. OHLQ did an Irish whiskey event early this year and we only took home the gin! Maharani and Bertha’s Revenge are incredibly smooth, sweet, and baking spice-forward (cardamom and some other Indian spices).
I have almost every spirit at home lol. Going off of what Kurt said about drinking by a firepit. That's definitely my go to place in the fall. So fall for me is smoking a cigar by the fire and drinking SCOTCH!
firepit, hammock, pellet smoker, bourbon. And on the weekends about a group of 12 friends over doing the same thing except I cook a gumbo the day before so I can relax the day of.
I just bought a bottle of the New Riff Sherry finished rye last week and I already had a bottle of Hemingway rye and while I probably slightly prefer the Hemingway they both are fantastic.
That Blue Note Honey Rye is special, had to hide it way in the back of the closet! Haven't had their Honey Bourbon yet but agree that I think the honey/maple finishes are best with ryes. Cheers!
My Westward Milestone arrives in the mail today! I live in OR and really want to be able to support the distilleries here, but the Westward Single Malt just ain't my style usually. Went for the Milestone partially on SLB's recommendation and to see if it holds up for the price. If anyone is looking for a killer Oregon distillery, the lesser known Broken Top Ascent Bourbon Whiskey and Ascent Rye are phenomenal!
Since you asked what people were trying, I am somewhat all over. I try a lot of Rums, I enjoy different finishes on Bourbons, I have a few Ryes, I have a few Single Malts (mostly Cedar Ridge). But I also have various Tequilas and Gins, even a few Vodkas. But I try them all in Low Carb Cocktails, which I experiment with. By the way, Cedar Ridge released an unbelievable single malt called The Untitled Cigar Malt Project. There is a place in Cedar Rapids where you can still get a bottle, but the distillery is out. If you ask real nice, I could send you a sample.
Isle of Raasay is amazing! I love their standard release, and I want to try their sherry cask release next if I can. Also, if Trenton wants to try a really good, lightly peated Scotch, I recommend Ardnamurchan AD (their standard release).
I’ve probably bought more ryes than bourbons lately. Picked up a nice Starlight Double Oaked Rye pick from Red Barrel (Mooresville, IN) and it is fantastic
Recently I stocked up on a few allocated: Weller FP, E.H. Taylor Single Barrel and the Rebel 10 year beat them both. Also, I think bullet 12 year Rye may be best bargain out there. I'm leaning toward stopping buying almost anything that is above MSRP. I'm still shaggin myself with Staggs
I picked up a single barrel from Barrel House (Rock Castle) when in KY last year. It was the first one they every had done. I stopped there and the guy said they do about 50 some barrels a year. So they are super small.
I am a rye all year round kinda guy. Definitely understand how it’s enjoyed more in the cooler months. In the heat of the summer I was really enjoying wheated whiskies a lot. Now I’m swinging back towards rye’s obviously cause they are my favorite type of whiskey but I am getting more into American Single Malts and revisiting straight bourbons I’ve been missing throughout this last summer.
Rye was my last subtype to purchase. I tried various bottles that were rye heavy or were blends that leaned rye and I could not get past the heat. All I would ever get is pure ethanol even letting it breathe for 15 mins or more and even adding water. The one I picked up just on a whim was HH BiB Grain -to-Glass at Costco of all places and it to me, it is phenomenal for not being partial to rye.
Fall and winter is definitely more peated scotch friendly, the same thought Kurt expressed. The value in scotch now is much better than bourbon. So many top reviewed bourbons are still coming in at $100, $150, $200, $250+ and tough to find. Many solid lower priced 12 year scotches now, something like Lagavulin 16 is dropping, my last buy on that was $75.
Fellas, I have to give credit where it is due, y'all have got me leaning towards ASM lately. I've already grabbed a Cataleja, a couple of Westwards, and I took an hour detour from Denver just to visit Boulder Spirits and grab their ASM. I also spent $100 at a bar trying a few Cedar Ridge's Quintessentials. It's undoubtedly an exciting segment in the whiskey market and I'm really diggin it.
This was great.. thanks for another great video. Out here in Idaho, we're limited in what we can get and New Riff, all of the other specialty whiskeys featured in tonight's video, are simply not available out here. The upside is if the the state ever does bring in a good one, it goes for MSRP so some pretty god stuff can be had for cheap sometimes. This year, sticking with Ryes and Bourbons, Single Malts. I do enjoy a Mezcal Margarita, a good G&T made from a local distillers gin, etc. But whiskey is still the name of the game.
This fall I'm mostly going to be reaching for ryes, my first rye was OF 100 Rye, which is great in cocktails but I almost never drink it neat. The first rye I really fell in love with was Sag double oaked, so sweet and tasty imo. Also recently picked up New Riff single barrel rye, not too bad imo, and JDSBBP Rye is fantastic, way better than the bourbon. Earlier this year I picked up bottle of Barrell Seagrass which is ok but I still prefer Sag double oaked. Peerless double oaked is pretty solid too but not as good as Sag, and also got the Bardstown SLB cherry wood rye Vol. 2, fantastic rye. Outside of rye, my current favorite bourbon is OCD#5, it just blows everything else out of the water, and later I might see about buy a backup or two for that one cause it's just that fantastic.
I have a 7yr cask strength Rye from Cedar Ridge that has been my go-to for the last month. Just really been hitting the spot with the cooler weather...
Still enjoy my aged bourbon, but I have been liking Whiskey with Malt in it more and more. Have a distillery near me that does alot of malting grain and I have not had a bad one yet even after a barrel pick with them. We chose a 100% malted sweet corn and it’s amazing
I liked the MM Heart Release as well, gotta find the Lost Recipes release. Come fall I tend toward higher proof, great by the fire stuff. Time to pull out the JDSB BP Rye and ECBPs or Larceny BPs. Just opened a Murray Hill Club and it was pretty nice. Cheers! 🥃
RockCastle is made by hand just like my grandfather used to make. If you ever go to Lexington, KY drop by Barrel House Distillery and buy you a bottle!
I’m bigger in to Ryes it feels like these days. Especially a toasted or double oaked rye. Specifically I’ve been digging the Penelope toasted rye lately
Most days I prefer the slap in the face of cask strength ryes and single malts over the warm hug of bourbon, though high-rye bourbon is a nice kick in the pants.
I would love to see a video of Trent's nightstand bourbon, but MORE-SO, his entire whiskey collection! It sounds like his would rival Kurt's in quantity and quality!
Great video. Thanks in large part to you guys, I am getting into American Single Malts. I like products from all over, and would love to be able to buy or try everything, but it’s too much. So I’ve decided (for now) that I am going to stick to collecting American made products; Bourbon, Ryes, and ASMs. Of course I’ll have to have some Irish whiskeys, mezcal, gin, scotch, etc in my bar, but will not be focusing on those. 🥃
Enjoying KC12, 1792 FP, and Maker's Heart release right now. Got Everyday Drinker's first single barrel coming so looking forward to that. Also keeping an eye out for that Blue note rye honey, sounds amazing!
It's funny, I've been eating next to no sugar for the last 6 months just in an effort to be more healthy and I've found myself loving Ryes more and skipping bourbon more often. I still love bourbon but sometimes the sweetness has put me off a little. For American single malts, I have dipped my toes in and have a couple bottles of Westward that are probably the best whiskey I own right now.
Question for all of you. I loved the Michters Toasted Barrel Strength Rye last year, but sadly my bottle is empty. What could I get that has a similar profile? Other toasted ryes you would recommend? I don't like very minty or herbal ryes.
This 8-plus year old rye is an experimental mashbill from Tennessee distillery that remains undisclosed (we give a hint in our Rare Character profile feature). “You can’t Google this mashbill, but it’s 70% rye, 25% corn, and 5% malted barley,” says Moix. “It’s a doppleganger for [Jack Daniel’s] Coy Hill.” It’s aged at an undisclosed location in Kentucky, and has a high proof, with barrels between 130 and 140. One of the big tasting notes is bubble gum, hence the pink wax, and it drinks like a bourbon-rye blend.
Been liking Makers a lot. Would love to find the heart release! I’ve really been liking Old Dominick here lately. Their cask strength stuff is phenomenal.
Newest thing I’m into is Irish whiskey. Redbreast and the unpeated bruichladdic stuff specifically. Would enjoy seeing a video or getting your thoughts on those 2 distilleries
@@theotherdonald8604 I like the Mediera cask G4 bottles. I have some great tequilas but I’m trying to expand. I have a Wild Common that’s great and some ArteNom bottles.
Luv and have several of your selections. New Riff Sherry finish is a bomb, Walleye Rye New Holland, Journeyman Farm Rye and ODD #5 and it’s honey one ( but I’m leaning more into their CV Cuervito Vivo)
🍂🥃 We’re always on the lookout for great fall-time bourbons and whiskeys! What's your go-to bottle this season? Let us know if there’s one we should try next. Cheers to discovering new favorites together!
Around this season, some of my go to bottles are things that are double baked like a Woodford Double Oaked or Elijah Craig Toasted Barrell. Maybe some classic Russell's or maybe Buffalo Trace, but that's what gets me into the Fall season
Trent I do the same thing. You said you keep the bourbons you are currently drinking next to your bed. What I do is, I built a bourbon rack that looks like a gun rack in my laundry room since I don't have room in my living room, and that has 3 shelves bottom, mid, and upper. And there is some good sharing stuff there, Eagle Rare, Buffalo Trace, JD barrel select barrel proof, Woodford Double Oaked, Russel's Reverse Singel barrel private barrel, Evan Williams Single barrel Vintage, and others, but I also have a 3 shelf bourbon rack in my bedroom and thats where I keep what I am currently drinking, 3 Fingers High, Bardstown, JT Meleck, and others
Have you tried Glenglassaugh Sandend yet?! You gotta try it...
I have a Starlight Rye Store Pick finished in PX Sherry barrels, so freaking good. I just went to buy a back up of it.
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Im on my 3rd bottle
"Anything Maker's Mark" for the win! I agree, Kurt.
I love when you guys do these types of videos. Just great for finding new things to try
Absolutely LOVE these kind of videos. It's such a good sneak peak into your personal preferences that aren't review specific.
You guys are killing it, love this channel
Y'all's is one of the channels where I automatically like the videos before I even watch them. Sometimes - even though I try to restrain myself - I post far longer commitments than I intend to. But I really do appreciate y'all's channel.
I don't alter what I drink by the season, but just go through the rotation. So I'll mention two bottles I picked up within the past week. Oregon Spirit wheat whisky is a bit harsh on the finish, at least with the first glass, but I like it pretty well, and I think it'll open up nicely. And just today I grabbed a bottle of Redemption wheated bourbon, which I've wanted to try for a couple of years. It's pretty good, perhaps the best wheater I've had - and the highest wheat percentage, at 45.
12:04 113.5 - you do math in your head a ton better than I do. 🙂
13:57 Since Maryland is the Old Line State, I bet that is from Maryland. 🙂
I definitely move towards rye as the weather gets cooler. There is nothing better than sitting around a campfire sipping a great whiskey with friends on a chilly night. Right now I am enjoying Sagamore Double Oak rye. Lots of brown sugar, baking spices and oak notes. Delicious!
I visited Glenns Creek distillery in September and got a couple bottles of OCD #5. This is what I’ve been drinking and one bottle is almost gone already.
Did you have any OCD #5 Premium there? That version is supposedly the gem and even tougher to come by than regular OCD #5
OCD#5 is common in Wisconsin. Any of the variants I have never seen here.
We went there on whim last year and it was our favorite spot! They’re making some really good stuff
@@ChristopherNeeme I did not. Wish I had.
OCD 5 is in my top ten. Outstanding
I’ve Been steadily transitioning to ryes over the last three years. Sagamore cask strength is my favorite!
I’ve been with you guys since day one have never missed a video or live feed thanks for what you done
Shane, appreciate it buddy! Thanks for being a part of our family for all these years
Yes we want to see a picture of that bedroom with all the bottles!
whiskey and bourbon are still my go to, but I also like a good Negroni cocktail from time to time. Cheers.
I was always a bourbon drinker until last Fall, but then I was introduced to rye. I’ve tried dozens since then, but I keep going back to Smoke Wagon premium blended rye. I absolutely love it! I tend to enjoy cinnamon and pepper notes in my ryes. Big fan of your show! Thanks for turning me on to rye. They’re perfect for Fall and Winter!
Awesome that you guys are in Valparaiso. I’m just south of Valpo in Wheatfield. Just getting started with my bourbon Journey. Just did a little hunting up in Porter County this past weekend. Great channel!
Just spent a weekend with all the family camping and had some Elmer T Lee and Stagg, fantastic.
I have always enjoyed whiskey. It took me a long time though to work through scotch, Irish, and bourbon. I drank scotch for a long time and always said scotch was number one then bourbon. However 5 years ago I moved to South east indiana about an hour from louisville and I started to get big into bourbon because scotch was a lot harder to find. The last two years or more I started to build a larger selection of bourbon. Lately I have been enjoying all of my bardstown products and I went back to pikesville and love it
Found a makers 46 cask strength and it’s wonderful. Sweet and oaky without the dry note. Has a nice chocolate finish
Its a BANGER!
I have the non-cask strength bottle and I wasn’t very impressed
@@andrewhuenink6927 you’d be amazed at what a proof increase can do. It’s also in the perfect spot at 110
Been more and more PA Rye. really into Liberty Pole Peated Rye and the Monogahela Rye.... amazing. great vid.... happy to see Kurt with a peated bourbon. Liberty Pole has one of those too....
Journeyman’s wheat whiskey is amazing.
Last month I got into Frey Ranch with both feet, so to speak. But lately I have been falling in love with Hard Truth! It is still reaching up to 93 degrees in San Antonio, so an occasional zesty rye, like Rossville Union straight rye cask strength is still an occasional favorite as is the Barrell Seagrass!
I've had two whiskies from Hard Truth - the Sweet Mash Rye and the Sweet Mash Bourbon. They're both good, but I actually think the rye's better - and I'm a bourbon guy! 🙂
Just opened my Rock castle. The honey note is crazy!
A scotch that I've been enjoying lately for that mix of sweet/smokey has been the Lagg Corriecravie so if you ever see that, highly highly recommend
In Australia it's spring time and as it gets warmer the lighter whiskeys come out! But if you want a perfect whiskey for a certain time of year, The Archie Rose Single Malt which is an Australian whiskey is the absolute perfect Christmas whiskey, it literally tastes like a dark fruit cake it's phenomenal!
Almost bought an Elmer T Lee yesterday for $250 but your app saved me! Haha I use it often to help with my purchases as I am relatively new to all of this
They have an app?
@@bryanbond7804 only drams
App?
Only Drams
Good save. I bought my bottle for $45
Great show! I thought I was done buying more bottles.....then you two bring up all these new bottles I don't have in my collection.....thanks
Maker's Mark Cask Stregnth is $35 in my area. $50 in the state I recently moved from.
The widow Jane decadence -finished in maple syrup barrels - is tasting really well now that it’s cooler out!
rockcastle is $90 only sold in Kentucky, had been only available in Lexington. It is fantastic.
Rock castle $99.99 KY only. Great bottle!
I live close to the Three Oaks Journeyman location. Picked up 2 each of their 1 and 2 Term election day rye. Their stuff is only getting better!
Great information. Really appreciate the time you all put into these episodes.
Best part of watching this video and living in Ohio none of these are available lol but now on the list to find online so thank you.
Got to visit Glenn’s creek in late September. Coolest little distillery there is. OCD5 is a banger.
My fall pours are Jack Barrel Proof Rye, Laphroaig Cask Strength, Ledaig 18, and Knob Creek 12. Skål, y’all 🥃
I've already done some damage this fall. I've picked all of these up within the last few weeks:
Springbank 10
Kilkerran Heavily Peated
Penelope 8 Year Rye finished in Tokaji casks
Springbank 15
Jack Daniels Single Barrel, Barrel Proof Rye
Old Forester Single Barrel, Barrel Strength Rye (won in a raffle)
Catoctin Creek Roundstone Cask Proof Rye
Russell's Reserve Camp Nelson E Barrel Pick
I pick up an OCD honey back in April while I was visiting the bourbon trail
Just picked up the Heart release and it’s a phenomenal fall pour!
