Great video guys! As always 🔥this one I paid particular attention to as Ive had a great bit of fortune last week and got a call to say I’d won a charity lottery for the full Pappy Van Winkle family collection all signed by Julian Van Winkle 3rd and that I need to drove to Kentucky to collect as it’s a risk to ship then all 😂. I think it’s the best $100 I’ll ever spend and had a great weekend touring the distillery’s 😁 looking forward to enjoying them over the years!
SLB Classics 0:55 Trenton actually makes some sense 1:37 Trenton even knows some sayings today 2:33 Trenton embraces the foolishness 2:36 1|0 👃 Trenton 2:38 Trenton’s sticky note! 4:10 Kurt’s taster is quite on point today 4:49 Kurt is a hungry man 5:05 Trenton did indeed put it on the screen 6:12 2|0 👃 Trenton 🎉🎉 6:14 Trenton nosing face 8:02 Trenton is truly an old man 8:40 Kurt is like his mom, SLB 9:14 Kurt’s palate is on point! 9:54 First 1/2 of the secret is revealed 10:57 Second 1/2 of secret revealed, and an education 13:12 big video reveal! How exciting 15:00 some slight burgling is being planned😂 15:49 nice nod to finish
I picked this up in June for $89.99. I was waiting to open it for when friends and family came by. This last weekend my brother, cousin and best friend came up for golf and bourbon. We cracked it open and everyone thought it was good. However, I would not pay much more than retail for another bottle. 🥃
@@GunGlutton Nope. Walked into Woodman’s in Rockford, IL and they had just put Pappy 15 Year, Pappy Family Reserve 13 Year Rye and Van Winkle 12 Year in the allocated case. I jumped in line. The guy in front of me got the Pappy 15 for $129. I am not a rye guy, so I picked Van Winkle 12 Year Lot B, and the guy behind me got the 13 Year Rye. First time I saw it on the shelf without a lottery. At the same store, I got an EH Taylor Barrell Proof last Friday for $79.99.
Got a bottle in 2016 at msrp. I worked at a liquor store for 8 years and made alot of bourbon and other sales so my boss allowed me to purchase it and I would say it is absolutely worth it at msrp. I wouldn’t pay secondary on it. I was also fortunate enough to get a Old Forester Birthday Bourbon that same year, and that’s been the best bourbon I’ve tried to date. It was barreled 2003 and Bottled in 2015 (was the previous years)
I got a bottle of this in June at Woodman’s in Rockford, Illinois for $89.99. Cracked it open last weekend with friends and family. We really enjoyed it, but I agree with you, I would not pay over $100 either. 🥃
Where are you guys located, if I can ask. I grew up in Hebron in the 60's and 70's. I'm wanting to get into bourbon, so I've been watching all kinds of bourbon channels. I just started watching your channel last week. I enjoyed SLB Drinks and I have subscribed. In one of your videos I thought I heard you say Valpo. And you have talked about Indiana bourbon. I'm going back and watching your older videos. Thanks for sharing.
I got a pour of Pappy 15 year old in Louisville last month. It was good but the only way I would buy a bottle of Pappy is at MSRP through the state lottery here in Pennsylvania.
Kurt is the real rebel here - no tattoos (at least none visible), and a haircut that would've been normal on my street back in the 60s when I was a kid. The "rebels" and "individualists" have always fit a pattern, which the "squares" don't. And yes, I realize this has nothing to do with bourbon. 😂
@@joshlaws1300 It's been that way since the 60s at least. Back then the hippies all said, "I gotta do my own thing," and then all dressed alike, talked alike, grew their hair alike, etc.
Please do more reviews of blends! My current favorite, Old Elk Wheated with Woodford Double Oak. The long finish in the OE matches well with the maple sweetness of the WDO
I am enjoying learning more about bourbons with you. I get that it is your wheelhouse and I hope one day to have exposure to even 20% of what's available to you, but it's unlikely where I live. I wish you would also step out of your comfort zone and try out some Irish Whisky, Canadian Whisky and even some Scotch but know that a foray into Scotch can get real pricey real quick. I'm hoping for this because I like your opinions, but my liquor store offers 23 American whiskies right now. Like it has for the last year. Same ones. And I'm a $50 toll ride away from any liquor store that might give me more variety. Ya. It's a real bummer and a real obstacle trying to get some out of the normal drams. I loved you guys enjoying the Alberta Premium Cask Strength and hope you hunt down the (hopefully) up and coming 2024 version. I've recently stocked up on the last of the 2023 remaining in our province. Within reason, I'm not a hoarder and left some for the equally smitten. Keep these coming and Cheers from Prince Edward Island!
I think it would be great to see a video filmed at Trenton’s place because it sounds like he has a great selection of fine whiskey although maybe not with the really nice bar that his old man has.
I've had pours of the 10 year and the 12 Lot B. Didn't care for the 10 at all and merely found the 12 OK. I've come to understand that wheaters simply aren't a type of whiskey I enjoy. A few are good but most are a pass for me.
