re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread Volume II

First taste of the 60/40... It was great!

So these evidently still exist

Pretty sure Piggly Wiggly has a goodly supply of those.

Whistepig Boss Hog is a favorite in our house.



Anyone else love this?

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Hell its been a year since I've seen a back age stated bottle.

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I look every time I see the older labels on shelves. Haven't had luck in over a year.

Thought I found a 1.5 L one in Maryland but no dice once I checked the fine print on the back.

Have two pours left of the last of my 12 year. Wish I'd have bunkered some, love that stuff.

I bunkered 5 of the 1.75L Clifford's and 8 of the 750 Clifford's when they moved the age statement to the back. I should be stocked up for a while. The new stuff isn't quite the same.

That 4A was so good. I still have an unopened 6B. I did pick up a bottle of the Aquistapaces latest EC barrel pick but haven't opened it yet.

Who is Keife & Company?

Aquistapace has a 4 Rose, I think it is new.

Buffalo Trace Distillery Forges Ahead with Expansion Plans as Part of $200M Investment

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Already, Buffalo Trace is finishing up the conversion of two former office buildings back into barrel warehouses, with warehouses “R” and “S” being filled with barrels to age now, and warehouses “T” and “U” completed last year. The two buildings hold a combined 200,000 barrels of aging whiskey, but this is still not enough to meet the growing demand for Buffalo Trace.

In addition to repurposing warehouses, Buffalo Trace is also building new barrel warehouses on the additional 200 acres of farmland it purchased a few years ago. These are the first new barrel warehouses with significant capacity that Buffalo Trace Distillery has built since 1951. Ground has already been broken on the first warehouse, which will hold more than 55,000 barrels, and completion is expected by the end of this year, with the first barrels planned to be rolled in early 2018. After that, a new warehouse will be built every four months for the next several years. These new warehouses will each cost about $7 million to build and another $21 million to fill with barrels, making this expansion a significant investment.

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Once the bottling hall moves, the Distillery will install larger cookers and additional fermenters for more bourbon production. Already this summer, bourbon production is scheduled to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the first time in known history. “This year we plan to match the all-time high of barrel production here at Buffalo Trace, set in 1973,” said Harlen Wheatley, master distiller. “Next year we’ll exceed that and set new production records.”

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Full Proof, picked this up at Harvest in Dutchtown.... very nice