by Mike » Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:38 am
Well, me and bunghole disagree on several bourbons. I like ORVW 15 YO a great deal and he doesn't much care for it. We also disagree on Noah's Mill, which I enjoy and he doesn't.
This one surprises me a bit, however. I have gone back to Ridgemont Reserve 1792 three times since my original review and have done side by sides with several bourbons. It still seems thin and has a poor finish to me, so I stand by my review. In fact, I find RR so poor I can't help but wonder if I somehow got a 'bad' bottle. This seems unlikely, however, since it is small batch.
I guess, as bourbonv pointed out above, it is just a case of strongly differing tastes.
Just so as to demonstrate that this ain't got no nothing to do with anything but different tastes (I still gots lots of respect for bunghole and what's more, I even like him), Imo send him a free, gratis, no fees or charges of any kind, bottle of Ridgemont Reserve 1792 bourbon for his very own enjoyment. Take note bunghole, that this here bottle ain't quite full up. They's been a wee bit sipped right out of it. Drink it in full health and happiness!
I was athinking of having my dog 'Barleycorn' deliver it (yep, he is back from his Kentucky rambles). But no, when I brought up the idea to him, he set up such a howl, that I said just forget it. He allowed as how he wasn't ever gone leave home again and I could just forget trading him for anything.
So, next week he is gone start reading me the second volume of Shelby Foote's History of the Civil War (he is a slow reader, but I ain't in no hurry). 'Barleycorn' swears that his ancestors fought in that war just like mine did, and if ever there is a mention of a dog in Foote's books, why he immediately claims it as an ancestor......without no proof whatsoever!! Sometimes the nerve of that dog amazes me....... but then I realize ain't nothing unusual 'bout him.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas