**Official** Bourbon thread

81

mca47 wrote:

81 wrote:

time for a quick little splash....before passing out

I've said those very same words at least 100 times!

it appears passing out is a relative term. :fp:

back to shitty sleeping

BIGDaddyWil

I know this is not a bourbon, but Templeton Rye is very tasty. I tried some last night with a couple of ice cubes. I'm really digging some of the Rye Whiskies lately. :thumbup:

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BIGDaddyWil wrote:

I know this is not a bourbon, but Templeton Rye is very tasty. I tried some last night with a couple of ice cubes. I'm really digging some of the Rye Whiskies lately. :thumbup:

:think: i think truck had that at last years brewers outting. i do not recall much about it... may need to branch out in to whiskey's a bit more.

81

81 wrote:

picked this up the other day

it's officciaiaiiaialllll.

i'm gonna miss this bottle when it's gone :(

81

81 wrote:

for cheap shit, i like Jim Beam black or really cheap.. Jim Beam white.

those are swill...the mich ultra of bourbon....do you self a favor and try something better

BIGDaddyWil

A very good bourbon, $32 a bottle.

81

BIGDaddyWil wrote:

A very good bourbon, $32 a bottle.

had it..not bad...

almost picked up a bottle of the four rose single barrel small batch...then i was like...fuck...i've spent way to much on bourbon lately and settled for soem beer

mickeyrat

Yes its strange that I would be the one posting this but.....
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories ... ation.html

By Janet Patton

Lexington Herald-Leader Wednesday June 26, 2013 3:37 AM


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NEW YORK — In April, the whiskey axis tipped.

“You have just landed on the soil of the home of bourbon, America’s native spirit,” Bill Newlands, North American president of Beam Inc., told international spirits experts at the World Whiskies Conference.

For the first time, the annual global business summit, a gathering of the world’s movers and shakers in the brown-liquor trade, was held in New York — not London, not Scotland. What’s more, the star attraction had the distinct oaky flavor of Kentucky.

Welcome to the Big Bourbon Nation.

The experts came to celebrate the achievements of two Kentucky legends — Jimmy Russell of Wild Turkey and Jim Rutledge of Four Roses, who were inducted into Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky Hall of Fame.

They came to dissect the recent success of American whiskey.

And they came to taste the competition.

The night before the conference, hundreds of enthusiasts gathered to sample more than 300 whiskies — from Indian single-malt to Irish whiskey finished in bourbon barrels, and every permutation in between.

Side by side with the peaty Laphroiag scotch, the sophisticated Johnny Walker and the quirky That Boutique-y Whiskey Co. were Kentucky wares: There was Russell pouring samples of his latest Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel bourbon; Evan Williams’ representatives extolling the virtues of its new Larceny bourbon; and Jim Beam’s mustachioed ambassador beside a whole bar devoted to mixing Maker’s Mark cocktails.

Bourbon was the belle of the ball, and by the end of the night, even the guys in kilts were paying attention.

The reason is clear: American whiskey is winning the world over. Formerly fuddy-duddy brown spirits are starting to look as white-hot as vodka.

In 2012, for the first time in recent memory, whiskey sales increased faster than those of vodka, gin, tequila and other spirits. According to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, the alcohol industry trade group, last year’s 3.6 percent growth in sales of U.S. whiskey was the biggest increase in 30 years. Revenue is climbing even faster — up 6.7 percent in 2012 to $6.4 billion — thanks to the strong sales of high-end and super-premium products, which now account for 80 percent of the gain.

Much of that momentum came from bourbon, which surged 11.9 percent last year, the second year in a row for double-digit gains.

“The bourbon boom is real,” Newlands said in New York. “Today, bourbon is the fastest-growing category in this country. When did you think you would hear that comment? It’s now the No. 3 category within this country, and before this year is over, it will be the second-largest category in our industry in this country.”

Beam Inc. grew 10 percent worldwide last year, Newlands said, moving through a presentation showing Beam’s array of brand extensions — everything from Jim Beam Honey and Red Stag Black Cherry flavored whiskies to Jacob’s Ghost, a nearly white, barely aged bourbon, and Devil’s Cut, a woody-tasting bourbon product purportedly derived by extracting alcohol that soaks into barrels.

Sales growth was even stronger for Beam’s premium brands: Maker’s Mark, up 15 percent; Knob Creek, up 24 percent; and Basil Hayden, up 35 percent.

“We’re the largest bourbon in the world, the second-largest American whiskey, largest individual spirit in Australia, largest American whiskey in Germany,” he said. “Jim Beam alone did over 7 million cases worldwide last year.”

The boom has been building for a long time: For the past decade, revenue of bourbon and its cousin, Tennessee whiskey, have soared, up 28.3 percent since 2003, to more than $2.2 billion last year.

Much of the growth came in Kentucky, where 95 percent of all bourbon is made, and Tennessee, home of Jack Daniel’s, a variation on bourbon.

Then Newlands posed a question: “How big can bourbon be?”

His answer: huge.

“I’m here to tell you today I think this could be the next massive spirit category worldwide for our business,” he said. “We believe it, and we think the consumer believes it, too.”

Kentucky’s bourbon distilleries are banking on it. They (and the state) are investing more than $300 million to capitalize on that growth.

At the rate Kentucky distilleries are turning out bourbon, they will need the capacity. Last year, they filled a million barrels for the first time since 1973. They are likely to fill at least that many this year. Old warehouses that haven’t been used for storage in years are filled to capacity again, distillers say.

It’s all an attempt to keep up with growing demand.

Russell, Wild Turkey’s master distiller, has seen it all in his nearly 60 years in the business.

“We used to do 70 to 80 barrels a day. It’s 560 barrels a day now,” Russell said. Wild Turkey has more than 500,000 barrels in storage and expects to have another 50,000-barrel rickhouse ready by October.

“We’re planning on the future. We’re not making something to sell tomorrow. We’re making bourbon for six or seven years down the road,” Russell said. “And I’m hoping I’m around to sell it.”

81

bourbon is on fire right now.

BIGDaddyWil

81 wrote:

bourbon is on fire right now.

Excellent!!!

81

81 wrote:

picked this up the other day

i miss you already :(

peacefrompaul

pandora wrote:

yum

I come in here looking at reviews for my upcoming 21st birthday and see this.

I think I'm in the wrong place.

BIGDaddyWil

SO smooth and delicious!!!!

riotgrl

A bit bummed that Maker's is being bought out by a Japanese company. Really hope that it doesn't change the flavor of my go to bourbon

courier-journal.com/article/20140113/NEWS01/301130025/Suntory-purchase-Beam-would-create-No-3-global-spirits-business

dankind

Booker's tonight. Not my favorite, but it was a gift, and it's the only bourbon in the house. :ar!

BIGDaddyWil

dankind said:

Booker's tonight. Not my favorite, but it was a gift, and it's the only bourbon in the house. :ar!

Good stuff!!

JWPearl

This thread makes me thirsty

BIGDaddyWil

…sipping on this:

WhatYouTaughtMe

dankind said:

Booker's tonight. Not my favorite, but it was a gift, and it's the only bourbon in the house. :ar!

I love me some Booker's. Much smoother than the 130 proof (depending on the batch) would lead you to believe. Also surprisingly good for something made by Jim Beam

Cliffy6745

Bump because there's a stupid vodka thread that is getting way too much attention.

Me, I love a Manhattan and generally like bourbon though a bit too sweet for me. Give me some peaty funky scotch all day