I bought a bottle of Lagavulin 8 for the cold and rainy days
I dont know what my next bottle will be, maybe a rye but the Wild Turkey 70th anniversary bottle looks good
This might be blasphemy but I’ve been into blending bourbons and rye’s. It just makes me smile when when it comes out delicious. Cheers guys and thank you for all the laughs
What are some of the mixes you've made that were good?
I’ve been doing the same.
The second you pay for those bottles you can do whatever the hell you want brother.
If you can get them, a blend of the Jack Daniels SBBP bottles is really incredible.
You should try Redwood Empire Lost Monarch. It’s a Rye Bourbon Mix and I’ve heard great things about it. I’m drinking their bourbon Pipe Dream and it is delicious.
Michter’s is what comes to mind for me when I think of a fall pour, specifically the sour mash, rye, and 2023 Shenk’s. The toasted butterscotch and s’more notes I get from them makes me think of exactly what you guys said; sipping a nice glass on a chilly and rainy, lazy, fall Sunday.
You guys are great. I’ve been watching you for quite a long time and I feel right at home in your basement and I drink along with you.
Believe it or not, gin is something I’ve started getting into. OHLQ did an Irish whiskey event early this year and we only took home the gin! Maharani and Bertha’s Revenge are incredibly smooth, sweet, and baking spice-forward (cardamom and some other Indian spices).
I have almost every spirit at home lol. Going off of what Kurt said about drinking by a firepit. That's definitely my go to place in the fall. So fall for me is smoking a cigar by the fire and drinking SCOTCH!
firepit, hammock, pellet smoker, bourbon. And on the weekends about a group of 12 friends over doing the same thing except I cook a gumbo the day before so I can relax the day of.
I just bought a bottle of the New Riff Sherry finished rye last week and I already had a bottle of Hemingway rye and while I probably slightly prefer the Hemingway they both are fantastic.
That Blue Note Honey Rye is special, had to hide it way in the back of the closet! Haven't had their Honey Bourbon yet but agree that I think the honey/maple finishes are best with ryes. Cheers!
I can only easily buy like 3 of these bottles... I’m about done with the bourbon hunting. The difficulty and pricing is pushing me back to scotch.
Could you guys give the bullet 10 & 12 year Ryes a try? Awesome video as usual+
The TKO is confirmed to be from Dickel. Definitely my favorite rye.
Catoctin cask strength rye. Virginia distillery. very good!
My Westward Milestone arrives in the mail today! I live in OR and really want to be able to support the distilleries here, but the Westward Single Malt just ain't my style usually. Went for the Milestone partially on SLB's recommendation and to see if it holds up for the price. If anyone is looking for a killer Oregon distillery, the lesser known Broken Top Ascent Bourbon Whiskey and Ascent Rye are phenomenal!
Since you asked what people were trying, I am somewhat all over. I try a lot of Rums, I enjoy different finishes on Bourbons, I have a few Ryes, I have a few Single Malts (mostly Cedar Ridge). But I also have various Tequilas and Gins, even a few Vodkas. But I try them all in Low Carb Cocktails, which I experiment with. By the way, Cedar Ridge released an unbelievable single malt called The Untitled Cigar Malt Project. There is a place in Cedar Rapids where you can still get a bottle, but the distillery is out. If you ask real nice, I could send you a sample.
Isle of Raasay is amazing! I love their standard release, and I want to try their sherry cask release next if I can.
Also, if Trenton wants to try a really good, lightly peated Scotch, I recommend Ardnamurchan AD (their standard release).
I’ve probably bought more ryes than bourbons lately. Picked up a nice Starlight Double Oaked Rye pick from Red Barrel (Mooresville, IN) and it is fantastic
Recently I stocked up on a few allocated: Weller FP, E.H. Taylor Single Barrel and the Rebel 10 year beat them both. Also, I think bullet 12 year Rye may be best bargain out there. I'm leaning toward stopping buying almost anything that is above MSRP. I'm still shaggin myself with Staggs
Buffalo trace has been my go to lately. But occasionally I have some Sazerac.
I picked up a single barrel from Barrel House (Rock Castle) when in KY last year. It was the first one they every had done. I stopped there and the guy said they do about 50 some barrels a year. So they are super small.
