re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread Volume II

January is so slow for me. Lets do whiskey tasting then.

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30 mins ..

When you posted it I was already in route but it’s awesome. Sorry. Be happy to share some. You said it was $20 more than retail but I had to grab it anyway.

Hood brought the werks.

I’ve been itching to make boudin. Which recipe do you use?

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Never made it before. I’m just doing my own after read several recipes on line and got the basic idea.

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Yeah, I’ve done the same. I have a 5 pound pork shoulder I bought and have since frozen to use. I also want to try shrimp boudin. I found Bourre’s recipe on line. I have extra shrimp stock that I made last time I made gumbo. I have the casings and the stuffer. Just need the motivation.

So last week the wife and I stop into this bar and they had every bourbon/whiskey you could think of. Noticed they had a flight of bourbon for $22. It was like Bulleit, Makers etc. Stuff I already had. We ask if we could just make our own flight and the bartender said we could.
So we get a Russles Reserve which was their own barrel, Yellow Stone, Colonel EH Taylor and a Mitchers. Only charged us $25 for the flight, 2oz pours. We told her that seemed low and to make sure to charge us properly so she doesn't get in trouble but she said $25 should be fine, no worries.
Well the girl behind the bar was by herself and really didn't know where everything was. So when we pick Mitchers for the last choice in the flight she grabbed it and put it on the end of the line of bottles. I didn't really pay attention to the bottles or pick them up to study them we just were enjoying the tastings and agreed the Mitchers was way better than the other in our flight
Well after showing the photo of the flight to one of our friends, who's pretty knowledgeable about bourbon, he noticed the Mitchers was the 20 year Special Reserve. Only made like 600 bottles and goes from $2500 to $6000 on the open market. Retail is somewhere between $500-$700. Not sure what a 2oz pour costs but it had to be 10 times what we paid for that flight.

If you are going to have Top shelf bottles, you need experienced bartenders to know the product. That is on the owner/manager