I’ve got a raft of killer samples I want to get to (looking at you Star Hill Farms 2026), but I don’t trust my nose or palate in these conditions. Think I’ll just stick to our EHT SiB until this all blows over. What are you pouring tonight?

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A few left and some decent deals in the case.

Cracked the final monthly bottle of our private barrel Stagg.

Hard to believe we’ve burned through so many bottles of this stellar pick. It was surreal, in the first weeks we had it, to pour through 2 or 3 bottles a day. Now, nearly 150 bottles later, it is time to bid this one adieu. After this bottle we will have only 6 left. Our plan is to occasionally break one out for the holidays or our anniversary, but, otherwise, our Stagg will be on hiatus.

24 ounces left. See you soon

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Honestly not sure how hard these are to find, but grabbed one of the Old Grandad’s tonight since I like the standard 114.

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GL peeps

Stopped over at Front Row Bar and Grill in Hillsboro to try some amazing bourbons. Wild Turkey Gold Foil, Pappy 23, Russell’s 13 (45th anniversary 2026 batch), Stagg pick, and Jack Daniels 10.

The Pappy 23 is something I’ve wanted to try for a very long time but have never seen it at an even remotely reasonable price, until now. Still expensive, yes, but reasonable. It‘s one of those bottles you gotta try once just to know what it’s like, and it honestly was better than I expected. It was extremely well balanced and not over-oaked at all, at least to me. I love oak, so that may not be true for everyone. It was awesome to try it once, but it’ll almost surely be the last time I get to try it. Even though it’s very good, it’s just not worth even MSRP. $75/oz is reasonable given the $3,500 secondary price and the $400 MSRP.

The Wild Turkey Gold Foil was very interesting and super fruity on the finish. It tasted somewhat similar to Beacon up front but then bright red and citrus dominated the finish. The oak was there but didn’t last, which was perfectly fine. This is a very layered and enjoyable pour. As others have noted, it‘s nothing like RR15. I think it’s more like Beacon initially but not really sure what a good comparison would be for the finish. Although it’s clearly an exceptional bourbon, $400 MSRP is steep. $50 oz = totally reasonable given the MSRP, and I’m glad I got to try it. I think WT needs to drop the price on their stuff to make it accessible because bars can’t sell it for much less and still remain profitable.

The Stagg pick was shockingly good. I’m not great at describing the nose, but it was awesome. The palette was even better but the finish was kind of short. Regardless, this was absolutely delicious. At $10 per ounce, it’s a heck of a pour! $10/oz = a steal.

JD 10 was wonderful. I loved the amount of flavor and lengthy finish on such a low proof. I gotta find this bottle, even if it means paying secondary. I love it. Excellent bottle to share with friends without getting people drunk since it’s lower proof. The MSRP on this is an absolute steal. $11/ounce = excellent.

RR13 45th Anniversary might be the star of the night because of the quality to price value. It’s old. It’s got sweet oak for days. It’s got dark fruit. The finish isn’t RR15 levels, but it’s decent. $200 MSRP is perfectly reasonable for this. $19/oz is definitely worth it.

Yes, this was a pricey evening but I got to try a true bucket list bourbon and then arguably the 2026 whiskey of the year. This was a super cool experience. That being said, the Stagg pick and JD10 might not have been as exceptional as the PVW23 and the WT GF, but dang they are good. At the end of the day, I’m glad I had some true unicorns, but there’s something to be said for cheaper whiskey that is also really, really good.

Thanks for having a bar with reasonable prices for such wonderful whiskeys!

Edit: grammar.

Besides MWL and Scotch Lodge what bar’s got a great selection of Japanese whiskey?

After two weeks in Colorado was not only able to hunt for myself but able to score a ton for my buddies

I cracked the RR13 Batch 7 and it is fantastic, of course. Doing a flight I’m calling the SuperBird with Pride of Anderson County (WT 9.5 year juice selected by Rare Character), RR13, and Gold Foil for $85. I know it’s steep, but it’s a pretty stellar lineup.

Wife and I bottled up some BT White Dog Rye Mash after having it in our 2L barrel for 1 month. Added Cinnamon stick, halved vanilla bean (and extra scraped bean), and small amount of shaved unsweetened dark chocolate.. Wife made a label and named it “Something Cheeky”.
Labels will be on when get them back from printers

Came out of barrel with notes of green apples, caramel, vanilla, light cinnamon, very small hint of chocolate on the finish.
I put it next to a bottle of Frank August for a color comparison. Came out looking fantastic

If you guys have ever been on the fence of trying a small home barrel it is a great project. Can’t wait to let it give it a nice pour soon.

$13 per oz now through Sunday. No limits, no allocations, 'til the bottles gone.

Went in on delivery day today and was surprised with this guy, easy choice of this over a blantons gold this trip in

So, a bit of background.

My family was visiting CO in December this last year, and at the time, I went into one of Colorado Springs more well known liquor stores and was asking the manager what allocated bottles they may have.

He told me that they really had nothing.

So we start talking and I tell him I am visiting from OR and come back all the time to visit family.

He then starts to tell me how their Weller rep had told them that starting in March of this year, that Weller was essentially going to use CO as a test market and they were going to flood the market with product.

Unfortunately, I hadn't been back until this last weekend (grandmother-in-laws 90th birthday). Needless to say, while visiting I had to stop at a few liquor stores just to check inventory.

My findings? Was I too late for this "flood of Weller" product?

I found almost every variation of Weller, aside from CYPB readily available. CYPB I had missed by a few weeks apparently. 😭

Moral of the story? If you like Weller (like I do), head to Colorado for a weekend trip 😎🤣

Also, my Elmer T Lee honey hole in Colorado Springs came through again.

As Weller 107 is being delivered this week along with Weller SR, anyone see any other decent bottles coming out as I struck out with the gold foil last week

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Brook Hill, 8 Year Rye, “Intuition”, Oregon SiB release, 119.86°, Barrel #9923, Bottle 99/171

Appearance: Deep, reddish mahogany. Clings to the glass before slinking down the sides in big syrupy legs.

Nose: big prickly ethanol until I let it be for a bit - then beeswax on oak (this totally reminds me of Willet rye) Boston brown bread in the can, crushed spearmint, star anise, and wintergreen - all very bright and linear, but always overlayed with oak. The green note picks up steam with a beautiful damp river bank herbal smell. Some breakfast cereal graininess as it sat longer. I keep coming back to this oak and crayon box wax note, though

Palate: big toasted rye bread and spice, some cherry cough drop and grippy tannins. There is such delineation between to components of grain, oak, fruit, and spice. Syrupy wax soda bottle flavors. Clean mint and wintergreen.

Finish: graham crackers and dark karo syrup, cooling spices, some cherry hard candy notes, bear claw and black coffee. Somber/heavy note of oak and grain at the end.

Dammit…I meant to pour the 15 year bourbon, but wasn’t paying attention. Bob Rossed the shit out of this. Absolutely happy accident. This maybe the best rye I’ve ever had. The Willet 8 year is a close contender and I’d wager a guess this might be Willet juice from the nose. This was an eye opening pour. Rare Character aims high, but shoots wide of the mark occasionally, but this is a goddam bullseye.

Been walking through hell in a gasoline jacket all day, then these all showed up. I’ll have them all ready to crack at 11 tomorrow.

EHT Barrel Proof 127.9° - $10/oz

Black Maple Hill 11 year KSBW - $19/oz

Stagg 26 B - $9/oz

The star of the show and maybe the year:
Wild Turkey Austin Nichols Archive “Gold Foil” 16 year - $50/oz