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Hawkeye Vince
 Post subject: Re: Bourbon
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sloshing increases reaction with wood supposedly. I remember reading about it years ago and it sounded like an interesting concept. Have not had any of it though. Organic inspector was touting heritage corn bourbons the other day. Years ago I was at a distillery and they had some aging, Bloody Butcher corn. Only reason it caught my eye is we've grown it and it makes a terrific corn meal. I can't imagine it making much difference in flavor but as long as its not too expensive I'll buy a bottle. Worse case it gets turned into a cocktail whisky.


If you are in the area, everything Whiskey Acres is making out in Dekalb is fire. They have a bloody butcher coming that is awesome.
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About an hour away. Maybe 1:15. I’ll keep it in mind as I’m through there once a month or so. The one I saw was at Blaum over in Galena. They hasn’t tapped an actual home produced bourbon when I was there.
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About an hour away. Maybe 1:15. I’ll keep it in mind as I’m through there once a month or so. The one I saw was at Blaum over in Galena. They hasn’t tapped an actual home produced bourbon when I was there.


Blaum is rolling out some really good products. The neat thing with Whiskey Acres is they make whiskey from the corn they grow. My whiskey club did a barrel of blue popcorn and will have bloody butcher soon.
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Drunk Squirrel
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Just was at the store and they had some of their stuff. Nothing in blue popcorn mind you but I like seeing these small places get into businesses.
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A local distiller has a barrel program opportunity this winter. For $900 you get to help fill a personal barrel with Rye, then come back and sample it over the next 4-8 years...then receive 12 engraved bottles and the barrel it was aged in. Seems like a pretty cool opportunity.

Neat program - who is the producer? How large of a barrel (Guessing 10 gallon)? I did a private barrel with a bourbon group - it was something like 250 per person, 10 of us and we got 3 bottles. It was with a producer out of Kansas (Boot Hill)


Rush Creek Distilling out of Harvard. My wife's cousin is friends with the distiller.

My biker friends always go to that place. Bourbon and motorcycles (IMO) don't mix. I definitely need to go there sometime soon. I've heard great things.

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My parents' first neighbors were Stitzels, (1962-1968) relatives to the Stitzel-Weller Distillery folks. He gave my Dad tons of Old Fitzgerald swag: tie clips, pocket knives, ash trays, tumblers, etc. When I was at mom's to winterize, she was going through Dad's dresser drawers. There is a small box with two Old Fitzgerald key lapel pins, and a business card rom the President of the Distillery, I think it was Jonathon P VanWinkle. Kinda cool.
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My parents' first neighbors were Stitzels, (1962-1968) relatives to the Stitzel-Weller Distillery folks. He gave my Dad tons of Old Fitzgerald swag: tie clips, pocket knives, ash trays, tumblers, etc. When I was at mom's to winterize, she was going through Dad's dresser drawers. There is a small box with two Old Fitzgerald key lapel pins, and a business card rom the President of the Distillery, I think it was Jonathon P VanWinkle. Kinda cool.


I love old bar and brewery memorabilia.

I'm representing an old guy right now who used to own a bar. He has an old manufacturing building he is converting to a home with. The ground floor is his work space and storage. He took me down there and had the most amazing collection of steins, serving trays, signs, etc. I was just about ready to tell him I'd take payment in his collection.

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For years and years my dad had a stein in his office that I assumed he had picked up in Germany when he was stationed there. Apparently it was from a pre prohibition brewery/bar in the Quad Cities that his great uncle owned. One of the few things of sentimental value (Although pretty remote) from his family that he keeps around.
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Just opened up a bottle of Colonel Taylor. Quite tasty. :drunken:

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I'm partial to the local, so when I drink bourbon, I drink Journeyman's.

When you get downtown, swing by Mordecai, in the hotel across the street from Wrigley. My wife's cousin works there and can discuss the intricacies of bourbon for hours. He even has some kind of bourbon Zoom meeting, where he sends samples to you and your friends then you get together online to discuss.
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My husband likes journeyman's too
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My husband likes journeyman's too


Their rye in an old fashioned is so smooth, I have to stop at one, or I'll be under the table quickly.
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I guess I need to try Journeyman....ADD IT TO THE LIST!

