Jimmy and Mark delve deep (and we mean deep) into this very popular, very pair-able bourbon. Cheers!
Video episode #181, for 5 Napkin: Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select.
Video episode #178, for 5 Napkin: Pappy Van Winkle 20 year old Bourbon.
Jimmy and Mark come face to bottle with this incredible, aged, wheated masterpiece. ;20 years in the barrel, folks.
Video episode #176, for 5 Napkin: Hudson Manhattan Rye Whiskey!
Direct from the first distillery to produce Rye Whiskey (The Spirit of New York) since Prohibition, Mark and Jimmy make fast friends with Hudson Manhattan Rye. ;Guess what they match it up with?
Elmer T. Lee and the Great Mushroom Caper
Hey Philip Pfans! Loud Guy here. I just spent the last weekend in northern Michigan with two friends, a book of trumpet duets, a six pack of Founders' Red's Rye IPA, and a bottle of Elmer T. Lee bourbon. We were supposed to spend the weekend picking Morel mushrooms in the hardwood tree forests of MI, but the mushrooms don't seem to like snow and 25-degree weather. So my Mr Skone, Mr Quint and I spent the weekend getting to know Elmer T. Lee a little better. And this is the start of a beautiful friendship!
Elmer T. has similar vanilla notes to Buffalo Trace wiskey (see THHG video), and is exceptionally smooth. Someone on the internets called it a "gateway whiskey", and I have to agree; no burn on the way down, and a nice linger of sweetness. We paired it with grilled steaks and cornish hens, both cooked over a camp fire. The maple was wet, and the smokiness really went well with Elmer. Before and after dinner, I poured it over ice: nice!
There's not much left of my first bottle of Elmer T, so I'll be heading out to get another, and this time I'll grab some Buffalo Trace too, to do some side-by-side sampling.
Video episode #171, for 5 Napkin: Buffalo Trace Bourbon.
The 5 Napkin Burger Beer & Bourbon Blog strikes again! Jimmy and Mark recount some time in Frankfort, KY and the Buffalo Trace Distillery where they learned about this spirit, a wonderfully crafted Bourbon with big vanilla notes and a great history to boot.
Video episode #169, for 5 Napkin: Jim Beam Black!
The 5 Napkin Burger Beer and Bourbon blog continues to grow with the addition of this gem of a bourbon from the Jim Beam family. An 8 year spirit, Jim Beam Black is a favorite of many who work for Beam.
Whisky LIVE NYC!
The Guys made a nice an appearance at the Whisky LIVE event at Chelsea Pier 60 in NYC this evening, reconvening with old friends and making new ones. We very much enjoyed getting a chance to hang out with our friends from Four Roses Distillery in KY, and made some new great friends at thatgirlattheparty.com - y'all should definitely go and check those gals out!
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Our good friends at Four Roses distillery definitely hooked us up. Goodness, what wonderful bourbon!
With Hollis Bulleit (of Bulleit Bourbon and Bulleit Rye) at Whisky LIVE. I'm the one without the headdress. Not that I'm against headdresses, it just didn't fit in my suitcase.