Knob Creek 12 is my go to lately. I can’t get enough of it. Absolutely amazing oak profile. I know some people actually prefer the 9, but to me it doesn’t compare. I recently got an 11 year barrel pick that is delicious as well.
Hey Kurt, I recently did a blind with the MM 2023 BEP, 2022 BRT-01 & BRT-02, and the old label MM 46 CS. The Maker's 46 Cask Strength was the clear winner and I LOVE all those other bottles. I was surprised to say the least but I have always liked the Maker's 46 with the French oak staves. I sm thankful it's a regular release unlike all the others.
Hi Kurt....been a while but greetings from Louisville! Well, I've been thinking about bourbon noses. One thing I find in common w/ several older boubon lovers is when one opens a fresh bottle, my 1st whiff often smells of Wham-o's Superelasticbubbleplastic stuff. It's the goop that you would fashion into a glob at the end of a small straw & blow into a clear plastic bubble. Odd smell but very common until the whisky opens up.
I am definitely on the Knob Creek wagon this fall. I have been leaning more to the Single Barrel Selects and store picks. All I have found come in around $59 but you get the added 20 proof over regular Knob Creek 9
Great seeing u guys branch into rum, I am too. I need to find Appleton 15 heard really good things about it. I loved their 21 year, dark decadent chocolate with a small vanilla hit in the middle.
I keep about half a dozen “special” bottles for special occasions and then I also usually keep one each of bourbon, rye, Irish, and scotch whiskies as my weekend sippers. When I finish one of those bottles I replace it but rarely with the same thing so I’m always drinking something different. Right now my weekend sippers are Monkey Shoulder, Jameson Caskmates Stout, New Riff Single Barrel Rye, and Knob Creek 9 yr (100 proof).
I 100% back you up on the Appleton Estate love. I don't know diddly about rum either and got introduced to the Appleton Estate 21 yr on my honeymoon in St Lucia and immediately had to hunt a bottle down when I got back to the states.
Try the Flor de Caña 12 year rum for a nice sipper. They have an 18 as well, but that’s over-oaked for my taste. And if you can find it, the Zacapa Centenario XO is fantastic for someone who likes good whiskey!
The Still Austin Red Corn has a lovely note of baking spice on the palate. I got one of the last bottles of the year here in Austin. Their blue corn bourbon is suppose to release before the end of the year!
Hi guys, recently found your channel and am enjoying your videos. I don't know if you've done a video on Heaven Hill, but they had a disastrous fire 20 years ago. I heard there was salvaged barrel juice bottled. Was it any good? Maybe a comparison video between pre fire and post fire and salvage barrels bottles?
Thanks for the video and the fall sip suggestions. Seems a few of the suggestions are way outside of my budget, however, there are a few that I can check out for sure. Thank you again...
Have bought regular Makers, poured it down the drain, then tried Makers 46 which finished last in every blind I tried it in with a bad medicinal odor, gave it away. Your enthusiasm for the 46 Cask Strength will make me at least try a pour somewhere but won’t buy it yet
I was super lucky enough to be in Massachusetts a few years ago and stumble upon a rare bottle of Grander 13 year toasted rum store pick finished in Woodford Double oak barrels…only 2 stores in the US has them. Kurt, I’m thinking it was the same one that Lance was hyping on his channel (whiskey tornado). I can 100% agree with you, it’s awesome! I’m impressed! Im not even a rum guy in general, but it’s phenomenal! Cheers! 👍🥃
Thanks guys, great video! If you like Westland I’d really recommend ahold of their Outpost Range Garryana. It’s 100 proof and the Garryana oak adds a great bourbonish spiciness….it might be Trenton’s gateway into single malts! My fall pours have been: Knob Creek 12 Foursquare 2010 Kilchoman (Madeira Release) Kilchoman (Sauternes Finish) Kilkerran 8 Sherry Cask Kilkerran 16 I’ve been really into anything from Kilchoman or Kilkerran really 😂
Do you guys have any issues ordering bottles from websites? Any recommendations on websites to use? I am not far from you in elkhart county. I need a bottle of that 9 year penelope 4 grain barrel strength!
Right now I am loving some Laird's 10th Generation 100 proof BIB 5 year old Apple Brandy... has those nice fall apple notes, lovely sweetness and an overall nice richness. If you can find the 12 year old Rare Apple Brandy, or the Single Cask Apple Brandy, grab them! I live only a couple miles from the original distillery in NJ, there's still some storage houses there. Lots of history there; oldest American distillery!
