Whiskey Discussion

[MudHog]

Anybody ever bought a bottle of whiskey as an investment?

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/20/bo ... =allsearch

$250,000.00 bottle of 62 year old Dalmore.


Their 40 year old goes for 1380 euros or $1867 US.

[jacksbuddy]

Anyone ever tried Catdaddy?

No, but I had a fraternity brother at MSU who was called "Catdaddy". You don't simply meet this guy. He is sort of an 'experience'.

[RDB]

Jefferson Reserve and Jacob's Well are pretty good but my go to bottles are Jack and 8y/o Charter.

Jefferson's Reserve is by far the best and smoothest I've ever tried. I won't drink anything else. I can assure you that you would not be disappointed.

[RDB]

I like the dude who shows up with some really fine single barrel or top shelf bourbon and mixes it with a coke..........

It'll make you want to puke.... It's kinda like putting ketchup on a filet !!!

[farmerc83]

I like the dude who shows up with some really fine single barrel or top shelf bourbon and mixes it with a coke..........

+1...but at least they aren't mixing it with Dr Pepper. Be the first to admit I can't tell Charter from Makers or Knob from Basil Hayden's, but I like them all equally based on the following thought. I either walk out excited about a good bottle of whiskey or a cheaper tab, either will lead to destructive behavior, flacid-ness and a headache. The label just determines how much money I'm out and how much water is going in the glass with it.

[LawDawg]

I like Pappy's b/c it cost so much and comes in a cool black felt bag with gold string and gold writing.

If a felt bag and some string was a criteria, I'd be all over crown. Then only thing Canada's gotten right in the past 20 years was pam anderson.

Gross, she's got Hepatitis C and is a member of PETA.

Before hep c, you wouldn't have kicked her out of the bed.

[greenheadgrimreaper]

Showing off has a lot do with it, I agree. If you make something of quality and charge a lot for it folks will buy. Especially rich folks.
And nothing is worse than a guy mixing a good whiskey with coke. . That's what they make Heaven Hill for.

[MSDawg870]

Anybody ever bought a bottle of whiskey as an investment?

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/20/bo ... =allsearch

$250,000.00 bottle of 62 year old Dalmore.


Their 40 year old goes for 1380 euros or $1867 US.

My bro in law used work at a liquor store. He came across what is called an "oops bottle" one day. It's a bottle of makers where they dipped more wax than normal. I can't remember the chances of getting one are but I think it worth a few dollars. His is a liter bottle, I've seen em go for 250.

[donia]

Anybody ever bought a bottle of whiskey as an investment?

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/20/bo ... =allsearch

$250,000.00 bottle of 62 year old Dalmore.


Their 40 year old goes for 1380 euros or $1867 US.

i bet that is an incredible tasting scotch! the 18yo is one of my favorite scotches. the smoothness masks the alcohol so well that it will sneak up on you if you aren't careful.

[quack_a_tack]

I also have been known to buy a handle ww walker j walker, not to shabby when mixin. Ceown gives me a headache, charter is my constant go to. I also enjoy an occasional Grey Goose and tonic on the marbles. Dont do the scotch thing, and could care less about the cool crowd, I am the gulldam cool crowd.

[JaMak84]

OK......I've know about Pappy Van Winkle for a while, but it seems like on this-a-here-website some folks take the ball and roll with it. How many of yall are really out there drinkin on a $96-$300 bottle of bourbon? Last year it was Four Roses "all the cool kids" were just raving about being the best. I drink alot of bourbon, but had never heard of the stuff. Went out and bought some and wasnt that impressed. This year I have heard a discussion or two about Pappy Van Winkle and have never heard so much talk as in the last 2 weeks. You would think if'n it was as good as e'rrybody says, or 26yr old per bottle, then it would have been talked about alot more over the year on our annual whiskey discussions. It's like some people just pick something expensive or "the cool thing" and say "yeah thats good stuff and it's my favorite". If'n I were a bettin man, and as hard to come by as it is, I would venture to say that some people who are out saying they are drankin on a $300 bottle of bourbon are full of it................I'm not sayin....I'm just sayin

I hear ya man. I put these pricks in the same category as those pretentious sumbeeches that wear McAlister or Filson when a $25 coat from wally world will keep you just as dry and warm. Sheesh, the nerve of some people!

