....net> wrote in message news:DkVVh.1188$LA3.645@newsfe03.lga... I often run across single malts and small batch or single barrel bourbon that vary in taste from one year to the next. Thank you for ... to truth&knowledge, and will try to sample as many malts and bourbons in the same quest, to the benefit of others, of course. ...

>>>>>I often run across single malts and small batch or single barrel bourbon that vary in taste from one year to the next. Thank you for your diligent attention to detail, and for ... only hope to maintain a similar dedication to truth&knowledge, and will try to sample as many malts and bourbons in the same quest, to the benefit of others, of course.

...You never know if the next bottling is going to be the world class whisky it was before or should be. I often run across single malts and small batch or single barrel bourbon that vary in taste from one year to the next. Regards, Daniel "John" <blackkeno@aol.com> wrote in message news:1176860799....

...28159$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, "joe mama" <dmoss74@hotmail.com> wrote: just starting to delve into the small batch american whiskey field. are there any web sites, or newsgroups aprticular to them? i'm only asking ... "groups" and then enter the search terms alt.drinks.scotch-whisky bourbon you'll get 600 or so hits, pretty well all of them...

... in three types of barrel: ex-bourbon, ex-sherry, and new Swedish oak...of all of their "firsts" (first bourbon cask, first distillate from the new... mainly in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks, though portions were also ... of casks (from their first small distillery) which they are calling "smoke tail", where a batch of unpeated spirit was distilled ... after a batch of peated and picked up a small amount ...