ISO Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon

InBetweenIsMne said:

Here you go; excerpted from Shanken News Daily. Happy hunting!:

•In April, Buffalo Trace Distillery (Sazerac) will release Old Rip Van Winkle 25-year-old, the most aged expression of the brand ever bottled. Only 710 bottles will be available. It’s at 50% abv and made from 11 barrels of Bourbon made at Stitzel-Weller distillery in 1989. Whisky Advocate has the full story.

Links?

BRAIN0FJAY said:

tempo_n_groove said:

@BRAIN0FJAY are you still petitioning for Morgantown to get a show?

I am petioning for a show in West Virginia, however I would prefer Charleston. The Charleston Civic Center is undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation and should be quite the place once complete.

Here's a link to the 25-year Old Rip. Retails for the very affordable $1800.

http://www.gobourbon.com/25-year-old-van-winkle-bourbon-released-spring/

I read the story.

How the hell can you have a spirit 2 years older than the 23 that retails for $169 and justify another 1000% more for a bottle?

My only guess is to get rid of re-sellers but this will be like the Black Pearl Louis and just go for astrological amounts of money.

DavidD said:

I'll take that lovely bottle of Louis you have on your bar tempo over pappy any day.

The Louis, if you ever have the chance, do it. Amazing cognac. They made a smaller bottle if you are interested.

I love the Louis mainly for the fact that it helped me pay off a good chunk of my undergrad student loan. After I got out of school, I spent a summer bartending at a restaurant in Vancouver. There was one dude who would come in almost everyday, drink champagne with whoever would sit with him, and then finish it off with a few rounds of Louis (at $175 an ounce!). His bar tab was typically between $1000-5000 and he would tip 15-20%! It was the most outrageous thing I've ever witnessed, and really made me realize that if I ever got that rich, I'd find positive things to do with my money like giving to charities, something that could improve the lives of others. But I sure was thankful for those tips.

So in my cabinet I'd have seagrams 7, 4 roses small batch, jack daniels honey, kettle one, remy vsop, tullamore dew single, bacardi and bombay saphire.

That is for the masses.

tempo_n_groove said:

buck502000 said:

What would a starter liquor cabinet kit be made up of?

You need to hide the good stuff from the hacks. You don't want someone mixing your good bourbon with a damn coke.

That's first thing!

Damn good advice there!

Secondly, I'd say have a few common mixers. Vermouth, triple sec, grenadine, & bitters are good starters.

tempo_n_groove said:

So in my cabinet I'd have seagrams 7, 4 roses small batch, jack daniels honey, kettle one, remy vsop, tullamore dew single, bacardi and bombay saphire.

That is for the masses.

I tell my friends that any thing that is on the back bar is fair game. Stay out of my liquor cabinet.

Almost on page 3 BUMP!
So last night after work I made some sausages. And was thinking what flavours to add. so I added a few oz of makers mark to my mix. It was good, but next time I'm going to try a different bourbon.
I think the w.l. weller would complement pork a little bit more.
does anyone marinate in bourbon? (pork, chicken, beef, lamb, fish)