SLB Classics 0:04 Music volume gets a thumbs up 1:15 Trenton turns into a chimp 2:31 come to DC “Thrashers” for a great small distillery rum 3:34 Kurt has turned Trenton to the dark side 4:04 Trenton struggles with names Brad vs Chris and words courteous be curtesy 5:41 Trenton hasn’t gone completely evil. No peat for him 6:24 Trenton can’t get away from the ryes 7:52 Supporting other whiskey tubers with the prideful goat 9:16 Trenton may have “lost a bottle” for Kent 9:57 QUINTESSENTIAL!!!!! 10:30 Kurt is sad NW Indiana/“the region” has a crap scotch selection 10:36 Trenton is disappointed with the scotch aroma 12:57 Kurt’s proof sweet spot is 100-110 13:23 Kurt likes bourbon?!?!? 15:05 Kurt is blind 🧑🦯 16:18 Trenton likes to fan boy over Jim Beam 19:11 We can all agree not to drink vodka 19:43 nice grammar and nod to finish
Only 2 of the 10 are available regularly in Iowa. I have seen a Steve Austin and a Penelope. My new fall pick is Cedar Ridge Bottled-in-Bond Rye! But, alas, no more bottles on the shelf when I went shopping today.😞☹️😞
I have the same Grander bottle and enjoy it along with Four Square and Privateer Rum. They are a great change and these rums make a great old fashion if your don't want them on the rocks.
Happy to see that yall are doing a Still Austin pick. My parents live down in Austin and had the chance to do a tour at there back in September. By far the best Texas bourbon I’ve had! They’re Cask Strength is awesome
Hey guys i love the show , i love these different price point episodes, and ryes to ,, Hey i was woundering can you guys do an episode on woodfords basic four kinds , sinse there all different and talk and explaine with the bourbon, the wheat, the rye , and the malted woodford?????? While sipping them???? And of cource the Woodford double oaked is one of my favorites to !!!!!!!!
Whoa. Wait a minute. You said at 12:26 of the Penelope 4 grain that it has 3% malted barley? That’s a pretty small amount. I mean standard bourbon mashbills usually have much more than that. Old Forester, for example, is 10% malted barley. How is 3% in a four grain training your pallet to enjoy or appreciate a single malt whiskey? Is it really just 3%? I’d maybe go for the Woodford Straight Malt (I think that’s 51%) to get a better appreciation. Great show by the way, I don’t mean to be critical at all. Love those rum choices!
The Appleton 12yr is an excellent starter rum, great in a cocktail or neat. The 15yr isn’t that much better, you have to jump up to the Appleton 21yr old, to really experience an amazing sipping rum. If you want to try some true Jamaican “funk” try to find some Hampden Estate 8yr old, which will give you the true flavor of what is referred to as “funk”.
You guys should check out the Fiddler Unison. It's a High Malt, High Wheat mash bill. And as you know ASW is based out of GA. Some good stuff coming from the southern states right now
It sounds like we need another video on Kurt’s and Trent’s updated rum collections. Grander vs Four Square??? Now y’all are making me buy something else 😂
Trenton, you definitely picked a good rum. I've enjoyed Appleton Estates forever. It was the second rum I was introduced to and there are several good rums but you cannot beat the flavor profile of the Appleton Estates rums. GREAT CHOICE!!!!
Just finished my 2nd bottle of the MM Cask Strength. So flavorful, it’s a permanent in my rotation. Agree on the KC, and the 120 proof single barrel is stupendous! Great video and Cheers!
Knob Creek was standing before this recent bourbon boom and will still be standing after many of these small distillers/finishers/blenders are no longer around. We are living in a great time!
Hey Matt honestly luck and a great community. Some folks in our Discord post deals every now and then and these just happened to pop up! Couldn't resist so mayyyyy have gone a little overboard. :)
I'm not really a seasonal drinker at all when it comes to drinking spirits straight up. However, when it comes to cocktails, in the summer I drink more margaritas and palomas, and in the fall/winter I drink more old fashioneds/Manhattans. In the spring I will occasionally mix up some mint juleps.
4 Roses Single Barrel is one of my daily drinkers and lately Green River Bourbon has been tasting pretty good (though I hated the wheated version). I drink rye all the time and right now the one I'm going back to the most is Smoke Wagon BIB Rye. Smoke Wagon Uncut the Younger is also finding it's way to my glass pretty often. On the Scotch side I'm just about to kill off a Ardbeg 10. Once that's gone I'll probably replace it with an ugedail.
