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The only Benchmark I've found near me is the basic (said 8 yr on the label, guess it's either the small batch or single barrel), and the Full Proof is on my radar. Not sure if Buffalo Trace switching distributors is going to make a difference in finding it, though.
Bulleit Rye is fantastic, especially for the money! I lean towards ryes these days though.
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Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
The dropoff from 1792 to Very Old Barton’s is steep.
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Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
I’ve had a hard time finding that one.
The Redbreast line is fantastic. The CS 12 is my favorite but the Lustau is really good. Need to find a Red Spot to go with my Green, Yellow and Blue.
Any other Irish you would recommend?
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Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
I’ve had a hard time finding that one.
The Redbreast line is fantastic. The CS 12 is my favorite but the Lustau is really good. Need to find a Red Spot to go with my Green, Yellow and Blue.
Any other Irish you would recommend?
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Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
I’ve had a hard time finding that one.
The Redbreast line is fantastic. The CS 12 is my favorite but the Lustau is really good. Need to find a Red Spot to go with my Green, Yellow and Blue.
Any other Irish you would recommend?
I’ll add more tomorrow but I do think Irish are underrated overall. You aren’t going to get the burn of a full proof bourbon but there are some interesting flavors out there. If you can find teeling by you they are worth a try for sure. Only working distillery in Dublin and it felt like going to a craft brewery going there. A lot of experimental stuff going on but their base small batch is very good.
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Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
I’ve had a hard time finding that one.
The Redbreast line is fantastic. The CS 12 is my favorite but the Lustau is really good. Need to find a Red Spot to go with my Green, Yellow and Blue.
Any other Irish you would recommend?
I’ll add more tomorrow but I do think Irish are underrated overall. You aren’t going to get the burn of a full proof bourbon but there are some interesting flavors out there. If you can find teeling by you they are worth a try for sure. Only working distillery in Dublin and it felt like going to a craft brewery going there. A lot of experimental stuff going on but their base small batch is very good.
I have a bottle of Teeling Small Batch and love it. I had the low end Powers and had to use it for Irish coffees - too sharp a metallic vanilla note for me. But I’ve heard good things about John’s Lane like Max said.
Here goes...
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Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
I’ve had a hard time finding that one.
The Redbreast line is fantastic. The CS 12 is my favorite but the Lustau is really good. Need to find a Red Spot to go with my Green, Yellow and Blue.
Any other Irish you would recommend?
Redbreast
Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
I’ve had a hard time finding that one.
The Redbreast line is fantastic. The CS 12 is my favorite but the Lustau is really good. Need to find a Red Spot to go with my Green, Yellow and Blue.
Any other Irish you would recommend?
I love, love, love Redbreast CS12 and I cannot tell if I like Redbreast 15 better or not. I love them both. Single Pot Still is the way to go!!
Of all of your "Spots", which one is your favorite?? Or better yet, which SPOT is the one I should seek out the most???
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Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
I’ve had a hard time finding that one.
The Redbreast line is fantastic. The CS 12 is my favorite but the Lustau is really good. Need to find a Red Spot to go with my Green, Yellow and Blue.
Any other Irish you would recommend?
I love, love, love Redbreast CS12 and I cannot tell if I like Redbreast 15 better or not. I love them both. Single Pot Still is the way to go!!
Of all of your "Spots", which one is your favorite?? Or better yet, which SPOT is the one I should seek out the most???
100% buy a Blue Spot if you can find it. I got lucky and found one on the shelf - paid $99 for it and then found a 2nd one in Florida. Split that 2nd bottle with my buddy. It's fantastic - cask strength and finished in Sherry, Mediera and Bourbon barrels. Right now I'm limiting myself to only drinking it on St. Paddy's day as we do a yearly Irish whisky night and I want it to last a while as I don't expect to get lucky a 3rd time.
Of the others - Green is solid but the price keeps going up. I've had 2 bottles and not sure I'll buy a 3rd. Yellow is overpriced IMO. It's good and definitely better than Green but it's $100+ everywhere I see it. Seldom see Red and I've never had it. Considering how much I'm invested in the other 3 I'm apprehensive to buy Red but it would complete the set (ignoring Gold which I've heard is outstanding) so I'd probably buy it for around $120 if I could ever find it again.
I keep waiting for the bubble to burst on the whiskey market and it hasn't - maybe won't. I have more than I could drink in probably 3 years so I've tried to limit my purchases to special bottles, staples and things I've just never tried.
FTR, I think I still would take RB CS12 over Blue Spot. It's that good.
ETA - also was going to mention that the RB CS I think is now NAS and not 12 years - so if you see an old 12 year bottler for sure grab it.
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Powers - John's Layne too, if you haven't had it. YUM
I’ve had a hard time finding that one.
The Redbreast line is fantastic. The CS 12 is my favorite but the Lustau is really good. Need to find a Red Spot to go with my Green, Yellow and Blue.
Any other Irish you would recommend?
I love, love, love Redbreast CS12 and I cannot tell if I like Redbreast 15 better or not. I love them both. Single Pot Still is the way to go!!
Of all of your "Spots", which one is your favorite?? Or better yet, which SPOT is the one I should seek out the most???
