TheSanDiegan

F*ck it. We just locked up a postseason birth and are still contending for the NL West pennant, I figured I'd get an early start on a postseason thread. This season has been so enjoyable as a lifelong Padres fan that despite not being a jersey guy, I decided to finally order a jersey. So if you see me at Petco, please say hi - we can go grab a beer or something.

Nice to see all those frittata sales finally paying off! I know you guys nave been waiting for this for a long, long time. Good job.

Also had this at my fiend's recently: Damn good but IMHO not worth the $300 SRP (let alone the secondary prices).

Ah, I didn't even think about that angle... good point. Yessir they are all different from each other. The American was phenomenal - drank like a straight rye (we were guessing a 45-45-10 mash bill due to how it drank and the "American whiskey" designation). Second OC American batch Ive had the pleasure to try and both were memorable. My buddy scored this bottle a 9.2. The Indigo's Hour was without doubt the most complex yet easy-drinking 90 proof whiskey I've ever tried. Both this and the OC American were worth their SRP IMO. My buddy scored it an 8.9. The OC Bourbon was mighty fine, but kind of a one-trick pony. I would choose either batch of American whiskey over that bourbon batch any day. My buddy (and I both) scored it an 8.3. My buddy brought the three "good" bottles; I supplied the Jack Bonded, which drank like a 100 proof Jack I suppose. It was nice. Scored at 6.4 by my bourbon sherpa. A fairly decent buy for <$30 IMO. I'll probably have a pour of it here shortly.

From last week's Friday Night Flights: That 18 YO Orphan Barrel was something else... I wrote this note in a draft email when nosing it: "my nose wants to eat this bourbon's pussy." Yes, I know... eloquent. Eloquent as f*ck.

The three victims of a Bottle Kill I hosted last weekend with a couple friends. However, being the gentlemen we are, we let a couple bottles survive so they could warn the others of our intentions. The Rampur drinks like Balvenie 12 Doublewood, even if the temperature extremes in northern Rajasthan means it only has to age for 4 years to achieve the same flavor profile.

I haven't had a chance to try batch 15 - how's is it? I mean, where does it fall on the scale between really good and freakin' great?

I went in to TW last week and was stoked to score the last bottle of store select 1792 Single Barrel BiB. But with only a single bottle each of the SiB BiB and 12Y, I'm not really ready to blow through them, at least not while I'm working on an open bottle of Full Proof. So after a couple different whiskeytubers I respect were surprisingly impressed by the entry-level 1792 Small Batch - it won a blind against the more expensive limited expressions on one channel - I decided to plunk down the whopping $27 for a bottle. And +++++ yes it's as good as billed. A no-brainer for <$30 and a flavor bomb for being 93.7 proof.

Regardless, I'm having a great time browsing the duty free website - I hadn't even thought to look - thanks!

Oh dude you said, "Cuban" and my mind went somewhere else entirely.

Blanton's came to mind, tho I'd really only be interested in the red bottle, as the 80 proof expressions would be a hard pass for me. The only other Blanton's I'm really interested in maybe acquiring the SFTB. Good to know re: the Four Roses. I'd love to score a bottle of OESO, but other than that, idk if I'll be adding a bottle anytime soon.

Question for @Mano, @tailingpermit, et al: My wife is returning home from India next week and has a long enough layover in Dubai to hit up the duty free shop for me. It's the wrong market, but I'm hoping she'll encounter a bottle of Wild Turkey 12. That leaves her with 1.3L worth of duty free whiskey to import - what else should I be asking her to be on the lookout for?

An all-time classic - the Speyside equivalent of the L16. Enjoy it and drink it in good health!

Here was our planned flight. The best thing I'll say about the Caribou Crossing? It's a pretty bottle. Turns out single barrel Canadian whiskey tastes just like, well, generic Canadian whiskey. After opening with the Caribou (caribooooooo!), we wanted to compare three 12-year expressions in order of ascending proof - the W12, then the 1792 Aged 12 Years, then the WT12. Spoiler alert: the WT12 was the clear standout. We then decided to finish on Rare Breed, but then first pit stopped with OF1924, and then after the RB we ended up circling back to the 1792 with a pour of Full Proof. tl;dr: we drank a lot of whiskey last night.