I nearly let the Holiday season pass without a post about my seasonal likker purchase. Yesterday, it was time for a haircut, and there’s a Virginia ABC stors in the same strip mall village center as my haircut place.

I walked out of the ABC store with 750 ml of pure amber goodness: Jefferson’s Reserve Very Old, Very Small Batch Bourbon. From the website:

Jefferson’s Reserve takes many years to slowly naturally mature. In fact, by the time we open the barrel, approximately 50% of the bourbon has evaporated. We call that missing bourbon the angel’s share. Fifteen years of aging produces a bourbon with a rich bouquet, golden color and mellow flavor that you’ll find only in Jefferson’s Reserve. We hand-selected each barrel and then mingle them in a very small batch of perhaps a dozen barrels. You can see for yourself – each bottle is numbered.

I got bottle 647 of 2400 from Batch 47. And it’s pure ambrosia. And I consumed a small drop last evening, in the prescribed manner thusly:

We advise those purchasing our bourbon to use no mixers, please. Drink it neat, on the rocks, or with a splash of water.

At 35 bucks, best stuff I’ve had in a long time.

-k-

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