Well nobody ever told me I was a subtle guy. So getting the easy out on 2 cocktails.
The Speakeasy Acquisitions 2024
- Thread starter FL shaver
- Start date
More Vermouth and some Mezcal
- Thread starter
- #43
Just picked up another allocated bottle. My guests like it.
Plantation Barbados LE
16 years, 48.7% and not the usual sugar bomb with only 2 grams of Dosage
16 years, 48.7% and not the usual sugar bomb with only 2 grams of Dosage
Ron Matusalem 15 Year Old Gran Reserva Rum--I had been wanting to try this for some time. I am impressed. $24.99 on sale at Virginia ABC. Hard to tell from the on line material, but I am guessing all of the 15 year-olds are solera method, which makes me wonder what 15 year old really means. Dominican, from molasses, from a Cuban recipe. To me a fair amount of vanilla and spice. Dark in color. Reviews seem to peg it as a beginner rum, and I suppose as overly smooth, easy, and pleasant. I like it better than that. No hogo, low esters.
I am really going to have to track down why folks think this is do much beginners rum. I think of my palate as being more or less okay. There must be something I am missing about rums. I guess it seems to me like a more intense Ron Abuelo rum, something I really like.
I am really going to have to track down why folks think this is do much beginners rum. I think of my palate as being more or less okay. There must be something I am missing about rums. I guess it seems to me like a more intense Ron Abuelo rum, something I really like.
Last edited:
- Thread starter
- #46
Ugh! Seepage. Good luck. I hope there is not a problem. My storage conditions are not perfect, I know, but I have had problems with trying to keep Port around to age. More tears shed over undrunk than drunk Port.
It might be fine. I have had a few 1977 and 1982 VPs with similar seepage and they were all fine.
1985 Grahams is excellent.
- Thread starter
- #49
Bottle update: no seepage noted from that bottle of Graham’s ‘85!
Prepping for Derby Day 2024:
I was able to find two bottles of Weller Special Reserve today. I also found plenty of mint, some of which will go in the ground for Derbies to come.
Prepping for Derby Day 2024:
I was able to find two bottles of Weller Special Reserve today. I also found plenty of mint, some of which will go in the ground for Derbies to come.
After a month of not buying but still drinking must of the bottle are between half way down and a quarter with the vodka one being the lowest level so it was time to do something .
Amaro Montenegro
and some more Aperitivos
- Thread starter
- #53
Bottle of Baby Saz Rye. I don’t know if it’s due to the expansion at Buffalo Trace, but I am seeing it more available lately. $33. Enjoy it in a Sazerac.
- Thread starter
- #54
Decided a couple of weeks ago the juice was no longer worth the squeeze and dated that document I had told my mayor and council I had signed awaiting a date and am now retired. I have had three friends drop off gifts since then.....
Enjoy them in good health! All the best for your retirement
Trying to make myself not drink this week… but of course that didn’t stop me from perusing an order from a shop I buy from and grabbing a couple things they had on sale 
This set of 375’s was $20, mainly grabbed it to try the one on the right which is apparently the Cristalino Anejo.
And then a random bottle of rye from a small producer in NY that I’ve never heard of.
This set of 375’s was $20, mainly grabbed it to try the one on the right which is apparently the Cristalino Anejo.
And then a random bottle of rye from a small producer in NY that I’ve never heard of.
More, mostly Italian, goodies just arrived 
In case you want to do something else than Xmas hopping in late november and want to see what France can offer in term of wine.
This was my go to place to stock up for Xmas gift and what's not good bottle for the year. All wine sold their must be sold by the wine grower and not sold through whole seller in France. It took more than a decade for my brother to finnaly drink all I had stached at my parents house after I left the US, Yes, I used to buy a lot of Wine when I lived in Paris in the early 2000s
46ème Salon des Vins des Vignerons Indépendants - Paris | Vignerons Indépendants
This is a massive offering that might take you a day or two to fully peruse if your stomach allow it.
As for my American Friends, it often happened during thanksgiving week end making it a possibility to attend ... just saying.
Unfortunately their website do not appear to not cater to the non french speaking folks
Similar threads