I am a rye all year round kinda guy. Definitely understand how it’s enjoyed more in the cooler months. In the heat of the summer I was really enjoying wheated whiskies a lot. Now I’m swinging back towards rye’s obviously cause they are my favorite type of whiskey but I am getting more into American Single Malts and revisiting straight bourbons I’ve been missing throughout this last summer.
Rye was my last subtype to purchase. I tried various bottles that were rye heavy or were blends that leaned rye and I could not get past the heat. All I would ever get is pure ethanol even letting it breathe for 15 mins or more and even adding water. The one I picked up just on a whim was HH BiB Grain -to-Glass at Costco of all places and it to me, it is phenomenal for not being partial to rye.
That TKO, was experimental Dickel that they only did one time. If you see it, grab it!
Of all you show only the Maker's 46 CS and Heart Release are in my collection. Amazing how many options are out there that are good. Cheers 🥃
Got to try that Rockcastle wheat at the distillery. Unfortunately we were 2 weeks before the new batch dropped, so none on hand
Fall and winter is definitely more peated scotch friendly, the same thought Kurt expressed. The value in scotch now is much better than bourbon. So many top reviewed bourbons are still coming in at $100, $150, $200, $250+ and tough to find. Many solid lower priced 12 year scotches now, something like Lagavulin 16 is dropping, my last buy on that was $75.
Fellas, I have to give credit where it is due, y'all have got me leaning towards ASM lately. I've already grabbed a Cataleja, a couple of Westwards, and I took an hour detour from Denver just to visit Boulder Spirits and grab their ASM. I also spent $100 at a bar trying a few Cedar Ridge's Quintessentials. It's undoubtedly an exciting segment in the whiskey market and I'm really diggin it.
Thoroughly enjoyed the Maker's Mark Lost Recipe.
This was great.. thanks for another great video. Out here in Idaho, we're limited in what we can get and New Riff, all of the other specialty whiskeys featured in tonight's video, are simply not available out here. The upside is if the the state ever does bring in a good one, it goes for MSRP so some pretty god stuff can be had for cheap sometimes. This year, sticking with Ryes and Bourbons, Single Malts. I do enjoy a Mezcal Margarita, a good G&T made from a local distillers gin, etc. But whiskey is still the name of the game.
This fall I'm mostly going to be reaching for ryes, my first rye was OF 100 Rye, which is great in cocktails but I almost never drink it neat. The first rye I really fell in love with was Sag double oaked, so sweet and tasty imo. Also recently picked up New Riff single barrel rye, not too bad imo, and JDSBBP Rye is fantastic, way better than the bourbon. Earlier this year I picked up bottle of Barrell Seagrass which is ok but I still prefer Sag double oaked. Peerless double oaked is pretty solid too but not as good as Sag, and also got the Bardstown SLB cherry wood rye Vol. 2, fantastic rye. Outside of rye, my current favorite bourbon is OCD#5, it just blows everything else out of the water, and later I might see about buy a backup or two for that one cause it's just that fantastic.
I have a 7yr cask strength Rye from Cedar Ridge that has been my go-to for the last month. Just really been hitting the spot with the cooler weather...
Still enjoy my aged bourbon, but I have been liking Whiskey with Malt in it more and more. Have a distillery near me that does alot of malting grain and I have not had a bad one yet even after a barrel pick with them. We chose a 100% malted sweet corn and it’s amazing
I received my bottle of Westward Milestone last week, and wow that's a stunning whiskey.
Raasay is absolutely amazing! definitely try their sherry cask finish!
I have a bottle of the New Riff rye sherry finish. It’s fantastic. I was also fortunate enough to be able to try the Rock Castle. Omg it’s amazing! 🥃
My pour right now is an Ezra Brooks 99 proof Kentucky straight Bourbon from Lux Row.
Cedar Ridge barrel proof rye is my favorite. They use malted rye in their recipe, I believe.
This is gonna be a fun episode! Love this channel! Cheers from Winnipeg!
I liked the MM Heart Release as well, gotta find the Lost Recipes release. Come fall I tend toward higher proof, great by the fire stuff. Time to pull out the JDSB BP Rye and ECBPs or Larceny BPs. Just opened a Murray Hill Club and it was pretty nice. Cheers! 🥃
RockCastle is made by hand just like my grandfather used to make. If you ever go to Lexington, KY drop by Barrel House Distillery and buy you a bottle!
