1. Frequent Rocky Mountain High: Coors
2. Occasional international thirst quenchers: Corona w/ a lime or Guinness
3. Hair of the Dog Bloody Mary: Smirnoff w/V-8 (hot)
4. Cabernet w/a good steak: I ain't picky any wine ( as long as it 's not in a box will do)

I was at a wedding this weekend in KY near Lexington. My fiancée and I hit up two distillers on the bourbon trail as part of the trip. We toured Woodford Reserve on Sat and then Maker's Mark on Sun and both included a tasting. I'd recommend touring both if you're a bourbon fan. I tasted it, but didn't buy the $2k Woodford Reserve Baccarat edition (it takes 5 days to make each crystal bottle). And of course, you have to dip your own bottle of Maker's in the wax to take home on that tour.

I drink water, sparkling water, or sports drinks. No exceptions to this ever since I started distance running up to 30 miles.

(08-30-2022 12:36 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  I was at a wedding this weekend in KY near Lexington. My fiancée and I hit up two distillers on the bourbon trail as part of the trip. We toured Woodford Reserve on Sat and then Maker's Mark on Sun and both included a tasting. I'd recommend touring both if you're a bourbon fan. I tasted it, but didn't buy the $2k Woodford Reserve Baccarat edition (it takes 5 days to make each crystal bottle). And of course, you have to dip your own bottle of Maker's in the wax to take home on that tour.

How was the high dollar Woodford's?

(08-30-2022 03:50 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-30-2022 12:36 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  I was at a wedding this weekend in KY near Lexington. My fiancée and I hit up two distillers on the bourbon trail as part of the trip. We toured Woodford Reserve on Sat and then Maker's Mark on Sun and both included a tasting. I'd recommend touring both if you're a bourbon fan. I tasted it, but didn't buy the $2k Woodford Reserve Baccarat edition (it takes 5 days to make each crystal bottle). And of course, you have to dip your own bottle of Maker's in the wax to take home on that tour.

How was the high dollar Woodford's?

It was Woodford, so it was a premium product, but not $2k good. It was Woodford aged in a cognac barrel. The hand made bottle that takes 5 days to make was beautiful, very heavy and the highlight of that edition. My favorite bourbon I tasted at Woodford was the Double Double Oaked. Double Oaked is aged in a second oak barrel for one year after the normal aging in the first barrel. The Double Double Oaked is aged in the same second barrel for two years instead of just one year with the standard Double Oaked. Double Double Oaked is released in (usually) January and 85% of it is only sold in the Woodford gift shop and the other 15% is only sold in KY at various liquor stores. The last release had a 4 hour wait on release day at the giftshop and sold out that day even with a per person limit. If you do happen to run across a bottle of Double Double Oaked, I'd grab it immediately. Of course, you could probably buy on the secondary/black market, but it would cost more.

Last Saturday, at my sister's birthday, I had about half a dozen vodka shots. Pretty good Ukrainian wheat vodka, X-Dar.

(08-30-2022 09:50 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  

(08-30-2022 03:50 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(08-30-2022 12:36 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  I was at a wedding this weekend in KY near Lexington. My fiancée and I hit up two distillers on the bourbon trail as part of the trip. We toured Woodford Reserve on Sat and then Maker's Mark on Sun and both included a tasting. I'd recommend touring both if you're a bourbon fan. I tasted it, but didn't buy the $2k Woodford Reserve Baccarat edition (it takes 5 days to make each crystal bottle). And of course, you have to dip your own bottle of Maker's in the wax to take home on that tour.

How was the high dollar Woodford's?

It was Woodford, so it was a premium product, but not $2k good. It was Woodford aged in a cognac barrel. The hand made bottle that takes 5 days to make was beautiful, very heavy and the highlight of that edition. My favorite bourbon I tasted at Woodford was the Double Double Oaked. Double Oaked is aged in a second oak barrel for one year after the normal aging in the first barrel. The Double Double Oaked is aged in the same second barrel for two years instead of just one year with the standard Double Oaked. Double Double Oaked is released in (usually) January and 85% of it is only sold in the Woodford gift shop and the other 15% is only sold in KY at various liquor stores. The last release had a 4 hour wait on release day at the giftshop and sold out that day even with a per person limit. If you do happen to run across a bottle of Double Double Oaked, I'd grab it immediately. Of course, you could probably buy on the secondary/black market, but it would cost more.

I know a few people who are high on the Double Oak. I haven't had it.. Maybe I'll buy a bottle one day and give it the ol' college try.