tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post5914317825788668298..comments2023-04-13T08:51:12.419-04:00Comments on Bourbon Dork: Abraham Bowman 17 yearGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084821666852687199noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-46365053459640812522012-08-19T17:03:08.781-04:002012-08-19T17:03:08.781-04:00Had a great visit at this distillery this week. T...Had a great visit at this distillery this week. Truman Cox is doing things the right way and I enjoyed a candid conversation with him in their makeshift gift shop. Hard to believe there are only 6 people running this operation. Picked up another bottle of John J Bowman and Bowman Brothers too. Love the John J.SteveBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203167407546384904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-61857646145739019142012-08-11T20:41:05.989-04:002012-08-11T20:41:05.989-04:00Thanks very much for posting your thoughts and I a...Thanks very much for posting your thoughts and I always enjoy reading "contrary views" when they differ from mine.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084821666852687199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-40458608544586279692012-08-11T17:35:00.996-04:002012-08-11T17:35:00.996-04:00I'll take the contrary view. I picked up a bot...I'll take the contrary view. I picked up a bottle of the Abraham Bowman 17 year here in Montgomery County MD. My first taste is today, and I am favorably impressed. I sipped some at the bottle proof. It was as explosive as you'd expect for a whiskey in excess of 70% alcohol, but full of pleasant flavors - oak, for sure, but with a dash of the more traditional sweet flavors (caramel and vanilla), plus something in a second wave of flavor that tastes like sugared plums...to me, at least.<br />Then I mixed 50 ml of whiskey with about 30ml of tap water for sipping. I am really having a pleasant time with it. It has a couple different layers of flavor, not too sweet, some mint and cloves, some (I say this with a bit of embarrassment for liking it so much) root beer.<br />I am all-in on this bottle.AnotherSuggestionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15117247001054820518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-69795881628294995452012-08-04T12:47:38.924-04:002012-08-04T12:47:38.924-04:00After a couple months, splitting it into two bottl...After a couple months, splitting it into two bottles, AND leaving the cork off the top of said bottles, the TPS 17 Bowman is finally approaching something akin to drinkable. <br /><br />At this point (by "this point," I mean this Saturday morning along with brunch), I've been drinking it with a big ice cube in a Glencairn and it is much less a trip into the inferno. <br /><br />But I swear, after two months and drastic air measures, it's getting there. Still I'm more than a little miffed that it's taken all this work to get from quasi-undrinkable to pretty good. <br /><br />I'll have to score some of the John J in order to get a better sense of the profile and come back to this in a month or two. I'll also take one of the two I split and bring it down to 110-120 or so. I think one thing is for sure: this one needs water.LikeItWasSodaPopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-3026198852415066292012-08-03T11:14:31.760-04:002012-08-03T11:14:31.760-04:00I hear ya loud and clear. I enjoy higher proof wh...I hear ya loud and clear. I enjoy higher proof whiskeys but don't like when whiskey is too hot and that heat masks all the flavor hidden beneath it.SteveBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203167407546384904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-9626587291136694912012-08-02T21:27:22.986-04:002012-08-02T21:27:22.986-04:00Tucker - too bad as TPS has actually done some dec...Tucker - too bad as TPS has actually done some decent Bowmans. Of course the TPS you have is a single barrel while the 17 year is batched. I was actually surprised that it was as hot as it was being a batched bourbon; typically those types of things get smoothed out when dealing with a multi barrel dump.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084821666852687199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-24098553722161117622012-08-02T21:25:46.632-04:002012-08-02T21:25:46.632-04:00Steve - Like I said, that was my impression only. ...Steve - Like I said, that was my impression only. When others in our group tasted this release, they pretty much had the same impressions. The standard John J is actually a decent whiskey. I picked up a couple while at Bowman last October. John J being a single barrel will of course have variances between releases. For me, when selecting a bourbon, I look for big entry, sweet, low heat, good transitions from front to back and a long finish. To me, if there's one component like wood or heat that play a dominant role, I find that to be an overall negative.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084821666852687199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-15191941159087424942012-08-02T19:31:23.869-04:002012-08-02T19:31:23.869-04:00I've come to the same conclusion with my bottl...I've come to the same conclusion with my bottle of TPS 17 year Bowman (147.7 proof, distilled 12-14-94, bottled 3-26-12). Too hot.Tuckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459913366176838409.post-69711817000900498082012-08-02T17:01:44.926-04:002012-08-02T17:01:44.926-04:00Damn, that's disappointing to hear. I find th...Damn, that's disappointing to hear. I find that your picks and recommendations usually fall in line with the type of bourbon/rye I like to drink. You led me to last year's Abraham which is great stuff and the bottle of John J which I think I like even more. <br /><br />I'm going to be working my way down to Norfolk from Philly and plan to pit stop at the Bowman facility. I hope to pick up a bottle or 2 of John J to bring back.SteveBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203167407546384904noreply@blogger.com