Kentucky Hug

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Talk about system burn in.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
    edited March 2019
    ^^Get yourself a big old mouthful of straight KY premium bourbon. You will then experience the KY hug.

    Or shine, which is the KY slam.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,309
    Yeah, I just read about that - the Kentucky Body Slam!
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited March 2019
    Scott is learning about sipping some good Bourbon :)

    The Kentucky hug & Kentucky chew!

    Bookers batch 2018-03 is called "Kentucky Chew"
    http://thewhiskeyjug.com/bourbon-whiskey/bookers-bourbon-batch-2018-03-kentucky-chew-review/

    Helps burn in the system pretty good!
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,309
    I love you guys. We should all quit our jobs and get a beach house together.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
    edited March 2019
    I spent 30 years of my early life in KY. Bourbon withstanding, a lot of corn liquor has graced this palate.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    voltz wrote: »
    Scott is learning about sipping some good Bourbon :)

    The Kentucky hug & Kentucky chew!

    Bookers batch 2018-03 is called "Kentucky Chew"
    http://thewhiskeyjug.com/bourbon-whiskey/bookers-bourbon-batch-2018-03-kentucky-chew-review/

    Helps burn in the system pretty good!

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    Nice! Is that available nationwide?
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    edited March 2019
    I've spent a lot of time in Bardstown, KY and Booker was a very accessible person. He liked his Bourbon the way I like mine...I prefer the barrel strength. Preferred.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,481
    I spent 30 years of my early life in KY. Bourbon withstanding, a lot of corn liquor has graced this palate.

    That explains everything Craig :D:D
  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    verb wrote: »
    voltz wrote: »
    Scott is learning about sipping some good Bourbon :)

    The Kentucky hug & Kentucky chew!

    Bookers batch 2018-03 is called "Kentucky Chew"
    http://thewhiskeyjug.com/bourbon-whiskey/bookers-bourbon-batch-2018-03-kentucky-chew-review/

    Helps burn in the system pretty good!

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    Nice! Is that available nationwide?

    yes but the past years like 2016 and 2017 are hard to find except in small stores that may have them still on their shelves.

    I had 10 different Bookers versions and many backups :)
    They always come in a small wooden box...the 30th anniversary version boxes was made from the floor of the warehouse/storage rooms that Booker walk on ;)

    Booker Noe made 4 special version of Jim Beam products
    Basil hayden
    Knob Creek
    Bakers (name after Baker Beam)
    and Bookers which is cask strength! Booker said let the people decide wither to drink it full strength or water it down to the level they want!
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited March 2019
    Bookers Son Fred Noe who is now the head Distiller at Jim Beam and Jim Beam was his uncle has many you tube video and I think and Jimmy Russel from Wild turkey are 2 of the great ones and very good friends...look for interviews of this 2 men!

    Come to Lone Star Audio Fest in May and I will offer you a taste of Bookers 2018-03 batch :)
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    verb wrote: »
    voltz wrote: »
    Scott is learning about sipping some good Bourbon :)

    The Kentucky hug & Kentucky chew!

    Bookers batch 2018-03 is called "Kentucky Chew"
    http://thewhiskeyjug.com/bourbon-whiskey/bookers-bourbon-batch-2018-03-kentucky-chew-review/

    Helps burn in the system pretty good!

    nybo5oivc65n.png

    Nice! Is that available nationwide?

    oh that looooooks soooooo good.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited March 2019
    it is...The bookers are all different..no 2 are a like as they pick them from different floors of the warehouses and etc.... and they all have different names.

    and they are not watered down. I recomend tasting them at full strenght then adding like 5 or 6 drops of water letting it sit for 10 minutes and try again..

    you will have taste two different bourbons then :smile: as the watering down a bit will open it up and the taste wont be so cover by the higher alcohol level but most time i like it full strength but not always ;)
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
    edited March 2019
    Yeah, those KY women are finger licking good.

    KY, home of beautiful horses and fast women.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,309
    Kentucky Huuug...
    The question is, should one go for the Kentucky Squeeze? On a school night? (doesn't take much anymore. I'll have a hangover by 8pm)

    Last time Kentucky got the best of me, things got a little outta hand. Someone at my dinner table got hit upside the head with a corn cob - fully weighted, and winged at full velocity (it was an accident!) - I nearly got my A kicked, and I was layin' nekkid in my street yelling at my then gf to come look at the stars with me. My street has become a cut-through, so I'd prob get run over now and reported on Next Door for having too much fun.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,309
    Switched to Gatorade. Calamity averted. Need to steady up to go install a new phono cart. Ah, youth... I do not miss those occasional hangovers one bit.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 16,837
    I think you have been drinking. You need Amanda Hugnkiss..
  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,309
    lol - I was like wtf? and then once I said it out loud...
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,481
    Maybe try the Tim Smith or Tickle brew instead of that rot-gut Kentucky swill. Why buy that foreign stuff when you got some very good home state brewed stuff right in your own backyard!
    Rookie!
  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,022
    edited December 2023
    Here in my backyard, I recently discovered 13th Colony Bourbon. Local shop has it for $34. Better to me than many I've seen highly recommended at three times the price.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piwX2TDlYjg
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,650
    1st question i ask others "Are you a smooth or bitie bourbon drinker" That way I know their taste profiles.
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  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 520
    voltz wrote: »
    it is...The bookers are all different..no 2 are a like as they pick them from different floors of the warehouses and etc.... and they all have different names.

    and they are not watered down. I recomend tasting them at full strenght then adding like 5 or 6 drops of water letting it sit for 10 minutes and try again..

    you will have taste two different bourbons then :smile: as the watering down a bit will open it up and the taste wont be so cover by the higher alcohol level but most time i like it full strength but not always ;)

    Bookers is "hot" and can definitely use lots of air time and a bit of water. One strategy is to pour a sip before dinner (with water, as it opens up as mentioned above), let it sit for an hour, to "flash off", lol, and enjoy afterward.
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