Good Bourbon

They certainly can be tasty. It's easy to convey "Jack & Coke" in a loud bar.

 

This is a little bit off topic, but this is a nice liquor to share around the holidays...

 

I get some local apple cider and the little bag of steeping spices and slowly, very slowly warm it up on the stove. Then I toss a hefty shot of this Laird's Applejack in a big coffee cup along with the cider and man, that's good stuff

 

I think it is okay to contrast or suggest other spirits with bourbon on a bourbon thread.
Thanks for your post!

 

Is it hot?
Is it balanced?
Any particular comparisons to familiar things like cinamon, nuts, or herbs or fruit?

 

Sounds perfect

 

If anyone is looking for a whisky with lots of spicey flavors, this is one to try. Compass Box Spice Tree.

 

I purchased these two bottles this past Thursday. I briefly tried the Lagavulin today. The smokey , peat smell is not the same strength as the normal Lagavulin line. I would give it 85/100.

 

Your Montgomery Scott Scotch Awaits



Not a scotch fan but maybe some James T Kirk Reserve would be tasty

 

So you can also have fun with a bottle of Jim Beam....
Perhaps the poor man’s Star Trek bourbon?
You can say stuff like,
“Beam Me Up!”
“Dam-it Jim”
“Jim, Jim Kirk...”

 

“He’s dead, Jim”

 

Regular old Jim Beam
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WHEN I Ordered shots it was always Jameson, and when I ordered neat, it was always high brow stuff. When I went to parties there was always something else to try. I ignored Jim Beam as a one of those bottom shelf Bourbons. Then a neat pour was handed to me.
“Hey this is really nice, what is it.”
‘Jim Beam.’
“WOW... no kidding?”

A few weeks went by.
An open bar offered JB or Jack, so I ordered Jim Beam and really enjoyed it with a nice plate of cheese and bread.

Sure, there are much higher rated Bourbons, but I think Jim Beam is pretty decent.

11.99 + tax for a fifth of good old Jim Beam... There must be something wrong with a bourbon that cheap, right? Nope...