It would be nice to have a broad and hopefully non-duplicated selection of the best bourbons from the bourbon thread at the Shack Herf in August. If everybody who is interested in tasting a broad selection would bring a bottle or two we could really put together a large spread. Elsewhere I volunteered to bring a bottle of Wild Turkey Rare Breed and a bottle of Eagle Rare. So I will start that list in a separate post. I figure we hold onto the bottles until we have had our own shot at tasting them together and then turn loose what we don't want to keep stashed onto the huge liquor table for the enjoyment of all. I am sure we would get no complaints! As was posted elsewhere, here is a wiki list of Bourbons. Not all of them are winners, you can bet. But I suggest checking in and reading through "The Bourbon Thread!!" to get an idea of what people think is really great and making your choice from there.

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Kentucky Bourbons
1792 — Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Ancient Age — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Baker's — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont, Kentucky & Boston, Kentucky
Barclay's - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Basil Hayden's — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
Beam's Choice - Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
Benchmark & Benchmark XO (single-barrel) -Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Black Maple Hill - Bardstown, Kentucky
Blanton's — Buffalo Trace Distillery — Frankfort, Kentucky
Booker's — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
Buffalo Trace — Franklin County, Kentucky
Bulleit Bourbon — Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Cabin Still - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Colonel Lee - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Corner Creek — Bardstown, Kentucky
Daniel Stewart - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Eagle Rare — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Early Times — Brown-Forman, Louisville, Kentucky (export version)
Echo Springs - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Elijah Craig & Elijah Craig Single-Barrel — Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Elmer T. Lee — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Evan Williams — Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Ezra Brooks Old Ezra Rare Old Sippin' Whiskey — Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Fighting **** — Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Bardstown, Kentucky
Four Roses — Four Roses Distillery, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
George T. Stagg— Franklin County, Kentucky
Hancock's Reserve - Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Heaven Hill — Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Henry Clay Rare - Henry Clay Distillery, Kentucky (out of production)
Henry McKenna - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
I. W. Harper - Bernheim Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
Jacob's Well - Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
James E. Pepper - Berheim Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
Jim Beam — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
J.T.S. Brown - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
J. W. Dant - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Kentucky Gentleman — Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Kentucky Tavern - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Kentucky Vintage - Bardstown, Kentucky
Knob Creek— Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
Maker's Mark — Maker's Mark Distillery, Loretto, Kentucky
Mark Twain - Mark Twain Distilling Co. Bardstown, Kentucky
Mattingly & Moore - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Noah's Mill - Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Bardstown, Kentucky
Old Bardstown - Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Bardstown, Kentucky
Old Charter— Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Old Crow — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
Old Fitzgerald - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Old Forester — Brown-Forman, Louisville, Kentucky
Old Grand-Dad — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
Old Heaven Hill - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Old Kentucky - Bardstown, Kentucky
Old Pogue - Bardstown, Kentucky
Old Rip Van Winkle — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Old Taylor - Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
Pappy Van Winkle - Old Rip VanWinkle Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
Old Weller - Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Pure Kentucky - Bardstown, Kentucky
Rebel Yell — Bernheim Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
Rock Hill Farms Single-Barrel - Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Sam Houston - Louisville, Kentucky
Ten High — Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Tom Moore - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
T. W. Samuels, Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Very Old Barton - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
Wathen's - Charles Medley Distillery, Owensboro, Kentucky
Straight Old Kentucky
Wild Turkey — Wild Turkey Distillery, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Willett — Willet family Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
W.L. Weller — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Woodford Reserve — Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles, Kentucky
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OLS - Wild Turkey Rare Breed
OLS - Eagle Rare
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Mr.Maduro - Woodford Reserve
Mr.Maduro - Buffalo Trace
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My head hurts just looking at that list. :-)
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OLS - Wild Turkey Rare Breed
OLS - Eagle Rare
Mr.Maduro - Woodford Reserve
Mr.Maduro - Buffalo Trace



My liver is feeling the SAME, Dave, :-)
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Whoa!! Where ya gonna keep all that bourbon! :-) Better rent a trailer, Brad! :-)
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Fat Bastard quote "In me tummy". :-)
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Gee,glad I don't drink.

You sick bastages :-)
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I'll probably owe it to all the military people at CA. Interesting to see if I survive the weekend, lol. Frag.
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OLS - Wild Turkey Rare Breed
Mr.Maduro - Woodford Reserve
Mr.Maduro - Buffalo Trace

No need to pick two, Maddie, just thought you should know that, lol.
I went ahead and knocked one of my choices off when I saw the cost of that
Eagle Rare. I may still come back in with the 4 Roses Small Barrel as things hash out further, if they do. NOW I also wish I had picked Buffalo Trace. I just left Buster's, Memphis' largest and best dealing store, and picked up a 1.75L bottle of Buffalo Trace for 37 bucks onsale. WOW.
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Let me think on this a bit, but you can count me in.
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As long as I come I'll bring a nice bottle or two. Will update this thread when I have more info.
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Yeah, I was wondering how an Ohioan could miss the Shack. But one never knows. Certainly be nice to get into your whiskey stash, and my man Clampdown, I KNOW he ain't gwine ter miss no shack!
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Because I'll be in New Orleans for a week previous to the shack herf for the IPCPR show. I don't get back till Thursday afternoon, so I'll have to get my stuff together and drive up Friday morning.
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I am in, let me hit the store and I'll post what I can bring...
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Ahhh, my hometown. Lovely place in AUGUST! Doubt you'll be doing too much outdoor walking. Ride the streetcar as far as she will take you and back.
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The room has already been booked. I wont be missing this.
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Booking room now.

OLS - Wild Turkey Rare Breed
OLS - Eagle Rare
Mr.Maduro - Woodford Reserve
Mr.Maduro - Buffalo Trace
BengalMan - Four Roses Single Barrel
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A month! Seems like a whisper, or twinkling of an eye compared to how I felt when the thread went active MONTHS ago. hahaha. Boy am I ready Clamps.
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The man copied the post where I was bringing two bottles. I am not even bringgin two BOTLs, lol. Actually though, I may still come off some cash and get two bottles, but the Eagle Rare was out of my league when I visited the cheap store the other day. I may end up getting one of those cheap bottles that no one can believe is good. Might be something else, Old Fitz or similar.

OLS - Wild Turkey Rare Breed
Mr.Maduro - Woodford Reserve
Mr.Maduro - Buffalo Trace
BengalMan - Four Roses Single Barrel
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