DitchPanda

Honestly like I said I'm not very impressed with the heaven hill. Ill give it sometime to open up now that the bottles cracked, my experience is that can really help. First impressions are not favorable tho. Like I mentioned I've got a single barrel Evan Williams that's as good or better...I'd also say Jim Beam single barrel is also better, both of those options are $20 cheaper. Also like I said above I can get makers cask strength or rare breed for cheaper and they both stomp the heaven hill. My opinion and tastes of course.

You may be right

Eh, its ok...nothing bad about it but pretty Meh for what I paid. I have an Evan Williams single barrel that's older with a very comparable flavor profile that I only paid like $34 for. They had a bottle of Jameson black barrel for $47...kinda wish I got that instead.

Eagle rare and EH Taylor are almost non existent in my area unless you are willing to spend way over MSRP...I'm talking $65 to $100. 1910 is a great every once in a while dessert pour for me, I actually prefer it over Woodford double oak. Rare breed is my go to, I can get it here for $50 out the door and to me it can't be beat at that price. Its funny you mention heaven hill BIB because I picked up a bottle today but its $55 everywhere around here so I may have over payed.

Lots of solid bourbons in that price range-some standouts to me are 4roses single barrel and old forester 1910. 2 weeks ago I picked up a makers mark cask strength for $45ish out the door and holy crap is it good, I passed that up for far too long. To me though the best I can get around here in that range is Wild Turkey rare breed, it never disappoints and I always have a bottle in the cabinet. What's your favorite bourbon(s) between $40-$50?

Nirvana- the man who sold the world and Talking heads- take me to the river both come to mind.

Yep an old work buddy turned me onto those years ago... If people knew about it leinenkugels sales of summer shandy would drop %95.

Yup ...shades are rad bud

Best: good with a spinner bait and an accurate caster but my best "skill" is my ability to grind out a bite or two in tough conditions. Worst: swimbaits- of any size. I just don't get it.

Picked up a bottle of Tullamore Dew XO Caribbean rum cask finish today.....gonna give er a shot on the patio.

Healthy looking fish and a content looking pup. I got out today myself and managed to catch 6 bass, biggest was probably 3lbs. Felt good.

Thank you all for the recommendations... Will be checking them out.

So about a month ago I was at a buddies smoking some Chuck roasts and I had my first ever cigar. I'm not a smoker by any means....I've had maybe a pack or two of cigarettes my entire life. That said I did enjoy having a cigar with some whiskey. So for you out there that enjoy the same what are some good mild cigars for occasional smokers? If they pair well with bourbon or rye that's a bonus. For clarification the cigar I had was a deadwood sweet jane...im not sure if its flavored but it was extremely sweet to me.

Thank you all for the kind words....we are doing fine in my household but there are 10s of thousands of people who have a long road ahead of them.

My town and several in my area have been hit hard, lots of people that have no flood insurance because they aren't in a flood plain have suffered total losses. My family has been lucky as we all dodged the worst of it...my sister in law had some damage and water in her basement but that's it. I have several close friends who weren't so lucky. My entire town is without sewer or running water and a big portion of the town has been without electricity since Saturday morning. The important thing is I've heard of no serious injuries or deaths from the flood around here....that's what really matters.

I ordered 2 pairs of the flatrocks off Amazon and received them Monday. They are nice for $25 and fit my head just right. If they hold up for a year ill consider it money well spent.

Some people are just weak and pathetic so they assert their dominance over women, children or animals to feel powerful. Its disgusting. World would be a better place if this individual would have just taken their belt off and swerved into a tree at 80. zero tolerance is right. Back about 20 years ago I was in a wal mart parking lot with my buddy Jon and we came across a guy roughing up his wife\girlfriend. Jon rolls down the window and says hey motherf$%&#@- why don't you come try that on me? Guy says ok somebody needs to teach you a lesson anyway and starts walking over. Jon steps out with a tire iron and I step out of the passenger side with a baseball bat.....the guy sees this and stops, I look him right in the eyes and say if you come over here your leaving this parking lot in a body bag. Guy stands there shooting his mouth off and in comes a sheriff... Store manager comes out, told the sheriff what happened and within about 3 minutes guy was in the car heading to jail. I'm glad it didn't escalate further but I was prepared to do some damage if that guy pushed it there.

That's kinda my feelings as well. I have a few pairs of the strike king S11 glasses and they last about a year...they run $35-$40 so I'm not mad at it. But the kastkings at $25 are a little more budget friendly. Ill pocket the extra $15 a pair and put it towards a bottle of whiskey!

This I believe is in my very near future. Gonna be a bug apocalypse here, my town will be like Hitchcock's The Birds but with mosquitos.

This is a perfect example of lots of things work but few are "the thing". To me its the bait equivalency of spot on a spot.

My thoughts for bank walking and river\creek fishing -if I take a spill and lose my glasses they aren't my $200 Costas. Those are reserved for driving and boat duty.

I have an average size head so we will see how they fit. Worst case scenario I've only got $55 invested in the 2 pairs and ill just give them to my buddies if I don't like them.

Well it turned out much worse than predicted. The previous record flood crest was 35.4ft and yesterday we peaked at 39.9. There's water everywhere.... In the daycare, library, grocery store,tons of homes ...my brother in law has an old creek bed in his backyard from when they rerouted it around town and there's probably 6-8ft water in it. I'm gonna call my supervisor and let him know I won't be in for a few days....I'm not driving 200+ miles a day to work. My buddy Tom just went text me that he doesn't have flood insurance because he's not in a flood plain and his house got hit.

Yes I can. I wade fish that river and last fall it was barely up to my knees in most spots....now its on main street in my home town. We had a "once every 100 years" flood in 2018....the next year we had the "ok this is the once every 100 years" flood...now this is even worse.

Yes it is. Since I posted our Mayor has issued a mandatory evacuation for the west side of town and our water treatment plant is shut down because its under water. Kim Reynolds had declared a state of emergency for our county. And last but not least the prediction of 37.1ft crest was wrong, it has been raised to 39.1ft and they've sent out a new flood map with an area highlighted in red which is the danger zone if the levee around town breaks.