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Sounds like the perfect excuse to pick up some Maker's 46 - To be enjoyed only when we win a game, this postseason.
Drinkable? Sure. Good? Not really. And Tom, re the 46, sounds like it's Maker's, but more. Stronger notes of wheat and cherry.
When copper fox was getting started they were selling un/barley aged stuff for cash flow while the other stuff aged. It was basically an overpriced swill, but they were pretty straightforward with what you were buying
so I'm watching the Jim Beam commercial that's about rebuilding the distillery after prohibition. Says it took 120 days, then it shows the crew drinking. how long is Jim Beam or a basic bourbon aged? Is the stuff that comes out right away even drinkable?
Oddly, I've never tried 46. I like the regular Maker's just fine, hard to complain about the wheated mashbill done so well and affordably.
For us in VA it amounts to an extra $8 which gets you an estimated 2-3 months additional aging. But it's in French oak staves! I've had it and it's delicious.
I took advantage of the 20% off sale. Printed a couple of coupons and visited a couple of stores. Picked up a bottle of Russell's Reserve Single Barrel at my final stop. Will open it on Tuesday.
My homemade Kahlua only requires 1 month to age
This appears to have been the correct strategy.
I ran out of Jameson's
I have a bottle of 15 year old Redbreast that would blow your mind.
anyone ever do the whisky festival thing at Mt Vernon?https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/events/george-washington-whiskey-festival/
The probem with festivals like this is that you have to drive home....
Went Christmas shopping at the ABC this morning. They carry a limited selection of Va wines so I bought 3 bottles of Trump wine to dole out to my brother and cousin who I'll see on Christmas eve.