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Stagg Sunday
It’s October, which means that the truly hardcore bourbon dork is hunting for a bottle or two from this fall’s Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. For my friends who are not engaged in this irredeemably...
View ArticleWilliam Larue Weller: 2009 • 2010 • 2011
As I noted recently, it’s Buffalo Trace Antique Collection season, which means that the utter insanity surrounding a few great bourbons and ryes (and Eagle Rare 17) is in full swing. Friday morning I...
View ArticleEagle Rare 17y (Fall 2011) – The Rebuttal
In previous posts on this year’s Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, I haven’t hesitated to poke fun at Eagle Rare as not deserving to be part of the collection. After last year’s collection I felt...
View ArticleEagle Rare 17y (Fall 2010) – 45%
Nose: Vanilla, wood, light caramel, a definite solvent edge to the alcohol, a little light apple and faint apricot. Some molasses and dust. Palate: Wood intially, mildly bitter and astringent,...
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Finding The Heir To Pappy
Everyone’s Van Winkled out this year, and it’s not likely to get any better. What options do we have out there? To be clear, this isn’t a search for the next best wheated bourbon. I’m simply trying to...
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