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If you can get a store pick of that Dickel 15 it’s awesome

I'm intrigued about this release, but I never tried any other Overholt ... I find difficult to enjoy rye in general. Anyhow I won't be able to get this bottle in EU anyway so no biggie, instead Old Overholt is more available but the price range is too high 35-50 USD (after conversion)

The locusts screaming is something I miss. They're all in the South, but they're thin in Albuquerque. 12:27 That reminded me of what Ace Frehley does at the beginning of "Cold Gin." 🙂 22:04 You're not so think as you drunk you are. 😂 👇 I am a Dickel fan, to a point. I like the No. 12 (though on the last bottle I had omitted the number and just called it Superior Recipe), but found the bourbon just awful. I've not tried anything else, though I plan to. I'm looking forward to next week. Thanks, KC. 🙋

How is there no comments but you are talking to viewers? New the channel. Cheers from southern Ohio

That's how we do in the "D" 😎🎸🤘🏼! Was just at the distillery last week.

This one is really different. I am getting a dark tea. A slight peach note and a synthetic grape soda note. In other favors as it mellows is a Dole fruit cup. Very interesting whiskey. I don't find it too harsh but then again, I drink old grandad bonded. I get this feeling, and I know it is similar but I get an Ancient Age vibe.

I can't swear to it, but back a month or so ago when I was on my unexpected spending spree I *think* that I saw the 114 here in Albuquerque. It might have been the 10 year, but I believe it was the 114. I was going for other bottles so I passed it by, or else I could tell you for sure. 8:38 Shoot, it's just KC having fun. I love it. ❤ 23:25 I never get anything nutty from Beam whisky either. I do get peanut shells on the nose of Heaven Hill juice, and pecans on the palate and finish of Dickel stuff (but I never get the vitamins that everyone else seems to get). 28:32 I did an experiment tonight with Buffalo Trace White Dog - I put water in it. The first couple of drops made something that right out of the bottle drinks under its proof into perhaps the hottest stuff I've ever had. A couple more drops brought the heat back down. It amazes me what big changes a little water can cause. 33:56 Not grammar - diction. 😂

these bottles are going for minimum 47 USD (after conversion) in EU, and its near enough impossible to find Single Barrel & 12 year, online you can get those for around 180-200 USD ... sadly compare it to US MSRP clearly rip off Need to get that flight ticket to Louisville and get a bunch of it and do some sight seeing, there is no other way :D

3:27 I'm not really a rye fan, though I like rye whisky now and again - but I love this stuff. It strikes me as a good rye for someone who likes proof but isn't a rye fan. Just FWIW my bottle is rackhouse 1 and batch 6, at 117.6 proof. I *think* that they just have the one warehouse, but I could be wrong. I just realized I haven't reviewed this one on Distiller, so you've done me a good turn by reminding me. 🙂 9:51 "Detroit Rock City"was the first KISS song I ever heard, way back in 1976. A visitor had a cassette of the *Destroyer* album, and of course that's the first song on the album. 🙂 12:38 Mine drinks, in my judgment, about commensurate with the proof...and mine's two points higher than yours. But it is a different batch, and that could make a difference. 13:41 I *think* that Hard Truth distills their own juice, but I've not looked into it. I do know that it doesn't strike me as coming from MGP. It's different from Bulleit and Sagamore Spirit, which are, or at least were, from Lawrenceburg. I've found that while water can do nice things to whisky, I prefer to drink it straight. But one thing I have found is that if I'm going to try water in something, just a drop or two is usually sufficient. Like Brylcream, a little dab'll do ya. 🙂 21:13 My bottle was $70 at Kelly Liquors back on the 5th of the month. It would probably be a dollar or two less at Total Wine. But 70 bucks is like $6 less than it was a year or two ago, when the people at Kelly gave me a sample of it but I couldn't (then) afford it. That bottle's easy to grip, isn't it? It's almost as comfortable in the hand as a Knob Creek bottle. 😍 28:00 I love the finger stir too. ❤

