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Message: [QUOTE="Deepelm, post: 4420613, member: 138"] Liked for the 80's Valley Girl drop in before the end. I agree and would add for some its like a status thing ( NOT including you in that Punkbo ). You can swing that high dollar bottle, it impresses some folks. I tasted one of their special releases, something called the Legendary Eight. Its like $450 a bottle or some nonsense. It was fine, nothing to write home about and no where near worth that silly price. But this guy is a JW chaser, he has them ALL. And for him, its like trophy big game hunting. They sit on his bar all pretty and lined up and looks lovely. And all taste meh. You use the smooth word, and that sort of nails it. And I hate that word for spirit. Its booze, it shouldnt be smooth. BH is bourbon with training wheels. Its a good place to start folks off who are new, it looks nice in the bottle, and its super easy to sip neat and get your bearings. It gets boring pretty fast though and is sort of priced silly. Irish to me is pretty simple for the most part, most of its low ABV and as you point out the process takes out some of the rough nature of spirits. For a real treat the Redbreast 12yo Cask Strength is some magic stuff, just delicious. And that PX I posted above is amazing whiskey if you like a sherry finish. [/QUOTE]