What's your favorite bourbon?

[jeff9366]

George Dickel and Jack Daniels are Tennessee Whiskies, a fairly similar category to Bourbon in they are corn based, but production method varies from Bourbon.

 

[Spindifferent]

1) Garrison Brothers
2) WL Weller
3) Makers Mark
4) Buffalo Trace
You can tell I like my bourbon If anyone can get their hands on a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle ( the supposedly Holy Grail of bourbons) I’ll supply the glasses!

While the “regular” Garrison Brothers are excellent, The Cowboy from them is out of this world. Just opened a Cowboy over Thanksgiving to share a few sips with my dad and brother. Talk about a great way to spend quality time!

 

[dragoneggs]

BSB Bourbon is very good....smooth and nice.

BSB - Heritage Distilling

Local distillery. Highly rated and becoming more popular nationally...

Another one that is excellent but hard to find (at least around here) is Blanton's Bourbon from Kentucky. Small batch... cool stoppers. I highly recommend.

Blanton's Bourbon: The Original Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Paul Newman drank "JTS Brown" in the movie "The Hustler".

 

[dstig1]

I'm surprised at all the love for Makers Mark. It is a decent solid bourbon, but there are far better ones. Knob Creek is my go to. Woodford Reserve is also very good and Basil Haydens is really good but gets pricey compared to the others.

 

[Woodeye]

Our daughter lives in Frankfort, KY. so we resumed our Bourbon trail tour over the Thanksgiving holiday. We toured three distilleries and I bought a bottle of Blanton at Buffalo Trace in Frankfort, a bottle of Four Roses at their distillery and another bottle at Wild Turkey. Touring the distilleries really is fascinating. We have now visited six distilleries and have many more to tour during our future visits. I don’t think Crown Royal is bourbon, but it is my favorite Canadian whiskey.

 

[dragoneggs]

I'm surprised at all the love for Makers Mark. It is a decent solid bourbon, but there are far better ones. Knob Creek is my go to. Woodford Reserve is also very good and Basil Haydens is really good but gets pricey compared to the others.

Agreed, but Basil... which I coincidently just bought a bottle yesterday is a bit light for me. But my son and SIL appreciate it. I just stay away from Rye and actually prefer a good sipping 'extra anejo' tequila.

 

[goeduck]

I am not much of a hard liquor person but I do enjoy Pendleton Whisky on occasion. Local to the NW, good stuff. Got exposed to it years back at the Pendleton Round Up. Good fun.

 

[mapper]

I have sampled a number of high priced craft whiskies at the distilleries in Washington state in the last few years.

Not impressed.


What taste appeals to you is personal.

The adventure lies in seeking that perfect taste, to you.

Taste Bourbons systematically.

Taste Tennessee Whiskey systematically.

Taste Rye whiskies systematically.

Taste straight malt Scotches systematically.

Considering that most of the craft distilleries in Washington State have only been around for a few years it's not suprising that there products don't measure up to other well aged whiskeys. I think that we will not be able to properly judge them for 10 or more years.
There is a distillery in Seattle that built its rack house near Hoquiam a couple of years ago because the climate was quite similar to Scotland (cool and damp). Maybe it will be worth a sip in ten or twelve years from now.

 

[mapper]

Seems most of us have a preferred type of whiskey and tend to turn up our nose at others. My mother was a scotch drinker, as am I. She did not like bourbon and was known to say cruel things about it. My oldest sister can't stand scotch and prefers bourbon. So early last January our family gathered near Laconner to spread mom's ashes in Puget sound. Before my older sisters and I embarked in a canoe to sprinkle her out beyond the low tide line, my sister broke out a bottle of Makers Mark to toast her. Shortly after that we climbed into the canoe to go sprinkle mom, but as my second oldest sister was stepping in she hesitated with one foot in the canoe and the other in the air, lost her balance and rolled the canoe. As I was kneeling in the middle position I had no way of getting out before I was completely submerged.
We figured that mom got the last laugh and that her ghost may have had her hand on the gunnel of the canoe, while she couldn't get all four of us she would settle for three. We had after all toasted her with bourbon rather than a good single malt scotch!