That McCarthy's is so interesting. I don't really think about seasonal bottles, but I think if I did, something higher proof does seem to fit. Someday I'll have to try that Hazleburn. I have the 10, but haven't see than 12.
If you can find a bottle of the Appleton 12 year "Rare Blends"that proceeded the "Rare Casks" it is even better. The 21 year is really special, but difficult to find at a good price, and the 25 year Joy Spence is now impossible to get unless you have crazy money!
Another entertaining video! The KC 9 year at 100 proof is a fantastic bourbon. Readily available, tastes great at a very reasonable price! Just cracked open a new bottle. Won't last long.
I picked up a pretty solid Yellowstone 100 proof toasted for $50. I’m looking for a sagamore port finish. And my local store is getting a 9 year Penelope soon I may have to jump on.
My favorite bottle as of late is Stellum Perseus which I think is a Total Wine store pick. I haven't honed my tasting skills enough yet but there's something about it that gives a sweet taste, like a fruit or a honey and I can't get enough. Highly recommend giving it a shot if you can find it.
I personally drink Bourbon and Scotch from Fall to early/mid spring. Once it starts getting warm out and summer hits I stick to beer. Nothing better to me than spending time outside on a warm summer day with an ice cold beer. My house also doesn't have A/C so sipping whiskey isn't too enjoyable in the summer. But during winter its all about the whiskey with a few dark seasonal beers mixed in.
That Knob is probably the best value on the table. It punches way above it's weight.
Absolutely agree!
100% i get a liter for 40$ and i reach for it A LOT!!
That’s what she said
Thank you for the love on The Prideful Goat! We have an 8 year rye coming out SRP 94.99 and a 6 year rum finished rye coming out SRP 74.99.
Could not agree more on the Grander, those finished choices are incredible.
I was just thinking about American single malts, and now you guys said you’re going to do videos on American single malts. Perfect!
Knob Creek 12 is my go to lately. I can’t get enough of it. Absolutely amazing oak profile. I know some people actually prefer the 9, but to me it doesn’t compare. I recently got an 11 year barrel pick that is delicious as well.
Of these ten+, I've only ever seen the Makers and Knob IRL
I'll have to keep an eye out for the Grander Rum. I love pairing cigars with rum in the fall time!
I picked up a KC9 SiB120 proof the other day. Really good.
Love the Knob 9, great value!
Just a suggestion… Maybe a special for Veterans Day of veteran owned distilleries. 🇺🇸
I have a Myer's Rum finished in Sazarac Rye barrel. I recommend
Hey Kurt, I recently did a blind with the MM 2023 BEP, 2022 BRT-01 & BRT-02, and the old label MM 46 CS. The Maker's 46 Cask Strength was the clear winner and I LOVE all those other bottles. I was surprised to say the least but I have always liked the Maker's 46 with the French oak staves. I sm thankful it's a regular release unlike all the others.
When are you guys going to be at Still Austin, and are you doing a meet and greet?
Hi Kurt....been a while but greetings from Louisville! Well, I've been thinking about bourbon noses. One thing I find in common w/ several older boubon lovers is when one opens a fresh bottle, my 1st whiff often smells of Wham-o's Superelasticbubbleplastic stuff. It's the goop that you would fashion into a glob at the end of a small straw & blow into a clear plastic bubble. Odd smell but very common until the whisky opens up.
I am definitely on the Knob Creek wagon this fall. I have been leaning more to the Single Barrel Selects and store picks. All I have found come in around $59 but you get the added 20 proof over regular Knob Creek 9
And way tastier !
Love this type of video. Clearly, you'll drink whatever you drink year round. But there's always something or some type we add in seasonally.
Another fun episode! Trenton the pit scratcher 😂 Loved the variety. Great job
You guys have GOT to try Pursuit. The rye is outstanding.
The Knob Creek 9 gets the nod from me too. Also, Coopers Craft 100.
Great seeing u guys branch into rum, I am too. I need to find Appleton 15 heard really good things about it. I loved their 21 year, dark decadent chocolate with a small vanilla hit in the middle.
I keep about half a dozen “special” bottles for special occasions and then I also usually keep one each of bourbon, rye, Irish, and scotch whiskies as my weekend sippers. When I finish one of those bottles I replace it but rarely with the same thing so I’m always drinking something different. Right now my weekend sippers are Monkey Shoulder, Jameson Caskmates Stout, New Riff Single Barrel Rye, and Knob Creek 9 yr (100 proof).
