The Friday Night Bourbon

Joined Apr 2005
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Tidewater, Virginia
Tonight belongs to Elmer T Lee and his 90 proof Single Barrel Sour Mash. This will be a first taste for me. It was on special this month at the state run Bourbon store fo $20.00.
 
Let me know how that goes! I'm going to be picking up another bourbon or a rye in the next week or so. I'm just finishing up my Tour de Ron de Barillito. Brought back a bottle for the Isla Encantada and have been trying it different ways and with different cigars to see where it finds its true home!
 
Tonights Bourbon selection was paired with a Padron Cuban Parejo of 60 ring size and 6 in long. It was a torpedo style. I was pleasantly surprised with the combination. The bourbon started out somewhat harsh. There was no labeling as to the age of this particular Bourbon. It did mellow out after the third sniffer. I would say it was not more than 3 to 5 yrs old. For the price it was acceptable. The cigar was very good considering the price. I have been aging about a dozen of these cigars for about 3 years. I find them to be a very pleasant smoke. For a friday night "happy hour" I was pleased.
 
Hollow Point would be the authority on that bourbon, BigTom. Hopefully, he'll chime in on this thread at some point. He really goes for that stuff, and I think he also gets some "special bottlings" of it.
 
Bloof is right I drink a fair amount of this one, but honestly I haven't been extreemly happy with the distillery bottles. They are good but as Tom pointed out, tend to taste younger than what I have had the pleasure of drinking from barrel purchases.

The whiskey is actually supposed to be in the 9+ year range Tom. Distillery bottles I've tasted for the most part have had a 7-8 year old max tinge to them IMHO.

That said for $20 it's a pretty damn good offering, and makes you wonder about some of the barrels that may be used if ya get that right barrel... like we have personally selected several times over... if so you can find a very very exceptional bourbon at a very exceptional price! It's really a matter of being lucky if you're buying off the shelf.

It's also VERY STRONGLY suggested / rumored that Elmer T. Lee is the same whiskey as another well known single barrel, actually dubbed the "original single barrel..."

At about 7 years or so (which surprise that is the typical age of the "orginal SB") if the said whiskey made the cut at the tender age it would be called BLANTON'S and cost you twice the price plus some change.
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Now thay you mention it HP that Elmer T did taste a lot like the Blantons My wife gifted me for my Birthday. I thought it tasted familar. I still have a half a bottle left to sample. More investigation is on the schedule for this weekend.
 
I'll point out however, while deferring to Master Whiskey, 13th Dans superior knowledge and wisdom, and for the purpose of Tom's own personal storehouse of knowledge, that another difference in the two is that Blanton's is 93.7 proof, while E.T. Lee is 90 proof.