by Mike » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:09 pm
Me dear lad, you lost me completely with your 'astringent maple bitterness' comment. But then, you have lost me time and again with your assessments of whiskies. That is not to say you are wrong........ or right.......... that is merely to say that we seem to be speaking an almost alien language to each other........... I know you like Dickel, as I do (not by the way, the end all and be all of American Whiskey...... as I know you know), and I am not, as is no one else, in a position to judge your opinions (except with counter opinions)....... because your opinions are yours, and, as a consequence can never be said to be invalid. But, you seem to reside on a different planet from me.
Methinks I owe you the courtesy of a hearing, and a chance to unveil something worthwhile to me in the uniquesness of your whiskey vision..........
I am your friend because you are different from me and see things very differently from me........... and, because I recognize full well that you are certainly as right as I am............. but, still a fucking mystery to me............. STAY IN THIS GAME, LAD!!
Over time, maybe I will move to your different view of things........ 'tis unlikely that will happen, but, I welcome you and your views here!!!
P.S. I have long thought, after being educated by a BourbonEnthusiast favorite of mine, Bunghole, that Jack Daniel's Single Barrel is a superb whiskey......... great delicacy, great balance, and an excellent finish. It is, in my opinions much superior to the other Jack Daniel's offerings......... and, I might say, superior to all the Dickel offerings.......
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