Thread by @neontaster

Having some Knob Creek tonight. Real strong kick (high proof). It's sharper than some of the stuff I usually drink these days but not in a bad way. That's its character. I like it. Would work great in an Old Fashioned.

I'm trying to build a mental rolodex of different bourbons and how they "feel." So like 1792 is heady, fruity, and clean (almost like a cognac). Elijah Craig is earthy and dark (almost like a peaty single malt). This is in between but with a tangier, less rounded character.

I'd put Angel's Envy on the 1972 side of things too. It's kinda light and clean. If you like Single Malts, think of those as like a nice Highlands (Glenmorangie), while Elijah Craig is a bit more Islay (Ardbeg). Pardon me if I'm not using proper jargon. I'm just winging it.

Also picked up some Woodford Reserve and I found a good place in town to get top shelf booze from. It had all the fancy variants of stuff that I never see anywhere and the prices were totally fine.

The Woodford is more complex than I remember but is still "midrange" in its flavor in a way that works really well for cocktails. Kinda toasted taste, maybe. A softer, "rounder" version of the same sort of thing as the Knob Creek (official terminology be damned!)

I actually have a tendency to visualize this in audio spectrum terms, so Woodford would be a wide bandwidth peak in the mid-range, whereas Elijah Craig is more bassy. Knob Creek is a narrower mid-range peak, and 1792/Angel's Envy are sparkly high frequency shelves. Audio Bourbon!