I'm glad to see you, KC. I was getting concerned about you. But the video's just starting I'll learn how things are going. 🙂 Back when I was just starting out, maybe 2.5 years ago, I had a bottle of the regular Bernheim and liked it, but what with one thing and another I never got around to buying another. Recently I wanted to try it again, and couldn't find any Bernheim, either regular or barrel proof. 😢 I'm going to keep an eye out for Bernheim, but there's another wheat whisky that's on the shelf here, from Oregon Spirit. If Bernheim doesn't show up I'll try that one. 6:40 I like the current intro too, but I bet you could swap out just a of the segments and keep it just as good. 🙂 12:49 I *love* sourdough bread - real sourdough, not the barely sour stuff they sell in grocery stores. I'd love to have a whiskey give me that note. 🍞 16:17 I just don't have that high an opinion of Buffalo Trace, but like you, I've liked everything I've had from Heaven Hill. And I love the fact that Heaven Hill is still family owned. 😍 18:02 I can't remember the dude's name, but he was *hilarious.* 27:23 ❤❤❤ That Sweet Mash Rye is *superb.* I have a bottle that I got a few weeks ago when I had unexpected fundage, and if I could afford it I'd buy it over and over. It, and the two Sagamore Spirit bottles I've had, have come as close as anything ever could to making me a rye guy.

Their 4 grain 80 proof was the first bourbon I bought a bottle of. I’m from NJ and they were doing a tasting in a local store and they got me started on my journey!

I love the t-shirt. I like to say that whisky is internal disinfectant. 🥃 5:41 I know the reference - I'm 64. But all I remember about the song is that phrase, and the fact that I didn't like the song when it came out. 🙂 I'm not a Maker's Mark fan either. All I've had is the regular and the 46, but I've realized that the MM profile is too bright and metallic for me. On CZcams you sounded fine all along. 16:05 Maker's Mark has a lower barrel entry proof than most distilleries - IIRC it's only 110 proof - which means that going into the barrel it already has more water in it than most bourbons. This, I suspect, is a factor in the thin mouthfeel. 18:29 To me that's a fire plug, and a hydrant is where you attach the garden hose. But then I speak Southern. 🤠 I hunted for Bernheim, regular or barrel proof, a couple of weeks ago when I had some unexpected fundage, and couldn't find it. That irked me, since it's been a couple of years since I had my one bottle of it (the regular proof) and I wanted to see if it's as good as I remember.

Old grandad bonded will be my next bottle 🥃 i had it years and years ago, but i still remember that elegant smell 🤯

As always, it's good to see you, KC. 🙂 I like the Air Force roundel on your t-shirt - I was in the Air Force, 1978-1982. 2:33 I've been making that point about the difference between the date and the holiday for years. Hopefully people will listen to you, 'cause they ignore me. 😕 7:42 I'm drinking my first glass of Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye, and the predominant characteristics are heat and sweetness. I'm getting almost nothing from it that to me signals rye whisky. And it's *good.*

This bottle is such a banger.

I think your shirt is supposed to say Yale

My bride and I actually visited the distillery back in April and we shared one of their flights. I thought their products were the worst whiskeys to ever touch my lips. I would never recommend this to anyone I consider a friend. We were both very disappointed as we were so excited to be there and try their products.

This Texas boy loves your t-shirt. 🤠 With nothing but corn and barley I expect it'll be sweet and fruity. We'll see whether I expect right. 6:16 I'm watching on Saturday night, and this evening and tonight we had a serious storm, which slackened into a steady rain, which has now ended. Except that it lasted for three or four hours it was a typical New Mexico monsoon storm. 9:27 🙋 It just hit me - you remind me of Max Headroom. No wonder I love your show! 😍 16:16 When I was a kid in the Mojave Desert I saw trains that were a mile long. When were going west, up from the Colorado River valley, they'd have three or four engines on the front and two or three on the back. And when one of those trains took off from a standing start all those diesel motors suddenly going to full power was *loud.*

I’ve had a bottle of the 111 proof and really enjoyed it. I agree with it drink8ng lower than the 111 proof. After watching this video I’ll have to get another.

