Yes, perhaps a Manhattan or Mint Julep, but as I worked my way through the bottle, then got another for my birthday, every time I returned to something I'm more familiar with, I almost found myself saying, that Bulleit is kind of like, uhhhh, no???
I also cringed when I saw the hypocrisy in myself upon reading my post over at Cigar Wise and reviewing this thread. I had to search myself to see if I was posing or if somewhere along the line I had decided I hadn't liked it. I often like something after one or two tastings, perhaps because it's new and unusual, but after four or five tastings, which is when I write most reviews, I usually end up with a different opinion, sometimes slightly different, sometimes very different.
I don't like being a hypocrite, and it took me a while to figure out if I could explain it, or just admit to being a poseur and a fraudulent jerk. If I couldn't explain it to myself, I would have just come on and confessed outright hypocrisy. I had to look at my last post here, on November 18th, and what I said last night at Cigar Wise, and ask myself what changed in the past ten days.
It was in fact, during the last couple of tastings when I decided I didn't really want to finish my birthday bottle after all, but pass it along to someone else. That bite started to grate on my nerves upon my third or fourth tasting, after reviewing things in my mind.
Sorry if my hypocrisy caused any problems in the wallet or taste buds, cybrus!
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