You know all the cool stuff. Most of the bottles you post I have never seen or tasted. One of the reasons this is coolest thread ever! We get all kind of unbiased free reviews so we don’t throw away our money at the liquor store. If it doesn’t have a TMM stamp of approval (we need to talk to Dave) and or I don’t know what it is I don’t buy it! Hah! I bet Dave could create a TMM approval stamp!
And I am a amateur compared to some of my friends. This bottle was in the $65 range and I just had to get it. On the back hoof of the horse is a letter. All the right letters together spells "Blantons". Tricky marketing on their part. Doug who owns the store was able to get all of them by buying a couple cases.
Thanks Dave. I will use that wisely!
Been waiting for the moment you crank that beast over John and when she fires off I'll be one happy camper. If there is anything you need help on that's body and trim I'll be there to help if you need me I'm not much help but I'll do what ever to see her on the road.
There is a reason for that.
Thanks Dave. That's a great explanation. Makes sense.
20 below here and would take that any day instead of the snow, sleet and rain that you get.
Man I wish I was there for these events!!
I did a little math on the $2000 bottle of Eagle Extra Rare I posted above. 2 grand probably isn't too far out of line. First off you have the packaging which probably costs a hundred or 2 just for the bottle, lid and box. Next is the angels share. (the amount of spirit that evaporates out of the barrel in 20 years) About 20% evaporates out of the barrel in the first few years. After 20 years up to 100%. Yes they have opened 20 year old barrels and they were empty. Say there's only 20% left in the barrel after 20 years. That's only10 gallons or only about 40 bottles. You have to charge a lot for the good stuff especially because there's not much of it left. It is interesting watching the Buffalo Trace videos on You Tube, how much they are doing to understand the whole process so they can produce a higher quality product in a shorter time. They do a lot of R&D with barrel location, temperature, humidity, and fluctuation. The good stuff comes from particular locations in certain warehouses and if they can purposely duplicate those conditions they can produce a 8 or 10 year old quality product in 3 or 4 years. As far as the barrels themselves, they experiment with different woods for density and flavors and toast and char levels as well. It's crazy that no 2 barrels are alike. 2 barrels sitting next to each other in the rickhouse for 10 years with the same contents from the same batch will have slightly different flavors when all the variables come into play. One of the big reasons that single barrel spirits are so popular now days.
I find that interesting Toolman and was wondering what is the best bottle you've ever tasted and the price.
Melted real fast and that's a good thing My youngest girl lives in Pittsburgh and about the same there.
Any snow storm that’s easy to clear is a bonus...and I will gladly take it!
Was 25 below here this morning not counting the wind chill but I rather it be this cold and snow than 20 or 30 above and snow. It's all powder at this temp and easy to move and doesn't stick to the roads.
The heavy wet stuff we get here is like shoveling bricks. This stuff today was so wet and sticky that the snow blower could only throw it a couple of feet. Had to start in the middle and do the outside edges 2 or 3 times to get it all off the driveway. If it freezes, forget about it. It has to be chiseled off a few inches at a time. We rarely get light fluffy snow.
