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DCLawyer

After rating 8500 beers, it is time for the bourbon and Scotch

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DCLawyer

DCLawyer

After rating 8500 beers, it is time for the bourbon and Scotch

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  • Hibiki Japanese Harmony

    Blended — Japan

    Reviewed August 14, 2019 (edited December 27, 2019)
    3.5
    3.5 out of 5 stars
    2oz pour at the bar during happy hour at Yume Sushi in the FC. Way over-priced (I learned this when the bill came). Neat in a rocks glass. Buttery, some heat, pleasant grains. Lingering slightly bitter finish. Decent. 8/14/19
    28.0 USD per Pour
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  • Smooth Ambler Contradiction

    Bourbon — USA

    Reviewed August 12, 2019 (edited August 15, 2019)
    3.75
    3.75 out of 5 stars
    750ml neat in Glencairn at home. Tons of spice on the nose, full spectrum, mild caramel and toffee just barely peeking underneath. Taste is more of same, slightly subdued. 8/12/19
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  • George T. Stagg Bourbon (Fall 2017)

    Bourbon — Kentucky, USA

    Reviewed August 12, 2019 (edited August 15, 2019)
    4.5
    4.5 out of 5 stars
    Finished 3/5 of a bottle, free-hand 2+oz pour at a time, with Matt the Lion at Trio Grill in Merrifield. Sat down at the bar, saw the bottle, heard the $35 price, called in the cavalry and drained the f*cker. Poured neat in rocks glass. Rich, spicy, oak, caramel, loooong finish. Just awesome. 8/12/19
    35.0 USD per Pour
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  • Straight Edge Bourbon

    Bourbon — Tennessee and Kentucky (Finished and Bottled in California), USA

    Reviewed August 7, 2019
    4.0
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    750ml neat in a Glencairn at home. Nose is sweet, with toffee and caramel, brown sugar and stewed apples. Rich. Taste is somehow both deeper and brighter, with the toffee descending to tobacco and leather, while the apple is joined by honey and orange. Long finish maintains the richness and adds some spice notes. Very interesting, unlike any bourbon I have had. The Mercury Head barrels have really done some cool things to the whiskey. My buddy Matt the Lion was right, I quite like this. 8/7/19
    54.69 USD per Bottle
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  • Jim Beam Bonded Bourbon

    Bourbon — Kentucky, USA

    Reviewed August 7, 2019
    3.5
    3.5 out of 5 stars
    750ml neat in Glencairn at home. Nose is quite assertive, with honey, vanilla, spice, green apple, leather, heat. Taste is initially dusty, with vanilla, oak, rye spice and heat building. Fairly short and dry finish. Decent enough, would be a great mixer probably. 8/7/19
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  • Johnny Drum Private Stock Bourbon

    Bourbon — Kentucky, USA

    Reviewed August 5, 2019 (edited August 6, 2019)
    3.5
    3.5 out of 5 stars
    750ml neat in Glencairn at home. $33.99 at Morris Miller Liquors in DC. Nose has vanilla, rye spice, green apples. Touch of heat. Nice. Taste is more sharp, with some grassy notes amongst the spicy rye, some bitterness, along with a hint of apples and caramel. Lingering spice. I don't love it, but it is quite decent for the price. 8/5/19.
    33.99 USD per Bottle
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  • Hennessy VS Cognac

    Cognac — Cognac, France

    Reviewed July 30, 2019 (edited July 31, 2019)
    2.5
    2.5 out of 5 stars
    Today I realized that the only cognac I have ever tried was a Louis XIII on a drunken date almost 20 years ago. I recall not liking it at all, though I was primarily a lite beer drinker then. So let's jump back in on the other end of the scale. 50ml neat at home. Nose is buttery, sightly herbal, some ethanol. Taste loses most of the butter, and has some bitter spice with the herbs and slight heat. Not really a fan. Mixed into a Sidecar: much better, mainly because now it is just the backbone beneath lemon and sugar. Like a nice alternative to a whisky sour. 7/30/19
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  • Legent Bourbon

    Bourbon — Kentucky, USA

    Reviewed July 26, 2019 (edited September 13, 2019)
    3.75
    3.75 out of 5 stars
    Neat in a rocks glass at Liberty BBQ in Falls Church. Complex and well executed, with sweet butterscotch and vanilla, then mild spice, apples, and baking spices. Like. 7/24/19
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  • Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style

    Bourbon — Kentucky, USA

    Reviewed July 26, 2019 (edited July 31, 2019)
    3.5
    3.5 out of 5 stars
    Neat in a rocks glass at Liberty BBQ in Falls Church. Lots of citrus in the nose, followed by rye spice in the taste. Lingering spice finish. The word "bright" really comes to mind. Decent. 7/24/19
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  • Wild Turkey Longbranch

    Bourbon — Kentucky, USA

    Reviewed July 26, 2019 (edited July 31, 2019)
    3.5
    3.5 out of 5 stars
    Neat in rocks glass at Liberty BBQ in Falls Church. Standard good bourbon nose and taste with vanilla, oak, lite caramel, mild spice. Really smooth for a Beam. Slight bite at the end. Lingering spice. OK. 7/24/19
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