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Happy 4th wh***ey fam! What’s in your glass?!?!
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K**b Creek Small Batch 18 Year Bourbon, Batch no.2
by James B. Beam Distillery, Clermont, KY
Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Strength: 50 % ABV

👀Appearance: Somewhere between tawny and auburn in color and leaves behind trails of wh***ey beads after a few gentle rolls of the glass
👃🏽Nose: A healthy dose of cherry flavored candies, cinnamon sticks, cherry cola, sandalwood, cayenne pepper, leather, old oak, caramel chews, and dark chocolate
👅Taste: You get a heavy dose of drying oak tannins up front, flanked by cayenne pepper and black pepper, bakers chocolate, cola, black tea, subdued dark cherry, along the mid palate, and a spicy tail
🏁Finish: Long dry and spicy full of cinnamon sticks, pepper, and oak tannins and subdued cherry cola

🤔Thoughts & Conclusions: The nose really draws you in but was very surprised the palate had more drying wood tannins and spice than the 18 Year batch 1 release. I spent quite a bit of time enjoying the nose alone, looking forward to the delivery. Much like my experience on a recent blind tasting of age stated K**b Creek Small Batches, this one didn't resonate as much as the others which fell second to last of the five we compared. A shame considering the KC18 batch 1 had more complexity and flavor than the KC 15 year when I compared them head to head a few years ago. The oak on that 18 year was much softer and balanced but I guess all batches are not created equal, even for a brand as experienced in consistent as Beam can be. Don't get me wrong, I think this is definitely for a good portion of bourbonites, but could no doubt turn some off. For that reason, I'd have to lean more towards the KC 21 year if given a choice between the two. I recommend this dram for the "Wh***ey Connoisseur", those that can't stand to see the missing bottle from their collection of K**b Creeks. a BIG SHOUT OUT to San Nicolas Jr. for lending me this bottle for science. I swear I won't spend anywhere near as long to review the next one! Stuff just kept coming up for me and appreciate your patience my guy.

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The Better Half…My wife , my best friend and magic behind the camera. We not only celebrated 5 years of the channel today but also 16 years of marriage in the same month. You always help keep my head up when I get discouraged at times, and inspire me with your talent (more than you know). You always bring a smile to my face and as we always tell each other, “I love the $h!t out of you!”

Let’s keep this thing going my love and never look back…

The Glen Hats…These wee fiddly bits have been a hit and all thanks to Steve Wampler & ***eys_oh_my aka Mike Pierce . These have been a fun addition to the freebies we send out to supporters and have come in clutch during the summer months when the critters want some of that wh***ey too. A big shout out to them for making these happen. They’re also responsible for the bling you occasionally see around our necks 😂.

Thank you both for being badass! 🥃💯

John Kay aka Best Palate West of Iceland… The story of .kay.79 goes back a few years waiting in an allocated wh***ey line outside of Paradise Liquors. I was chatting it up with someone about (wait for it) wh***ey and before you know we were doing a side by side of Old Elk Double Wheated vs. Four Grain on camera. By the way, being on video is not as easy as one thinks it is, but John makes it look easy and when we get to talking we can T A L K….

If you don’t already know, John has quite the impressive collection (if we can call it collecting) of unicorns that I don’t ever expect to catch up to in my lifetime. I still have more bottles than him so I got that on him 😂 Jokes aside, he as always been a great friend and always willing to let me try the hard to find stuff. Just as an example, he had won a chance to get a William L. Weller BTAC bottle and let me have the first crack at it. If that isn’t supporting the channel and good science I don’t know what is!

Raise your glasses wh***ey fam! To friends who come in clutch and keep it real. Cheers 🥃💯

5 Year Anniversary Tasting was Amazing! Thank you everyone who made it and shared drams to commemorate this milestone. Our peeps even came in from Denver and Dallas to celebrate. Although you didn’t quite hear the “soothing sounds of your boy Wh***ey One “ we enjoyed some hitters! I can’t tell you how grateful I am right now. Cheers!!! 🥃💯

P.S. Thank you to Patrick Starkey , Chad Terry , Chris Stamport for helping me capture some great moments 📸

…Well for starters, Nick Rivera is definitely the life of the party, even if he says so. He’s that guy that brings the good stuff to share with friends just to see what they think. Always down to try the weird and different stuff, just like me, and that’s why we hit it off so well. Introduced by our friend Terry Kost, I knew we would get along great once he told me about his affinity for barrel aged beers, stouts, ryes, American single malts and mezcal. Most people are walking away from that conversation but not Nick. He’s all in!