OF apparently doesn't like it when people do that. There was someone who made custom 1915 labels for your bottle that was selling them online and OF sent them a cease and desist.
It's always good to see a blind of something ridiculously inflated vs something far less expensive and I'm always rooting for the latter. Blinds always tell the truth.
I’ve enjoyed the 10, 15 & 20 and 15 is my favorite for sure. I’ve also done the PM Pappy and agree with your assessment. Liked them separately better. Good blind!!
Do a blind or a review of the Thomas S. Moore extended cask finish. They are from the 1792 distillery. Let me know if you might need some help acquiring samples.
I won a store lottery in 2013 and have a lot B. Still haven’t opened it. Means it was distilled in 2001. That’s before Buffalo trace purchased pappy. Not sure what’s in the bottle because stitzel weller was already out of business. Waiting for a rainy day to open it.
Hey guys, how about a review and blind test of the limited releases of 2023? For example: High West Mid Winter Nights Dram and Widow Jane Decadence 2023
I had a pour of the Lot B in a bar and it was good. A bit thin bc of the low ABV. Nothing special…it’s a $50-$60 bottle I would pay double just to have it on the shelf…$150 max if I’m being honest.
A request for help here... I do not know how to distinguish if a bourbon has an oak profile or not. You guys seem to be no fans of the heavy oak. Can you recommend a bourbon in the $30-$40 range that has a very oaky profile and one that does not, so I can get this straight in my mind? Would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks.
What is the blend you used for this tasting? Trens said 40% 12 year and 60% antique, and I would like to know if that is the actual blend used...because THAT blend is not poor man's pappy...PMP is 66% 12 year and 34% antique...It's supposed 2:1 12 year to antique!!!
It’s barely worth MSRP. It’s all hype. I blinded it with a store pick buffalo trace and it barely beat it. Why someone would pay almost 1k for this bottle is fomo and beyond me.
I can never find allocated bottles near me. I mean if I wanted to pay $1,100 for that same bottle y'all just tried I can but I mean at retail price. I can't bring myself to pay over retail for anything, if the manufacturer thinks it's worth a certain price then I can't go past that in good conscience.
It's funny that it's poor man's pappy because on the secondary market you'd pay about $200 & $125 for the wellers, but I suppose it's cheaper than the $500 you'd pay for the pappy's
According to blending lore, the "Poor Man`s Pappy" recipe was never intended to be a Pappy/Van Winkle clone. It was created to mimic the Weller Centennial blend. There is however a less well-known Poor Man's Lot B recipe that consists of 50% Weller Special Reserve and 50% Eagle Rare (must be from a fruit forward bottle). Ideally you would mix the blend well in advance and let it "marry" in the bottle for a few weeks before tasting.
Thanks for sharing the Poor Mans Lot B blend. I personally enjoy playing bourbon mixologist. I have not heard of the Poor Mans Lot B before I will have to try it. The blend I have tried is WSR, OWA, and Larceny at 40/40/20. It is very nice. However I'm interested to see what the Eagle Rare would do in place of the WSR or Larceny.
I've never heard that about the centennial blend. It's always been known to mimic van winkle 12 or some say 15 which is a major stretch. As far as eagle rare that doesn't make sense given it has rye in the mashbill. You might be thinking of the poor mans four grain which is OGD 114 and WSR at 2:1. Some add Eagle Rare to that blend as an alternative. But no poor mans pappy has eagle rare and WSR in the recipe.
@@davidjohnson8930 it's from a Reddit post I have saved on r/PoorMansWhiskey. It was authored by the guy who runs Ten-30 Barrels, he really knows his stuff.
I’ve had it - and the 18 - in several blind tastings and I can say “definitely not”. No way. Not even close to being worth it. Not even at $90, which is hard to find.
to truly make poor man pappy, you need to mix it and let it sit for a few weeks. The flavor changes during that time. bourbon junkies did a test and they said it needed a month to turn "good"
Am I seeing this correctly? The younger guy knows what is what. He's making comments repeatedly on the nose and taste asking for agreement throughout. Anyone think that's fair?
Stitzel Weller closed in 1992. It only had so much in barrels at the time. A good portion of what is sold as Pappy today is not the same juice and that is all over priced. The msrp is fine for the 12 but just know that you are not drinking the original. Even at 25 years (which would be the youngest spirit in the bottle) it would be after the last time the stills ran. I have had the chance to try a few of the labels from Van Winkle over the years and the 15 was best to me.
We made PMP, as well as a reverse PMP (60% WA107 & 40% W12, a bit cheaper that way, LOL) and both gave a very nice strawberry note. The reverse blend actually seemed a tad better.
Van Winkle is $600 - $800 MINIMUM - IF you can even find one in upstate NY. And yes, I've seen them over a $1000 so.... NO, it's absolutely not worth the money or effort at those prices. Now if you ever could get the 'Trenton' price just over a hondo, absolutely 💯 Good freekin luck though
Emptying a 10 since last xmas. sampled the 12 last week, the 15 a month ago. The 10 was my best and favorite til I tried the 15. I like the 10 better than Lot B.
