Free Boubon? Sure!

[tarak]

This week one of my staff near retirement age found me and said "you like that scotch whiskey right? We just bought a new house and someone left a full bottle, I'll give it to you."
The next day she brought me a sealed, unopened bottle of Bookers - a cask strength bourbon worth about $55. Yes please!

 

[jeepnewbie]

Nice and congrats. Let us know how it taste.

 

[jkrug]

Ya gotta love it when that happens!! Enjoy. ::

 

[derfatdutchman]

Enjoy!

 

[derfatdutchman]

Opps, fat fingers and little keys strike again!

 

[fnord]

Chris:
Never turn down anything except your shirt collar.
Fnord

 

[andrew]

Jesus 64.2 abv?? Yikes, that's some strong stuff.

 

[tarak]

Here's the report. I did try one sip of this stuff neat, which was like drinking great tasting fire...but still fire. Even the distiller recommends water in this one.
I actually used it in a Manhattan with 2:1 bourbon:sweet vermouth, 3 dashes bitters, and a twist of orange. I also stirred it with ice a long time to get just a bit of dilution. The result was the best friggin' Manhattan I've had (sorry to the rye purists).

 

[iamn8]

I'm sick and tired of people not giving me free bottles of scotch. It seems like I don't get free liquor on a daily basis. Congrats to you though!

 

[mso489]

Mighty nice.

 

[northernneil]

Mmmmmm, Bookers!

 

[multuminparvo]

I prefer Bakers and Knob Creek Single Cask from the JB Small Batch selection - Bookers is really a little bit on the strong side.