5:12 Some of us remember LPs. 🙂 8:26 It wouldn't have hurt my feelings any if you'd run upstairs for a Glencairn. 🙂

barrels are 53 gallons

I don't take no lip An' this cannon on my hip Lemme tell ya, boy, It ain't no toy I wear a hat just like a Mounty I'm the sheriff o' Boone County An' boy, you in a heap o' trouble Kenny Price did that song in 1970. He was from Boone County, KY. 🤠 15:32 I fairly often get a butter note from bourbon, but most reviewers seem not to. This stuff sounds good, though I do prefer bourbon to rye. 17:31 Do the hustle! You need a disco ball, KC. 🙂 22:45 You could make 'em part of your coat of arms - two crossed barrel staves, proper. 😂

The benchmark FP is not a good sipper, but I have made some really nice blends with it. I mixed it with Bernheim wheat and Fighting cock, and it it really good.

I've had two pints (I appreciate when a more expensive whisky is available in smaller bottles - it makes it possible for me to have it 🙂) of SBBP (both apparently from the same barrel, since they were both 128.2 proof) and it was gorgeous. I love it to death. How many miles do all those steps translate to? 6:19 George Dickel bourbon proves that Tennessee whisky is a variety of bourbon. The only difference between Dickel bourbon and Dickel Tennessee whisky is the name (and the taste - the bourbon is awful). They don't do a single thing different until bottling time. And then there's Benjamin Prichard, which does *not* use the Lincoln County process but is legally Tennessee whisky. 10:28 The main note I got on the nose was a delightful smoke. 14:01 If a barrel is 55 gallons, it'll yield 277.596864 bottles at 750ml each (I used a measurement converter and a calculator to arrive at that figure). But the angels share will greatly reduce the amount of whiskey in the barrel, and thus the number of bottles. If half the whisky has evaporated - a not unusual occurrence - the number of bottles would go down to 138.798432. I'm not sure I entirely trust those numbers - I may have done something wrong somewhere in the math. 18:13 I *love* JD SBBP. It's as much different from Jack black as bourbon is from tepid water. 31:17 Don't forget the finger stir! 😃 You forgot the finger stir. 😢 33:04 When my wife and I sneeze we blow the walls out. But my granddaughter sneezes quick and quiet, like a cat. 🙂 34:55 Jack black is barely whisky.

Enjoy the review. I am a big fan of Benchmark’s Full Proof offering, but other Benchmark products are lacking. *Stagg and the BTAC collection are all higher proof than this offering.

Absolutely love it! My new favourite bourbon

I love the Benchmark on a bench photos. 😍 8:41 I'm not a wine guy, so I can't say that the White Dog is like wine. I can say that I sure get the grain on the nose and the palate, and it's so rich that I can't drink much at once. It doesn't taste at all like cheesecake, but just as I can never eat a big slice of cheesecake because it's so rich, I can't drink more than a few sips of the White Dog because it's so rich. 14:50 I've never seen any Benchmark here. But for most of the time I've been drinking whiskey (going on three years now) all Buffalo Trace juice has been impossible to find. BT bourbon is now usually on the shelf, and Weller Special Reserve, but that's it. Thanks for mentioning me. But now I need to go outside and scuff my toe in the dirt and say, "Aw, shucks." 😂 20:38 I was thinking of a Palantír from *The Lord of the Rings.* 🙂 25:13 I really miss those liners. I seem to remember that some sodas put cute little messages under the liner, kind of like fortune cookies. 30:02 Inexpensive can be good. My first glass tonight was Wild Turkey 101, and the bottle was $21. Evan Williams Bottled In Bond is only like $20, and I really like it. My current bottle of Old Grand-Dad Bonded only cost me $22.44 (which is an oddball price).

