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Chin Diesel said:
Tried it a few times and Mrs. Diesel always had some nasty hangovers the next day after drinking the Maker's 46 French Oaked.
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I haven't tried it yet. Makers is weird for me. I think the regular offering is boring as hell. Then they do these staves, which is very much mixed bag. I have a 2020 Special Edition that is pretty good. I am guessing, but I think because it's a wheater and they keep hitting it with these different oak staves, maybe it doesn't have the backbone it needs to stand up to the wood.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I haven't tried it yet. Makers is weird for me. I think the regular offering is boring as hell. Then they do these staves, which is very much mixed bag. I have a 2020 Special Edition that is pretty good. I am guessing, but I think because it's a wheater and they keep hitting it with these different oak staves, maybe it doesn't have the backbone it needs to stand up to the wood.
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I have never cared for their spirit in any form. Same with all the WT offerings as well.
 
Deepelm said:
I have never cared for their spirit in any form. Same with all the WT offerings as well.
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HuskyHawk said:
I haven't tried it yet. Makers is weird for me. I think the regular offering is boring as hell. Then they do these staves, which is very much mixed bag. I have a 2020 Special Edition that is pretty good. I am guessing, but I think because it's a wheater and they keep hitting it with these different oak staves, maybe it doesn't have the backbone it needs to stand up to the wood.
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Not a fan of Makers as a sipper, but in cocktails it works. I've mixed in Hartford's own Wild Moon Liqueurs (either the Birch flavor or the Chai Spice flavor) with a twist of orange and it is really great, simple cocktail.
 
The Warden and I went to he North House in Avon last night (f/k/a Avon Old Farms Inn) and on Wednesdays all bourbons are half price. I had a High West "A Midwinter Night's Dram" for $8. Not sure what year it was but it was a decent sized pour in a Glencairn glass. Whisk(e)y menu is extensive and the food there is excellent too.
 
AreBee1969 said:
The Warden and I went to he North House in Avon last night (f/k/a Avon Old Farms Inn) and on Wednesdays all bourbons are half price. I had a High West "A Midwinter Night's Dram" for $8. Not sure what year it was but it was a decent sized pour in a Glencairn glass. Whisk(e)y menu is extensive and the food there is excellent too.
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That's a great price on a hard to find whiskey. I used to buy the bottles when they were reasonably priced, but they are at crazy prices the last few years.

I am really hoping the current glut/downturn puts an end to some of this pricing. That should be a really nice, maybe $80 bottle, not twice that. Bookers should be $75, not $100. We've seen Eagle Rare come back down, if not all the way, and CEHT BiB too.
 
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With @AreBee1969 nice affordable pour story, I thought I'd share a story. My daughter's school used to do father - daughter dances in the gym, in May. No AC, usually about 100 degrees. Nothing to drink either. One year they moved it to a country club, so there we are a few other dads and me on a balcony looking at the course. I had a beer. Another dad comes over with a big stemless wine glass full of something. I asked what it was, and he said "Scotch". This is like an 8 ounce pour. So I went over to the makeshift bar being handled by a couple college age girls and looked at the booze. Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Rye. Asked for a pour and sure enough she killed the bottle nearly filling a wine glass and apologized for it not being "full". I think it was $12.
 
HuskyHawk said:
That's a great price on a hard to find whiskey. I used to buy the bottles when they were reasonably priced, but they are at crazy prices the last few years.

I am really hoping the current glut/downturn puts an end to some of this pricing. That should be a really nice, maybe $80 bottle, not twice that. Bookers should be $75, not $100. We've seen Eagle Rare come back down, if not all the way, and CEHT BiB too.
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I had never had it before and I didn't feel it was a $120+ whisky.

Here's the complete whisk(e)y list. Some oddities here. Eagle Rare and Blanton's are cheaper than Buffalo Trace? Note these are full price, so halve these prices on Wednesday. $4.50 for an Eagle Rare 10!
 
AreBee1969 said:
I had never had it before and I didn't feel it was a $120+ whisky.

Here's the complete whisk(e)y list. Some oddities here. Eagle Rare and Blanton's are cheaper than Buffalo Trace? Note these are full price, so halve these prices on Wednesday. $4.50 for an Eagle Rare 10!
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If I lived in Simsbury like I did in college, I'd be taking advantage. That's a great deal. Bombergers at $15 (half) I'd definitely want to try. Some excellent deals on some Scotch and Irish too (Redbreaast 15 and Yellow Spot, plus that Octomore 8.1). Tell them their Tequila options suck.
 
I had a sip of this on Sunday. I met up with a friend who was in town and we stopped in a bar for a drink. He were sitting right in front of all the bourbons. He went for an IPA on tap. He said it was his treat. I saw Blantons, Stagg, and a few other labels I recognized which I figured would go for a steep price.

So, I saw the Old Fitzgerald 7 year Bottled in Bond. Got a single neat. Was very tasty. So tasty in fact, I stopped by a liquor store on the way home to see if they had any of it. They did and I saw a price tag of $102.99. I have no idea what they charged at the bar, but I wouldn't buy a bottle of this at that price. I looked online and it seems like $85-$105 was the price range.

It's a Heaven Hill product. Again, a good pour, but I don't think it's $40 better than the the Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond offerings or several of the Elijah Craigs.


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Chin Diesel said:
I had a sip of this on Sunday. I met up with a friend who was in town and we stopped in a bar for a drink. He were sitting right in front of all the bourbons. He went for an IPA on tap. He said it was his treat. I saw Blantons, Stagg, and a few other labels I recognized which I figured would go for a steep price.

So, I saw the Old Fitzgerald 7 year Bottled in Bond. Got a single neat. Was very tasty. So tasty in fact, I stopped by a liquor store on the way home to see if they had any of it. They did and I saw a price tag of $102.99. I have no idea what they charged at the bar, but I wouldn't buy a bottle of this at that price. I looked online and it seems like $85-$105 was the price range.

It's a Heaven Hill product. Again, a good pour, but I don't think it's $40 better than the the Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond offerings or several of the Elijah Craigs.


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That is way inflated. I paid $55 for it and that is MSRP. It's solid at that price. A few stores have chosen to mark it up and hope people will pay.
 
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