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(caveat: I'm not totally in love with the sweet "boubon"-ish taste that many of the really old and expensive bourbons have)
I'm liking Woodford Reserve for a mid-level choice.
I just discovered Bulleit(sp?) as a mixer and more. IFIRC it's 51% corn (the bourbon minimum) with the balance rye. That seems to give it a bit of bite for balance. Even better as it was $21 at the local store.
For high dollar and highly concentrated flavor and sweetness the van winkle 12 or 15yo or the Hirsh 16yo can't be beat. Especially the Hirsh since it was distilled in 1974, also known as the Year of My Birth. Ya just gotta drink something older than you now and then.
Am I not the only one who finds Makers Mark a little "soft"? Kind of the Bombay Sapphire of bourbons?
(ducking)
I'd never turn it down though... Then again I go to the Beam at dive bars where even the beer is iffy.
mike
'78SC
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