He’s one of those genuine people you can disagree with entirely and still be cool as hell afterwards. He claims to have the best palate south of Iceland, so I guess that leaves me to be the best north of Iceland. I think he’s full of $hit but we can agree to disagree. I’ll let you tell it!

He’s my road dawg for life and always down to do a video about whatever we’re in the mood to drink that day. BTW his 49ers got beat early in the season by my Vikings (shocker), but we can still kick it right?!?! 🤣

Oh yeah, if you ever need someone to make your wh***ey taste better with some amburana finishing, I know a guy. Cheers homie 🥃

Daniel my brother…You know that song right?!?! In life you get to meet rare and genuine people; those that would do just about anything for you. Daniel Warren is that guy!

It was about four years ago that I kept wondering where are all the local wh***ey groups at? One day I came across the ***ey_society page who announced a Balcones tasting going on. If you know me, you know I’m about that TX heat! I found myself sitting amongst wh***ey fans and mostly newbies to Balcones. I also happened to meet my friend .martin Martin Ulloa for the first time who was the guest speaker as he used to work for Balcones. He now owns where the old Boxing Bear used to be off Alameda. You gotta check out his spot and get you some great🍻 Okay I seriously digressed there…

It all started when I got to talking to Daniel and quickly noticed that southern drawl, and he told me he was from TN. His passion for wh***ey was obvious, so I asked him if he’d be willing to do a wh***ey video with me? “Sure! Why Not?!” Our 1st video was a Jack Daniel’s barrel proof bourbon vs rye comparison (JD is his favorite brand, of course) and the chemistry, the vibe and the friendship was instant. A few videos, barrel picks and wh***ey tastings later and here we are.

It could have been one of those relationships where we competed against each other, but instead we’ve accomplished more together. Daniel, you are a great friend and can’t wait to share drams with you at the festivus. Even if your Steelers aren’t as good as my Vikings this year 🤣

Love you man!

Supporters…We wouldn’t have a channel without you. When we started all we had was a handful of close friends who believed in us and eventually we began hearing from people all over the country and some overseas. I have yet to meet some of my biggest fans in person and one day I hope to.

I’d like to tell you a story about how I met my good friend .kost.hemingway.9 . It was by chance that someone noticed one of my comments on (and our NM logo) on some other Wh***eyTube, and decided to give us a follow.

This gentleman would provide constructive feedback and always willing to recommend what I should try next. A lot of my earlier videos featured reviews of ***ey and he mentioned I should be on their payroll 😂 On another occasion he revealed he lived in town and would be willing to share some of his Sotol for the cause since I also opined about tequila. For one reason or another (mostly because I was nascent), I failed to take him up on his early offer but still managed to find the Sotol he recommended.

I later found myself at an ***ey_society bottle share and brought a bottle of Laws corn wh***ey. Someone asked me about it and before I could dive into my spiel I heard this voice over my shoulder ask “Well did Laws ever get you on their payroll?” I turned around quickly and bewildered, wondering who in the hell is this fellow? And what does he know that I don’t? It turned out to be my staunchest ally. Mr. Kost has introduced me to other wh***ey enthusiasts, such as and has been a mentor ever since. Even if he never intended to be.

Now I turn my attention to the rest of my champions. The cadre of madres y padres and sometimes single Maria’s and Andre’s. I sincerely appreciate the love you all throw our way! So if you see someone sporting a Wh***ey One shirt on their back, raising a Glencairn with our logo on it, or slapping one of those Glen hats on their dram to keep the bugs out…give em that homie nod of assurance. You are sipping with good peeps, and that’s all that matters. Cheers 🥃