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Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky

The Old Forester 86 is my watering hole’s well bourbon and, somehow, I hadn’t had it except in cocktails. Finally remedied that. It is everything I want in a bourbon. Sweet, smooth, caramel, vanilla, and candycorn. Very nice.

FEW Bourbon Whiskey

It tastes very, very much like their rye (which I love!) but not in a “this is a bourbon made by the same distiller who made that rye” sort of way. More like they took their rye-recipe and put juuuuust enough corn in the mash to make it technically a bourbon. I mean, I still like it but it’s definitely a rye-drinker’s bourbon.

Also, I am an enormous sucker for little touches like the handwriting on the matte paper label.

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Temperance Trader Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Lovely. Smells sweeter than it tastes—like maple sweet or prailine sweet, would’ve been too sweet for me if it had tasted like it smelled—but really nice.

Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey

Handcrafted, made at 9600 feet with snowmelt from the rockies. Huh. It was apparently voted one of the top bourbons recently by… I don’t think the bartender said. More to my drinking companion’s taste than mine and I don’t know if I’d go comparing it to my favorites but it’s still really very nice.

Redemption Barrel Proof Straight Rye Whiskey

Hoooooooboy that has a whole lot of fire in it. Not at all like the rest of the Redemption line. But. But. Addition of ice mellows it almost completely, making it incredibly smooth and drinkable instead of a challenge to be withstood.

Crater Lake Rye Whiskey

Light and smooth with a floral quality to it (not perfume-y but floral). Also, I’m a sucker for anything at least partially made possible because of a volcano.

Corner Creek Reserve Bourbon Whiskey

Been a while since I had a “meh” but I think this one might’ve been a “meh” for me. My drinking companion had most of it but the bit that I tried didn’t knock my socks off. Or even slouch them a little.

50/52 — Framed

I’m pleased I managed to get a pedestrian-free window long enough to get this shot. Along a major corridor. During the evening commute. And that I could get the shot, standing directly across from it, with the sun behind me and somehow still not be in the shot. How creepylovely is that? Really?

51/52 — Dangerous Curves

I love this dress. I love this dress so much. I found it at a vintage/second-hand store in LA and it fits like someone sewed it directly onto me. I had an excuse to wear it at a massive whisk(e)y tasting… on a yacht. And it felt so good that I’ll worry about how much of an insufferable prat I sound like saying that later.