I was stocking up at Spec's (the only real liquor store in the Houston area) last week and thought I'd get a little bit of bourbon for those quiet evenings next to the DVD player. I usually get some Weller or Beam, since they each hit a nice point on the price/flavor continuum. But I was looking for something different and I saw "Rebel Yell."
Now there are normally a dozen or so brands of bourbon on the shelf that I've never tried. I mean there's about a dozen that I've tried, but there's all these other random ones that I've never bothered with. Why pay the same or more for an unknown quality when the Beam is sitting right there? Well, the Rebel Yell bottle is the same shape as the Weller bottle, but it was on sale for $9 for a fifth!?!?!?!? I haven't seen decent whiskey that cheap in a LOOOOONG time. The label said since "18xx" or somesuch year. Whatever. It also says it's from a distillery founded by the Weller dude. OK that's enough hype for me. Gotta check it out.
Brought it home and broke the seal. Smooth. Sweet. Very little bite at the end. Somewhere between Dickel and Southern Comfort. Hot damn. I gots me some good cheap whiskey! It's great over crushed ice, but almost disappears (literally and figuratively) when added to a little water.
Moral of the story: try something different, especially if it's cheap
Now there are normally a dozen or so brands of bourbon on the shelf that I've never tried. I mean there's about a dozen that I've tried, but there's all these other random ones that I've never bothered with. Why pay the same or more for an unknown quality when the Beam is sitting right there? Well, the Rebel Yell bottle is the same shape as the Weller bottle, but it was on sale for $9 for a fifth!?!?!?!? I haven't seen decent whiskey that cheap in a LOOOOONG time. The label said since "18xx" or somesuch year. Whatever. It also says it's from a distillery founded by the Weller dude. OK that's enough hype for me. Gotta check it out.
Brought it home and broke the seal. Smooth. Sweet. Very little bite at the end. Somewhere between Dickel and Southern Comfort. Hot damn. I gots me some good cheap whiskey! It's great over crushed ice, but almost disappears (literally and figuratively) when added to a little water.
Moral of the story: try something different, especially if it's cheap