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Just opened up a bottle of Colonel Taylor. Quite tasty. :drunken:


Congrats on finding one. It's an incredible bottle.

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Wife and I decided to make some Old Fashions last weekend so she picked out a nice bottle of Woodford Reserve and I thought it was pretty good overall. As for the Old Fashioned, I could take it or leave it. Most places up here in WI make it with Brandy which I kind of prefer in an Old Fashioned. She doesn't care for Brandy so we went the Bourbon route.

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Wife and I decided to make some Old Fashions last weekend so she picked out a nice bottle of Woodford Reserve and I thought it was pretty good overall. As for the Old Fashioned, I could take it or leave it. Most places up here in WI make it with Brandy which I kind of prefer in an Old Fashioned. She doesn't care for Brandy so we went the Bourbon route.


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Wife and I decided to make some Old Fashions last weekend so she picked out a nice bottle of Woodford Reserve and I thought it was pretty good overall. As for the Old Fashioned, I could take it or leave it. Most places up here in WI make it with Brandy which I kind of prefer in an Old Fashioned. She doesn't care for Brandy so we went the Bourbon route.

For Old Fashioned...Rye is best. Brandy too sweet. Bourbon ok, but Rye is just perfect.

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Brandy is the traditional Wisconsin old fashioned. I think they become more insistent on it the further you get from civilization

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Brandy is the traditional Wisconsin old fashioned. I think they become more insistent on it the further you get from civilization

100% correct....but that doesn't make it better. :lol:
Obviously tastes vary....I prefer Rye. Packer fans can have their overly sweet brandy old fashioned. They're probably too cheap to buy Luxardo cherries, as well. :lol:

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They put Mountain Dew or sprite in it too.
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They put Mountain Dew or sprite in it too.

That's ridiculous.
I do use a splash of Top Chico mineral water, bot sprite or mountain dew? Fuck no.

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They put Mountain Dew or sprite in it too.

Mountain Dew was made for Moonshine alone.

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I can't imagine an alcohol that would go with Mountain Dew.. Kind of like the people I saw drink grape soda with vodka.Damn bubbly cough syrup.

I don't mind the Brandy old fashioned at all. The fact that they are on tap at Brewers games was a bit odd though.
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I love getting a good nice cold beer in a really cool stien nothing beats the feeling.

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That's ridiculous.
I do use a splash of Top Chico mineral water, bot sprite or mountain dew? Fuck no.


The first time I was handed one I was all what's in this? My friend said Mt dew isn't it great? I froze my smile was all yeah it's great never had it like this before but in my head I was dying. Why are we ruining good bourbon?

I can drink cheaper rum, tequila, and wine. I cannot drink cheap bourbon or vodka (unless it's flavored vodka but I don't drink that often).
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Wife and I decided to make some Old Fashions last weekend so she picked out a nice bottle of Woodford Reserve and I thought it was pretty good overall. As for the Old Fashioned, I could take it or leave it. Most places up here in WI make it with Brandy which I kind of prefer in an Old Fashioned. She doesn't care for Brandy so we went the Bourbon route.

For Old Fashioned...Rye is best. Brandy too sweet. Bourbon ok, but Rye is just perfect.

It’s really not the same drink though. Besides the whiskey/brandy factor, an old fashioned anywhere outside of Wisconsin does not include seltzer (unsweet) or 7-up (sweet).

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my wife really digs old fashioneds. she bought a bottle of jefferson reserve and went with a "gambler" version that is a bit sweeter. i can only do one of those.
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My wife doesn't dig Rye and said Brandy was too sweet. We didn't put any Mountain Dew or anything like that in it. Just a healthy splash of club soda. It was just ok with me. I drink beer 95% of the time but it was fun to do more of a casual drink and try to enjoy it more slowly.

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I get that Rye isn't for everyone. My wife needs extra water in hers to deal with the Rye :lol:

The beauty of Old-Fashioneds is that there's so many different ways to make it....kind of like a pot of chili. They all taste different and everyone likes their way best.

I'm trolling a bit on the Wisconsin Folks...nothing wrong with using Brandy...I just have settled on my mix using Rye. If you haven't spent time experimenting with making Old-Fashioneds....I highly recommend it. Lots of fun.

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