I found mine at Hi-Times Cellars in Newport Beach, CA

To me, it’s like Stagg III. It gets you super close to the Stagg Jr taste, about 80% for 1/4 the price

3:02 The White Dog Mash Bill No. 1 is also 125 proof. 10:04 The Benchmark is, of course, 11 points higher than Old Grand-Dad 114. But the 114 doesn't strike me as hot - it has proof, certainly, but it doesn't scorch me. It sounds like I would find the Benchmark full proof hotter than the proof would indicate. But unless that stuff arrives in Albuquerque I'll never know. 🙂 34:07 Don't let 'em cramp your style. Take however long you need, and anyone who doesn't like it doesn't have to watch. I like the fact that you focus on the whisky instead of on the clock, and I love the way you have fun with it. ❤

I'm subscribed to several whisky channels, but the Bourbcast is the one I really look forward to each week. Great job, KC. 👏 6:34 I like the White Dog. I've found that in a glass it's smells and tastes (to me) like it's rotting, but if I drink from the bottle it's really good. Because it's so simple, and so dense with grain flavors, I just have a few sips on any given night, but it's good stuff. 9:51 I'm doing it tonight with a glass of Balcones Baby Blue corn whisky. For me, digging into the nose and the palate and the finish are what make drinking whiskey fun. And there are some whiskies that I've been learning about for two years or more without getting everything out of them - this Baby Blue is one of 'em. 🥃 16:34 We define bright and dark the same. I like brightness in moderation, but I *love* dark notes. What really makes the Lineage Texas Single Malt from Balcones Distilling is the semisweet chocolate - a dark note - that comes in on the finish.

17:37 I think the high barley content could be amplifying the rye spice, giving it more Scotch-like characteristics and complexity. I think you were spot on with the orange note. I get an orange note from Buffalo Trace but have not tried the Benchmark Bonded yet. 23:33 Lmao! Please tell me you are going to add the "Ooh Mommy" clip (23:33 - 23:38) to the intro!

I like the White Dog Mash No. 1 better than I like the stuff they turn it into...though I've not seen Benchmark here, so I have no clue how it tastes. 9:27 Is it a*straight* bourbon whisky? The government requires straight whisky to age at least two years, and to carry an age statement if it's less than four years old. So if It's straight whisky and has no age statement, it's at least four years old. On the other hand, if it's *not* a straight whisky it doesn't have to carry an age statement, and can be anywhere from 10 seconds to 99 million years old. 🙂 19:29 I prefer a screw top. It eliminates the need for a seal, and unlike a cork it won't dry out. If I had my druthers all whisky would have screw tops. As I said above I've not even seen Benchmark. But I think Bluff Springs is even better than Buffalo Trace. But it's a Total Wine store brand, so you can't find it just anywhere. And my experience with Total Wine store brands isn't encouraging - I've had three, now (Bluff Springs, First Call rye, and McFarlane bourbon), and two of the three I've disliked.

I will have to try this one. I usually get the full proof or the bonded option.

I tried it, once, and enjoyed it. I've yet to open my bottle.

I bought the whole Benchmark lineup. Reviews are pending. I've tried the standard one and the 86 proof one, so far.

I enjoy this bourbon, but I prefer their milder, 81proof version.

It is good but it's not great, 101 is better

This whisky tastes like Flintstones Vitamins, to me. I found a 750ml bottle at Walmart for $12.50- true story.

I recently bought a new liter bottle of this whisky. My bottle is round, as opposed to this squared-off bottle.

I like this whiskey, and we can get it in Louisiana for $18.99, at some stores.

I've been enjoying my 750ml bottle.

I enjoyed that 1792, when I tried it. I am enjoying my 750ml bottle of Tullamore D.E.W., for sure.

I loved my 750ml bottles. It's gone, now.

I tried this, once, and I loved it.

Wax version vs foil version?

I saw Buffalo Trace in Louisiana, this afternoon, for $24.99 per 750ml bottle.

I've been enjoying my 750ml bottle.

The FCock does have an age statement, it’s next to the SKU code, aged 36 months to perfection

Love your review your energy brother got a subscribe out of me and I’ll be following from now on!