I 100% back you up on the Appleton Estate love. I don't know diddly about rum either and got introduced to the Appleton Estate 21 yr on my honeymoon in St Lucia and immediately had to hunt a bottle down when I got back to the states.
You guys have quickly become my go to watch for bourbon.
Try the Flor de Caña 12 year rum for a nice sipper. They have an 18 as well, but that’s over-oaked for my taste. And if you can find it, the Zacapa Centenario XO is fantastic for someone who likes good whiskey!
RD1 Amburana is rising up my list. It's a perfect fall dram.
Nice episode boys...Cheers🥃!
The Still Austin Red Corn has a lovely note of baking spice on the palate. I got one of the last bottles of the year here in Austin. Their blue corn bourbon is suppose to release before the end of the year!
A store near me has them sitting on the shelf collecting dust. I might need to go grab one. To go with the ST cask strength store pick i just got
Hi guys, recently found your channel and am enjoying your videos. I don't know if you've done a video on Heaven Hill, but they had a disastrous fire 20 years ago. I heard there was salvaged barrel juice bottled. Was it any good? Maybe a comparison video between pre fire and post fire and salvage barrels bottles?
Knob Creek Single Barrel Select and Old Grand-Dad BIB for me right now.
Thanks for the video and the fall sip suggestions. Seems a few of the suggestions are way outside of my budget, however, there are a few that I can check out for sure. Thank you again...
Have bought regular Makers, poured it down the drain, then tried Makers 46 which finished last in every blind I tried it in with a bad medicinal odor, gave it away. Your enthusiasm for the 46 Cask Strength will make me at least try a pour somewhere but won’t buy it yet
I was super lucky enough to be in Massachusetts a few years ago and stumble upon a rare bottle of Grander 13 year toasted rum store pick finished in Woodford Double oak barrels…only 2 stores in the US has them. Kurt, I’m thinking it was the same one that Lance was hyping on his channel (whiskey tornado). I can 100% agree with you, it’s awesome! I’m impressed! Im not even a rum guy in general, but it’s phenomenal! Cheers! 👍🥃
Thanks guys, great video!
If you like Westland I’d really recommend ahold of their Outpost Range Garryana. It’s 100 proof and the Garryana oak adds a great bourbonish spiciness….it might be Trenton’s gateway into single malts!
My fall pours have been:
Knob Creek 12
Foursquare 2010
Kilchoman (Madeira Release)
Kilchoman (Sauternes Finish)
Kilkerran 8 Sherry Cask
Kilkerran 16
I’ve been really into anything from Kilchoman or Kilkerran really 😂
If it’s too loud, you’re too old! ROCK ON, TRENT!!!!
5:51 Trenton's reaction killed me to calling a whiskey "adorable"
Do you guys have any issues ordering bottles from websites? Any recommendations on websites to use? I am not far from you in elkhart county. I need a bottle of that 9 year penelope 4 grain barrel strength!
Right now I am loving some Laird's 10th Generation 100 proof BIB 5 year old Apple Brandy... has those nice fall apple notes, lovely sweetness and an overall nice richness. If you can find the 12 year old Rare Apple Brandy, or the Single Cask Apple Brandy, grab them! I live only a couple miles from the original distillery in NJ, there's still some storage houses there. Lots of history there; oldest American distillery!
See if you can find the Balcones Pot Still Bourbon and Town Branch 7yr Single Malt. They're two of my favorites that are very interesting. Cheers!
SLB Classics
0:04 Music volume gets a thumbs up
1:15 Trenton turns into a chimp
2:31 come to DC “Thrashers” for a great small distillery rum
3:34 Kurt has turned Trenton to the dark side
4:04 Trenton struggles with names Brad vs Chris and words courteous be curtesy
5:41 Trenton hasn’t gone completely evil. No peat for him
6:24 Trenton can’t get away from the ryes
7:52 Supporting other whiskey tubers with the prideful goat
9:16 Trenton may have “lost a bottle” for Kent
9:57 QUINTESSENTIAL!!!!!
10:30 Kurt is sad NW Indiana/“the region” has a crap scotch selection
10:36 Trenton is disappointed with the scotch aroma
12:57 Kurt’s proof sweet spot is 100-110
13:23 Kurt likes bourbon?!?!?