100% buy a Blue Spot if you can find it. I got lucky and found one on the shelf - paid $99 for it and then found a 2nd one in Florida. Split that 2nd bottle with my buddy. It's fantastic - cask strength and finished in Sherry, Mediera and Bourbon barrels. Right now I'm limiting myself to only drinking it on St. Paddy's day as we do a yearly Irish whisky night and I want it to last a while as I don't expect to get lucky a 3rd time.
Of the others - Green is solid but the price keeps going up. I've had 2 bottles and not sure I'll buy a 3rd. Yellow is overpriced IMO. It's good and definitely better than Green but it's $100+ everywhere I see it. Seldom see Red and I've never had it. Considering how much I'm invested in the other 3 I'm apprehensive to buy Red but it would complete the set (ignoring Gold which I've heard is outstanding) so I'd probably buy it for around $120 if I could ever find it again.
I keep waiting for the bubble to burst on the whiskey market and it hasn't - maybe won't. I have more than I could drink in probably 3 years so I've tried to limit my purchases to special bottles, staples and things I've just never tried.
FTR, I think I still would take RB CS12 over Blue Spot. It's that good.
ETA - also was going to mention that the RB CS I think is now NAS and not 12 years - so if you see an old 12 year bottler for sure grab it.
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The Significant Other move is a strong one. It works well!So... Virginia has ABC stores -- state stores that are the only place you can buy hard liquor.
They actually do get hard-to-get product sometimes, but it's in small quantities and they don't shelve it. They send an e-mail to a list that you sign up for that there's "limited product" available for sale at a particular set of stores. So you look to see if your store is on the list and then either call to see what they have (which, as you'll see, eats up valuable time) or beat feet straight to the store and hope for the best.
I just signed up for this list over the weekend and BAM!!! 2pm today. E-mail. I literally bolt straight out the door to the nearest ABC store, which... isn't on the list of stores
So I head to the one up the road and arrive at maybe 2:18. When I get there there's a line of like 10 dudes in front of me. They didn't have Buffalo Trace at all, but the guy two in front of me made off the with last bottle of Eagle Rare. Pretty crazy system.
Told Mrs. Dinsy that the next time the close store (3 minutes max if we make the light) has product she's coming with me so that on the off chance they have what I'm looking for we can get two bottles.
Only individual owned liquor stores are allowed in Texas, limit of 5 per person. Families can team up to have chains of more than 5 stores.
I went in July '22 and enjoyed the Willet Tour!!
The recent drops have been pretty crazy. In the past month or so I've been able to grab an OF19, Stagg Jr (B16 too for some reason), MWND, and a few Blantons that I was able to trade up for a RR13 and WT 101 12Yr. At least in Nova you've got to be crazy fast to get to the store, but it's worth it if you can get there within the first 10 minutes.So... Virginia has ABC stores -- state stores that are the only place you can buy hard liquor.
They actually do get hard-to-get product sometimes, but it's in small quantities and they don't shelve it. They send an e-mail to a list that you sign up for that there's "limited product" available for sale at a particular set of stores. So you look to see if your store is on the list and then either call to see what they have (which, as you'll see, eats up valuable time) or beat feet straight to the store and hope for the best.
I just signed up for this list over the weekend and BAM!!! 2pm today. E-mail. I literally bolt straight out the door to the nearest ABC store, which... isn't on the list of stores
So I head to the one up the road and arrive at maybe 2:18. When I get there there's a line of like 10 dudes in front of me. They didn't have Buffalo Trace at all, but the guy two in front of me made off the with last bottle of Eagle Rare. Pretty crazy system.
Told Mrs. Dinsy that the next time the close store (3 minutes max if we make the light) has product she's coming with me so that on the off chance they have what I'm looking for we can get two bottles.
I couldn't agree more with your assessment of these two. I was not nearly as enamored with Heaven Hill as I was with most other places. Other places simply felt more nostalgic. Even places like Buffalo Trace and Maker's, which are marketing machines themselves, had a more down home feel to them compared to Heaven Hill. If I was a betting man (and I am), I suspect you found Bardstown Bourbon somewhere in between, but a little closer to Heaven Hill than to Willet in terms of feel.
If you live in Williamsburg my apologies for taking that last bottle.So... Virginia has ABC stores -- state stores that are the only place you can buy hard liquor.
They actually do get hard-to-get product sometimes, but it's in small quantities and they don't shelve it. They send an e-mail to a list that you sign up for that there's "limited product" available for sale at a particular set of stores. So you look to see if your store is on the list and then either call to see what they have (which, as you'll see, eats up valuable time) or beat feet straight to the store and hope for the best.
I just signed up for this list over the weekend and BAM!!! 2pm today. E-mail. I literally bolt straight out the door to the nearest ABC store, which... isn't on the list of stores
So I head to the one up the road and arrive at maybe 2:18. When I get there there's a line of like 10 dudes in front of me. They didn't have Buffalo Trace at all, but the guy two in front of me made off the with last bottle of Eagle Rare. Pretty crazy system.
Told Mrs. Dinsy that the next time the close store (3 minutes max if we make the light) has product she's coming with me so that on the off chance they have what I'm looking for we can get two bottles.
