A little Bourbon Manhattan

Well it seam’s that they were right. They caught Bucky. That's good, I would hate to have the New York State Troopers not get their man. Just like the Mounties. I would really like to know if he really thought he could get away from them. Oh well, we’ll probably never know.

I’m sitting here enjoying my Sunday doing nothing. Well I’m not actually doing nothing. I’m watching the tube and playing on the puter. I’m also drinking a Manhattan. Made with lots of ice and some sweet vermouth and Ezra Brooks Bourbon. Very tasty. I have been enjoying this bottle I got a few weeks back, I was looking for some bourbon and was kind of low on funds, so I picked up this bottle of Ezra. The 90 proof bottling. It’s not to bad. I’m kind of impressed with the flavor. Straight up it’s not too harsh, like some of the lower priced brands. But with a different taste. You know I like my Woodfords Reserve and knob Creek, but they are just out of my current price range. I also like Jack…….

However, this Ezra is a good allterative to those higher priced bourbons. Speaking of higher priced bourbons, I fondly remember the two Ultra Luxury Extremely High Priced Bourbons from Jim Beam. The Distiller’s Masterpiece Bourbon. I know most people wouldn’t spend $159 to $200 for a bottle of booze, but some do. Yes they were very good. Each one different from the other. I believe the first one was partly aged in regular charred oak barrels and finished in cognac casks, (fancy name for barrel). The second finished in port wine barrels. I liked the first one better than the second did. Just my opinion. At first, I thought I wasted my money. But like a good wine, I started to like it the more I tasted it. Of coarse I didn’t drink it all min one night. My first bottle lasted about 10-11 months. However, the second went quicker, in about six months. I really don’t think I would buy another special bottling at those prices again. I bought those when I had the liquor store, and just had to pay at cost. Back to the Ezra, I remember many years ago, at a friend’s house we tried the Ezra and found it very good. I still think it’s pretty good. Like I’ve said it before, I have never met a bourbon I didn’t like. But I will tell you that there are some I would only drink, if there were nothing else to drink. Some are just plain lacking in the flavor department, and some are just too harsh, but adding the correct amount of ice, water, or what ever you like to add to your bourbon can make the world of difference in the drink.

Most Bourbon or even, Scotch purists will tell you, That you should drink them straight with only water or ice. I agree with them most times, but I do like bourbon in Manhattans. So sue me…….

But any way, try some Ezra Brooks at the 90 proof bottling. You will like it.

Something of a little trivia, do you know that bourbon and most whiskeys as well as beer, start out the same. First you need grains, hops and water, and then you cook them, then add yeast and let it ferment. Then the difference comes in, beer is aged then bottled and whiskey is distilled, then aged then bottled. Now you know why good made hops, it’s in two elixirs of the gods. I’m not trying to piss of the wine people, but I like wine too…..
Well that’s it, I’ll just have to have another Manhattan and wait to watch the Red Green Show that comes on this afternoon…..

So in keeping up with Red…. Keep your stick on the ice……………………….