15:05 Kurt is blind 🧑🦯
16:18 Trenton likes to fan boy over Jim Beam
19:11 We can all agree not to drink vodka
19:43 nice grammar and nod to finish
Awesome job. Keep it up
The new Still Austin High Rye is fantastic!! Well everything they do is fantastic to be fair.
Trenton and Kurton have no quit!
Absolutely love Grander rums! I sing their praises to anyone who will listen!
Only 2 of the 10 are available regularly in Iowa. I have seen a Steve Austin and a Penelope. My new fall pick is Cedar Ridge Bottled-in-Bond Rye! But, alas, no more bottles on the shelf when I went shopping today.😞☹️😞
KC9 is a go too for sure. Old Forester Rye and 100 proof are two more. Bookers and Stagg when I lay my hands on them.
I have a Grander aged in a Stagg barrel. Smells like vanilla cake. Delicious too!
Great lineup there gentleman. Haven't tried that Westland yet and the Hazleburn scotches are 🔥
One I am loving right now is the Jack Daniels SBBP Rye. So good.
I have the same Grander bottle and enjoy it along with Four Square and Privateer Rum. They are a great change and these rums make a great old fashion if your don't want them on the rocks.
Happy to see that yall are doing a Still Austin pick. My parents live down in Austin and had the chance to do a tour at there back in September. By far the best Texas bourbon I’ve had! They’re Cask Strength is awesome
A rum video would be cool to see sometime. Smith and cross and barbancourt 15 are some of my favorites
Excellent job guys!!
I'm with Kurt, the fall is ALL about the peated stuff!
Hey guys i love the show , i love these different price point episodes, and ryes to ,, Hey i was woundering can you guys do an episode on woodfords basic four kinds , sinse there all different and talk and explaine with the bourbon, the wheat, the rye , and the malted woodford?????? While sipping them???? And of cource the Woodford double oaked is one of my favorites to !!!!!!!!
I just picked up a bottle of KC12, excited to finally try it
Trent I love Knob Creek 9. It is one of my top 5 of all whiskeys/bourbons/scothes as far as quality per dollar
It's fantastic stuff. I don't know where else you can get such a combination of proof, flavor, and price.
Whoa. Wait a minute. You said at 12:26 of the Penelope 4 grain that it has 3% malted barley? That’s a pretty small amount. I mean standard bourbon mashbills usually have much more than that. Old Forester, for example, is 10% malted barley. How is 3% in a four grain training your pallet to enjoy or appreciate a single malt whiskey? Is it really just 3%? I’d maybe go for the Woodford Straight Malt (I think that’s 51%) to get a better appreciation. Great show by the way, I don’t mean to be critical at all. Love those rum choices!
Check out New Riff Single Malt. It's a wild ride!
I need to find some of that McCarthy's in SE Wisconsin somewhere!!
Great list. I love seeing the diversity on it. You have some really good recommendations
The Appleton 12yr is an excellent starter rum, great in a cocktail or neat. The 15yr isn’t that much better, you have to jump up to the Appleton 21yr old, to really experience an amazing sipping rum. If you want to try some true Jamaican “funk” try to find some Hampden Estate 8yr old, which will give you the true flavor of what is referred to as “funk”.
I’ve been drinking Sagamore Double Oak. Great stuff.
You guys should check out the Fiddler Unison. It's a High Malt, High Wheat mash bill. And as you know ASW is based out of GA. Some good stuff coming from the southern states right now
It sounds like we need another video on Kurt’s and Trent’s updated rum collections. Grander vs Four Square??? Now y’all are making me buy something else 😂
Thanks for the heads up on Grander Rum. For me I’m taking a break from High Rye. I’m enjoying Belle Meade Sour Mash Bourbon. Easy sipping 90 proof.
Trenton, you definitely picked a good rum. I've enjoyed Appleton Estates forever. It was the second rum I was introduced to and there are several good rums but you cannot beat the flavor profile of the Appleton Estates rums. GREAT CHOICE!!!!
High West Campfire ( Great on a chilly night) - Tin Cup Rye - Knob Creek - Makers 46 Cask Strength
Just finished my 2nd bottle of the MM Cask Strength. So flavorful, it’s a permanent in my rotation. Agree on the KC, and the 120 proof single barrel is stupendous! Great video and Cheers!
Prideful Goat is solid! One of my go to’s, and Randy keeps the price affordable. Happy to see it on the bar👍
You guys should check out Finger Lakes Distillery in NY for their single malt,Bourbon and Rye !