[HeKing]

I like Pappy's b/c it cost so much and comes in a cool black felt bag with gold string and gold writing.

I'll be home around the end of next month. I'll be by to sample some Pappy's.

[gator]

OK......I've know about Pappy Van Winkle for a while, but it seems like on this-a-here-website some folks take the ball and roll with it. How many of yall are really out there drinkin on a $96-$300 bottle of bourbon? Last year it was Four Roses "all the cool kids" were just raving about being the best. I drink alot of bourbon, but had never heard of the stuff. Went out and bought some and wasnt that impressed. This year I have heard a discussion or two about Pappy Van Winkle and have never heard so much talk as in the last 2 weeks. You would think if'n it was as good as e'rrybody says, or 26yr old per bottle, then it would have been talked about alot more over the year on our annual whiskey discussions. It's like some people just pick something expensive or "the cool thing" and say "yeah thats good stuff and it's my favorite". If'n I were a bettin man, and as hard to come by as it is, I would venture to say that some people who are out saying they are drankin on a $300 bottle of bourbon are full of it................I'm not sayin....I'm just sayin

actually, a similar thread comes up pretty much yearly, and pappy has been mentioned quite often in those threads. a quick search of "pappy van winkle" yielded a thread from 2010 and 2 from 2009, in which several folks talked about their enjoyment of said bourbon. four roses wasn't heard much about until a year or so ago, simply b/c you couldn't get it here. there distribution at the time stopped at the the Tenn line if memory serves. after the '09 season, i know of several LLDC members that proclaim it the next best thing to holy water. I stand by my original statement......i've tried to like that leper piss and can't stand it.....its' thin, and would be better served as paint thinner (which i've tried, and it sucked at that too).

pappy is a good bourbon that's not reaching out to dollar store shoppers. it's real close to what i like in a bourbon.

my everyday bourbon, which is also my special occasion bourbon, and the one i prefer on at sundown on sundays is Elijah Craig. i like what the good reverend offers in a bourbon - nutty, woody, leathery notes on teh sniff test that melt into caramel and chocolate flavors as it is drank. there's not the heat of "alcohol" typical of many bourbons which inadvertently ruin a good bourbon in my opinion.

in any case, pursuant to the above rant, i've bought 4 bottles of pappy this year (all early in the year) but look for it each and everytime i go to the liquor store. is it worth the pricetag, i dunno.....i try not to live a life based off a 25% coupon.

I hear ya man. I put these pricks in the same category as those pretentious sumbeeches that wear McAlister or Filson when a $25 coat from wally world will keep you just as dry and warm. Sheesh, the nerve of some people!

regarding the above......some folks like nice houses, long legs on chics and fast cars.........others are fine smoking ready rolls out the back window of their double wide.......neither is right or wrong, just different.................and, i hope to be buried in my filson stuff one day. which, could happen unless my grandchildren want to wear it. i'm not sure the same can be said for many other clothing brands.

as my good friend, scholar, and poet lauriet deltaduckman is oft read sayin..........in ain't sayin'...........i'm just sayin'

gator

[grnhed]

I like Pappy's b/c it cost so much and comes in a cool black felt bag with gold string and gold writing.

I'll be home around the end of next month. I'll be by to sample some Pappy's.

Come on by!

[farmerc83]

I hear ya man. I put these pricks in the same category as those pretentious sumbeeches that wear McAlister or Filson when a $25 coat from wally world will keep you just as dry and warm. Sheesh, the nerve of some people!

Good clothing is a horse of a different feather, JaMak. Think you said that somewhat tongue in cheek. I seem to have to replace whiskey just as fast no matter how high quality it is. A quality jacket can see you 25 years or more and is worth being repaired if something does tear up on it.

To me there is a sentimental value and a sense of pride that comes with using the same stuff, year after year, and continuing to take care of it so that it may become a keepsake for a loved one once I am gone. My grandad passed when I was 11 and I was never lucky enough to hunt with him. I am going to pick up his 1950's JC Higgins shotgun case today from a Soles & Heels, where it is getting the leather reconditioned and restitched to the canvas in several places. I'll only use it on dove hunts, but to me it's worth taking care of just for once a year use.