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Originally posted by HTDUCK View PostGood stuff right there. My everyday. Drink it neat.
Bookers, OMG the flavor !
Blantons
Knob Creek
Woodfords
Haven't tried Rebecca Creek but I will.
This dude nailed it. RC can't hold a candle to your top three choices. I think a couple of the ones mentioned in other posts are Canadian Whiskey and not bourbons.Last edited by sckiller; 05-11-2015, 09:17 PM.
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Originally posted by CWP View PostInteresting report on a recent book about bourbon and market gimmicks:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...erican-whiskey
"His whiskey is a blend of an 8-year bourbon purchased from another distiller and, per a mandatory statement on the back label, 31-percent grain neutral spirit (GNS, vodka), along with a younger whiskey Cameron says they distill. Blenders, or spirit makers, aren't in any way obligated to spill the booze on their recipes. Cameron says that they produce and distill the "majority" of what goes into each bottle, which might include the GNS, since they also distill vodka at their facilities."
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Originally posted by Saltyag15 View PostAfter opening up my Yellow Rose this evening, and it definitely didn't disappoint! Everyone who said it was good stuff was right on. I'm trying my hardest to find a whiskey that it tastes similar to, but I just can't put my finger on it. It doesn't have the sweetness and vanilla taste quite like Firestone and Robertson, but it also doesn't taste identical to Rebecca Creek, or any other Texas whiskey I've had. Guess I'll just have to get another bottle and try to figure it out!
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Originally posted by garby View PostHere's another one that has a bit to say about Rebecca Creek:
"His whiskey is a blend of an 8-year bourbon purchased from another distiller and, per a mandatory statement on the back label, 31-percent grain neutral spirit (GNS, vodka), along with a younger whiskey Cameron says they distill. Blenders, or spirit makers, aren't in any way obligated to spill the booze on their recipes. Cameron says that they produce and distill the "majority" of what goes into each bottle, which might include the GNS, since they also distill vodka at their facilities."
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2013-1...d-fakers/full/
Take the whiskey called 1835, which is bottled by North Texas Distillers in Lewisville. The name is a salute to the year settlers in Gonzales stood their ground against Mexican troops in what is historically considered the start of the Texas Revolution. The label also reads, "Come and take it," on both the back and front, along with a picture of the iconic cannon that was the seed of the conflict. The words "Texas Made" are printed front and center on the label.
It's unlikely that a single speck of Texas, much less the battle of 1835, is actually in any of those bottles. Stretching the term "Made in Texas," the drink is a blend of whiskeys, most or all of them likely from Kentucky, and is only bottled in Texas. The highly astute label reader or whiskey aficionado would be able to discern this, but the average consumer might not. Despite all the Texas banter, the label lacks one key word that is all-telling: "distilled."
I wonder why there arent many texas distilled whiskeys?
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Originally posted by lbbf View PostThis thread is dangerous! Went to Specs looking for Rowan but couldn't find it so I got a bottle of Yellow Rose. Son! This stuff is good! For the non-whiskey drinkers may I suggest William Wolf Pecan Burbon. Doesn't have the heat of normal whiskey and goes down reeaallyy smooth.
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