they are just made about 15 miles from here.
Knob Creek is one of my favorites; Elijah Craig(the inventor of Bourbon) is
also very good. Blanton's is good, but a bit expensive.
One of my all time favorites, and I don't get it often, as it is around $100
a bottle is Pappy Van Winkle 20 year, if a bar stocks it, expect to pay as
much as $10 for this one. A lot of this stuff doesn't get distributed to far
as it is only small batch stuff. (we like to keep the best for ourselves)
I always drink this stuff neat, occasionally I will drink it on the rocks; I
don't mix anything above Makers, as you loose the distinct flavors of each
brand.
The Rip Van Winkle Distillery has a website: http://www.oldripvanwinkle.com/
Pappy has won the best bourbon competition a number of years running IIRC.
Don't get me wrong, Makers is good stuff, but it doesn't have the complexity
of some of the ones I mentioned, you have to sip them to get the full
effect.
Also, I don't want to sound like a snob, but I love different types of
bourbon, I've lived in Kentucky my entire life so maybe that is part of it.
Small batch bourbons are great because each bottle is going to be a little
different.
Things like Turkey, Makers, and Jim have large productions and they mix the
barrels to get a very even flavor bottle to bottle, they are also usually
aged at the minimum, there is a lot of great flavors from small batch
whiskeys that have been aged for a long time, Irish and Scotch included.
Jim runs a number of small batch bourbons around Kentucky, they product some
really good stuff, Knob and Booker's are a couple of them.
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From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:07 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: New House
And what do you recommend?
I generally only buy bourbon for cooking, which might explain why I don't
like drinking it.
-Kevin
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From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: New House
> Makers actually doesn't get the distribution of Wild Turkey.
>
>
>
> Also, IMHO its not the best one, it's the best of its level, you can use
it
> to mix and shoot with, but if you are sipping bourbon there are number of
> other brands that I would recommend.
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