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re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread

Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:57 pm to
Posted by drockw1
Member since Jun 2006
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:57 pm to


I got $8 to throw away on a liter...

Hell the Ghost draft I just bought at avenue was 7.50
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 3:58 pm
Posted by JCANS
Member since Nov 2012
708 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:59 pm to
Exactly how I looked at it...I'm not gonna miss that $8
Posted by GeauxColonels
Tottenham Fan | LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 4:01 pm to
OK, I must have missed something with this Benchmark thing. Anyone want to explain?
Posted by JCANS
Member since Nov 2012
708 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 4:05 pm to
Someone came on yesterday saying how great Benchmark was for the price, how it had won awards at Whiskey festivals in blind taste test by judges, even edging out Pappy before. Also someone said a high profile bartender at a high end place in NOLA said he wished they could use it as their house whiskey cause its so good and cheap but they won't let him cause no one knows what it is.


Thats the cliff notes version...it appears some of us have gone out to try it for ourselves haha. I'll report back later
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 4:06 pm
Posted by drockw1
Member since Jun 2006
9100 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 4:05 pm to
480 claimed it could beat Pappy in a taste test...was pushing the hell out of it

I just wanna see how it rates with OC8 & Ancient Age
Posted by GeauxColonels
Tottenham Fan | LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 4:06 pm to
quote:

480 claimed it could beat Pappy in a taste test...was pushing the hell out of it

OK, saw that. Thought he was making fun of someone else.
Posted by 3HourTour
A whiskey barrel
Member since Mar 2006
21221 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 4:22 pm to
So more Ghost has been released? I missed out last time.
Posted by drockw1
Member since Jun 2006
9100 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 4:36 pm to
Yeah...draft at A-Pub, got a growler to take home.

Stein's also has it...manifest date on the ones I got was 3/2
Posted by rduple2
Belle Chasse
Member since Oct 2009
258 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 5:05 pm to
Benchmark is the comp'd bourbon at most of the charity events that I have been to lately. Benchmark doesn't edge out Buffalo Trace, much less Pappy 20.
Posted by Uncle JackD
Member since Nov 2007
58626 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 5:14 pm to
1PD BTOF. Grand idle edition no facing reality until Tuesday

Posted by DeadBirdPetey
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2013
670 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 5:23 pm to
Ended up with these in my truck after work today, not sure how that happens. But happy to add to the W12 collection at the house. And I guess I'll give the Benchmark a try and a blind try at that price...

Posted by Uncle JackD
Member since Nov 2007
58626 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 5:24 pm to
480 making an impact
Posted by DeadBirdPetey
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2013
670 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 5:27 pm to
I saved a few for you there, don't worry. It seemed like it was high on your list
Posted by jflsufan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2013
4429 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 5:28 pm to
quote:

Benchmark is the comp'd bourbon at most of the charity events that I have been to lately. Benchmark doesn't edge out Buffalo Trace, much less Pappy 20.


Yep. Benchmark is rotgut.
Posted by Creamer
louisiana
Member since Jul 2010
2817 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 5:31 pm to
That Weller is my "daily drinker" I would try benchmark but it's always sold out.
Posted by 3HourTour
A whiskey barrel
Member since Mar 2006
21221 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 5:34 pm to
Unc double fisting. Not surprising.
Posted by 3HourTour
A whiskey barrel
Member since Mar 2006
21221 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 6:07 pm to
Dat Benchmark doe

Posted by Uncle JackD
Member since Nov 2007
58626 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 6:38 pm to
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Posted by 3HourTour
Unc double fisting. Not surprising.


Grand isle style baw. Artie's bound in a hour or two
Posted by JCANS
Member since Nov 2012
708 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:04 pm to
I don't feel like I have ever been played so bad, maybe I'll give it another try sometime but that stuff was not good, it deserves its $8 price tag

Something about the smell and taste brings me right back to vomiting after cheap whisky in high school and well whisky from the bars in college
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 7:07 pm
Posted by 3HourTour
A whiskey barrel
Member since Mar 2006
21221 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:19 pm to
I won't go that far. I've had worse cheapies
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