I really love Sagamore Double Oak this time of year.
Knob Creek was standing before this recent bourbon boom and will still be standing after many of these small distillers/finishers/blenders are no longer around. We are living in a great time!
@Trenton, where are you finding these "blowout" bottle sales? Alberta, MIddlewest ported rye. Not finding anything like this in fort wayne.
Hey Matt honestly luck and a great community. Some folks in our Discord post deals every now and then and these just happened to pop up! Couldn't resist so mayyyyy have gone a little overboard. :)
Glad to hear ya:) I have been enjoying the Makers 46 Frech oaked! Love your video's, keeps me sipping.
Knob Creek 9yr always a winner and the SBS at 120 proof is even better.
Appleton rum is great. The 21 year is phenomenal if you can find it too! I will have to keep an eye out for the Grander and McCarthy. Cheers!
Last time I saw a Hazelburn in a store was December 2019. It was the 10 and it's one of my favorites.
Have you tried Pure Kentucky allocated bourbon? Available online. I'm very curious to see you try it.
I'm not really a seasonal drinker at all when it comes to drinking spirits straight up. However, when it comes to cocktails, in the summer I drink more margaritas and palomas, and in the fall/winter I drink more old fashioneds/Manhattans. In the spring I will occasionally mix up some mint juleps.
4 Roses Single Barrel is one of my daily drinkers and lately Green River Bourbon has been tasting pretty good (though I hated the wheated version). I drink rye all the time and right now the one I'm going back to the most is Smoke Wagon BIB Rye. Smoke Wagon Uncut the Younger is also finding it's way to my glass pretty often.
On the Scotch side I'm just about to kill off a Ardbeg 10. Once that's gone I'll probably replace it with an ugedail.
McCarthy's sounds wonderful. I hope I can find some here in Texas. Our big box liquor stores don't carry it.
That McCarthy's is so interesting. I don't really think about seasonal bottles, but I think if I did, something higher proof does seem to fit. Someday I'll have to try that Hazleburn. I have the 10, but haven't see than 12.
Thanks for the rum recommendation. I’m heading to Party Source tomorrow.
Where in AZ did you pick up the Hazelburn?
Trent when you said you were into single malts I was glad I was laying down already.
Thanks Trenton for keeping the music down....😂
Great show guys, love to see what everyone sips on in different seasons.
If you can find a bottle of the Appleton 12 year "Rare Blends"that proceeded the "Rare Casks" it is even better. The 21 year is really special, but difficult to find at a good price, and the 25 year Joy Spence is now impossible to get unless you have crazy money!
Another entertaining video! The KC 9 year at 100 proof is a fantastic bourbon. Readily available, tastes great at a very reasonable price! Just cracked open a new bottle. Won't last long.
I'm with you on the ryes! You should check out wheel horse rye. I like it very much!
A must try Rum is anything from Hampden. Absolutely mind blowing Jamaican Rum
Westland has a special place in my heart and it is a crime how little I have in my home.
That prideful goat is fantastic, I'm surprised I didn't see widow jane decadance on the list that's one I reach more often then not
Please try Koloa Kaua'i coffee rum...it's Awesome 🙂
The whole koloa range is terrific, visited the distillery in kawaii on my honeymoon, they have an aged one too.
I picked up a pretty solid Yellowstone 100 proof toasted for $50. I’m looking for a sagamore port finish. And my local store is getting a 9 year Penelope soon I may have to jump on.
Do a video on some Christmas cocktails
If you like a bit of rum, I suggest trying Worthy Park 109 if you can find it
My favorite bottle as of late is Stellum Perseus which I think is a Total Wine store pick. I haven't honed my tasting skills enough yet but there's something about it that gives a sweet taste, like a fruit or a honey and I can't get enough. Highly recommend giving it a shot if you can find it.
I personally drink Bourbon and Scotch from Fall to early/mid spring. Once it starts getting warm out and summer hits I stick to beer. Nothing better to me than spending time outside on a warm summer day with an ice cold beer. My house also doesn't have A/C so sipping whiskey isn't too enjoyable in the summer. But during winter its all about the whiskey with a few dark seasonal beers mixed in.
I have a Grander store pick 8 yr SB finished in Woodford DO barrel. Quite good.
Just went and picked up the Westland Single Malt for $40 and the Appleton 12 Year for $38. Looking forward to trying them out! Cheers!
I really liked the Penelope 9 year I picked up. Had it last night actually.