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I've been pimping McAfee's Benchmark for a decade. Far from the best sipper out there, but the value is insane. At roughly $16 a handle, it's great for cocktails or shots. I almost always have a handle in the bar for shots, cocktails (aside from Manhattans) and guests. Anything I spend $25+ a fifth on, I'm drinking straight.
Mine have been hit or miss, but it's fun and different.
Awesome!
This is different from the 1870 Original Batch? I didn't see small batch when I searched it.
yes, that's it. It has "original batch" stamped across the front. My understanding is that they did a very small run of it, but it sounds like they are making more.
The 1870 label will be a permanent part of the "Whiskey Row" line extension of the Old Forester brand. There will be 3 more releases under their "Whiskey Row" series, which are actually led by Master Distiller Chris Morris's protégée Marianne Barnes. Apparently they are trying to match similar approaches to 4 different bourbons they made on Whiskey Row in Louisville between 1870 (when Brown Forman started blending whiskey) and 1923 (when they moved out of Whiskey Row). Not sure the world really needs 7 different options of Old Forester (these 4 + the current 86 proof, 100 proof and Birthday Bourbon), so should be interesting to see how they position the other releases.
Thanks for the info. If the new ones are anything like the 1870, I'll be buying them.
Good stuff! Thanks for the reminder.I've become a big fan of Sazeracs after my recent trip to New Orleans.
I don't see this on cox...
Ordered all the necessary ingredients online (good luck finding peychauds bitters on a shelf).I love them!I've become a big fan of Sazeracs after my recent trip to New Orleans.
After my NO trip a few years back, I had the same reaction. Found Peychaud's bitters in my local liquor store in about 5 minutes. This was in Orlando, you live in NYC, seems like it would be even easier there. Are they really that hard to find?Ordered all the necessary ingredients online (good luck finding peychauds bitters on a shelf).I love them!I've become a big fan of Sazeracs after my recent trip to New Orleans.
Yeah, in my experience there are two types of liquor stores in the city. There are the ones that are glorified liquor bodegas that only stock Angostura and there are the full service ones that stock a billion types of bitters (Regan's, Fee brothers, The Bitter Truth etc.). The second type will almost always have Peychaud's. FWIW, I really enjoy substituting The Bitter Truth Creole Bitters for Peychaud's in a Sazerac. It's a little less aggressive with the anise in favor of other spices which I like since the absinthe or Herbsaint is already providing a lot of anise in the drink. It does make the final drink a tad less sweet.After my NO trip a few years back, I had the same reaction. Found Peychaud's bitters in my local liquor store in about 5 minutes. This was in Orlando, you live in NYC, seems like it would be even easier there. Are they really that hard to find?Ordered all the necessary ingredients online (good luck finding peychauds bitters on a shelf).I love them!I've become a big fan of Sazeracs after my recent trip to New Orleans.
Find a decent store that carries product distributed by Sazerac Company as that is who distributes Peychaud's. If you like bourbon then look for Blantons, Buffalo Trace, Ancient Age, EH Taylor, etc...Ask him to talk to the purveyor who supplies him with those bourbon to order some Peychaud'sAfter my NO trip a few years back, I had the same reaction. Found Peychaud's bitters in my local liquor store in about 5 minutes. This was in Orlando, you live in NYC, seems like it would be even easier there. Are they really that hard to find?Ordered all the necessary ingredients online (good luck finding peychauds bitters on a shelf).I love them!I've become a big fan of Sazeracs after my recent trip to New Orleans.
I'm sure you can find them but apparently none of my local spots had them. Just don't move on a regular basisAfter my NO trip a few years back, I had the same reaction. Found Peychaud's bitters in my local liquor store in about 5 minutes. This was in Orlando, you live in NYC, seems like it would be even easier there. Are they really that hard to find?Ordered all the necessary ingredients online (good luck finding peychauds bitters on a shelf).I love them!I've become a big fan of Sazeracs after my recent trip to New Orleans.
I still haven't been able to get my hands on a bottle of Rittenhouse so I wouldn't know but that does seem surprising. I think of Brown Forman as a distiller that makes a bunch of crap except for old Forester and Woodford Reserve while Heaven Hill generally makes great stuff all around.Guster said:
Very nice! I'm polishing off my bottle of Macallan 18
It was. I tend to favor the smokiness of the Islays. But this was a nice change. Smooth. Easy to pick up the sweetness of the rum. I will be coming back to this.
Thank you for posting this. I recently started drinking a little whiskey again. I generally drink my bourbon neat but will drink it on the rocks occasionally. The list is going to be my starting point. The first bottle I purchased was Bulleit. It is my new favorite sipping whiskey. I cannot wait to try another.
There is, but the update destroyed what was left of the already mangled search function. You have to use Google to search for threads.
I'm not a traditional hard liquor guy but have always preferred the single malts when the mood strikes me. Oban and Dalwhinnie being my personal favorites. Reading through this thread, it seems there has been a boom of small distilleries not unlike the explosion of micro-breweries.
If you can find an American single malt that touches the stuff I've had from Scotland let me know because I'll be all over it.
It was more of a question - seeing "smoothest I've ever had" type comments and small batch references...
Reading through it, it seems like they are talking about bourbon/rye, while you're talking about scotch (it's all whiskey, though)
How was it? Also, that's a very poor choice for a name. I'm not sure I would feel comfortable asking for it.
Can't find the Scotch thread either. Just bought a bottle of this tonight. Yummy. Thanks for tip.
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Got 2 bottles of this and was unimpressed. This from a guy who enjoys Evan black as a mixer. The aged single barrel is a bit of a disappointment.
I have tried all these besides the Benchmark, but the Bulleit bourbon is my favorite from these listed.
Anyone know a good spot to get an older age-statement (15yr / wax top) bottle of this?
you'd have to look on the secondary market - craigslist, bottlespot, facebook groups, dustybid, something like that
Drank a half bottle of this at a Derby party back in May. Didn't realize it was 114 proof. Had shut it down the rest of the night.
Right, NAS is around $45. If you look at the little side label, look for something from 2015. It'll say 15-##. 15 is the year and ## is the batch. I loved batch 11 but can't find it anymore.
Not a bottle of the new non-age-stated stuff here locally for $45. I'll give it a shot and see how that goes.
