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Just finished this one. Really awesome bottle and would love to find another if it's at a decent price.
I've not had this one. I have Redbreast 12 and it is so smooth.View attachment 1044079
Just finished this one. Really awesome bottle and would love to find another if it's at a decent price.
I don’t mean to have my knickers in a twist (again), but with all due respect, “neck pour” is not a thing. The whiskey isn’t trapped up there, it mingles throughout the bottle.View attachment 1044077
First pour for me. Smells so sweet. Neck pour is gonna rest a little first.
It's the strongest sip in the bottle. As the bottle ages alcohol starts to evaporate. That's one reason the last 1/3rd in some whiskeys get so good.....less strong more flavor.I don’t mean to have my knickers in a twist (again), but with all due respect, “neck pour” is not a thing. The whiskey isn’t trapped up there, it mingles throughout the bottle.
That's a Unicorn around here. Saw just the regular once about 2 years ago. Don't know if it is because it gets snapped up or just doesn't come here.So underrated and so good
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While the “neck pour” is physically incorrect, whiskeys do tend to open up as they get exposed to oxygen in the bottle, just like wine does but much more slowly and subtly. I often find barrel proof bottles a little hot an astringent for the first 2-3 pours or weeks, that then soften and round out spectacularly.I don’t mean to have my knickers in a twist (again), but with all due respect, “neck pour” is not a thing. The whiskey isn’t trapped up there, it mingles throughout the bottle.
It's the strongest sip in the bottle. As the bottle ages alcohol starts to evaporate. That's one reason the last 1/3rd in some whiskeys get so good.....less strong more flavor.
Didn’t alcohol evaporate in the super porous wooden barrels over all those years?While the “neck pour” is physically incorrect, whiskeys do tend to open up as they get exposed to oxygen in the bottle, just like wine does but much more slowly and subtly. I often find barrel proof bottles a little hot an astringent for the first 2-3 pours or weeks, that then soften and round out spectacularly.
Water is the smaller molecule. It escapes more frequently from a barrel. So the barrel level goes down, and the proof goes up up up! How much air/oxygen gets exchanged into the barrels as they age? Who knows. But I've had enough "first pours" from bottles that were very different from subsequent pours from the same bottle that I know SOMETHING occurs after a bottle is opened. I think Mash & Drum did an experiment on this, but I forget what his conclusions were.Didn’t alcohol evaporate in the super porous wooden barrels over all those years?
I had been using my bottle of Bonded for Jack+Coke until I saw that article, didn't even think to try it straight up!Whiskey Advocate’s Whiskey of the Year.![]()
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This stuff is so marked up over here I'd rather just drink something else instead of going through the aggravation. Really wish it weren't so hard to get. Delicious stuff, I'm jealous!
I'd try it! I love high proof ryes. Is it MGP?View attachment 1044441
Let's give this a try.
I just might need one of those, Elliott!
Says Lawrenceburg IN. but Ross and Squibb distillery.I'd try it! I love high proof ryes. Is it MGP?
MGP is now Ross and Squibb. I always forget it changed.Says Lawrenceburg IN. but Ross and Squibb distillery.
Well, for god’s sake, keep me posted!I just might need one of those, Elliott!
Did not know that.....good info!MGP is now Ross and Squibb. I always forget it changed.
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Just finished this one. Really awesome bottle and would love to find another if it's at a decent price.