Tennessee Distilling Company (TDC) is the Tennessee version of MGP, which is where the Rare Character is sourced 🥃
Some great bottles. Have had most of them. Love Old Line
I’m bigger in to Ryes it feels like these days. Especially a toasted or double oaked rye. Specifically I’ve been digging the Penelope toasted rye lately
All this talk of fall weather and it’s still almost 100° here in central Texas. It may get down to 89° late next week. I may freeze…
Rare Character is hard to find but it is amazing. I love their Single Barrel Series
Most days I prefer the slap in the face of cask strength ryes and single malts over the warm hug of bourbon, though high-rye bourbon is a nice kick in the pants.
I would love to see a video of Trent's nightstand bourbon, but MORE-SO, his entire whiskey collection! It sounds like his would rival Kurt's in quantity and quality!
Great video.
Thanks in large part to you guys, I am getting into American Single Malts. I like products from all over, and would love to be able to buy or try everything, but it’s too much. So I’ve decided (for now) that I am going to stick to collecting American made products; Bourbon, Ryes, and ASMs. Of course I’ll have to have some Irish whiskeys, mezcal, gin, scotch, etc in my bar, but will not be focusing on those. 🥃
LOL. The Old Line Maple and the New Riff Sherry Finish both sold out on line. I think you’re selling them out. 😂
I too love these videos, great to see what you guys like.
Enjoying KC12, 1792 FP, and Maker's Heart release right now. Got Everyday Drinker's first single barrel coming so looking forward to that. Also keeping an eye out for that Blue note rye honey, sounds amazing!
Maker’s cask strength is fantastic!!! At $32, buy multiples of that stuff.
Local grocer had these on sale for $15.99 Needless to say I picked up
2 of them
Y'all should do a review of the Walleye Run
It's funny, I've been eating next to no sugar for the last 6 months just in an effort to be more healthy and I've found myself loving Ryes more and skipping bourbon more often. I still love bourbon but sometimes the sweetness has put me off a little. For American single malts, I have dipped my toes in and have a couple bottles of Westward that are probably the best whiskey I own right now.
Question for all of you. I loved the Michters Toasted Barrel Strength Rye last year, but sadly my bottle is empty. What could I get that has a similar profile? Other toasted ryes you would recommend? I don't like very minty or herbal ryes.
Looking for that Blue Rye honey. BlueNote is some great juice at a outstanding price.
This 8-plus year old rye is an experimental mashbill from Tennessee distillery that remains undisclosed (we give a hint in our Rare Character profile feature). “You can’t Google this mashbill, but it’s 70% rye, 25% corn, and 5% malted barley,” says Moix. “It’s a doppleganger for [Jack Daniel’s] Coy Hill.” It’s aged at an undisclosed location in Kentucky, and has a high proof, with barrels between 130 and 140. One of the big tasting notes is bubble gum, hence the pink wax, and it drinks like a bourbon-rye blend.
Give Trenton a comb for Christmas , or better yet a number one on the side and a three on top 😅
Been liking Makers a lot. Would love to find the heart release! I’ve really been liking Old Dominick here lately. Their cask strength stuff is phenomenal.
That RC is probably from the Tennessee distilling company. It’s the MGP of Tennessee
Newest thing I’m into is Irish whiskey. Redbreast and the unpeated bruichladdic stuff specifically. Would enjoy seeing a video or getting your thoughts on those 2 distilleries
Binders Stash 10yr
straight rye at 122 proof is a wonderful pour , very limited but found mine in Tenn.
Picked up a Makers Select store pick fabulous even though it was $75
Solid on bourbon. But definitely growing interest in rye and tequila
G4 tequila blanco has a 108 proof bottle that easy to find that is awesome for $60.
@@theotherdonald8604 I like the Mediera cask G4 bottles. I have some great tequilas but I’m trying to expand. I have a Wild Common that’s great and some ArteNom bottles.
Luv and have several of your selections. New Riff Sherry finish is a bomb, Walleye Rye New Holland, Journeyman Farm Rye and ODD #5 and it’s honey one ( but I’m leaning more into their CV Cuervito Vivo)