Hey what's going on everyone welcome back my name is Steve and this is my plant honey well it's been a bit it's been a bit it's been a bit I've been gone for a little bit but I'm back for 2024 I got so many bottles in 2023 that I wanted to upload and share it with you all but I just couldn't get around it but here I am I'm hoping to share some of the good bottles that I got share some of the reviews from my taste and notes with you and it's gonna be a good year so let's get right to it let's get right to it for 24 hours what should I do for my first episode what should I do for the episode that I come back with again I got a lot of decent bottles I got really good bottles at good prices too but the first thing that came up to my mind it thought the choice was my biggest goal of 2023 which is the the one only George T. Stagg here you go not though regular stagg junior but the George T. Stagg GTS so people call it this one this is a unicorn legit unicorn you can't find it anywhere if you do find it on the crystal or shelves or whatnot you see it for $2000 crazy amounts right from what I hear you kind of keep them on the shelf for that price so so again this is a George T. Stagg bourbon coming in at at 67.5% off the home 135 proof it comes out early as part of the Buffalo Trace antique collection I think they have five different bourbons five different whiskeys that come out of that in that collection so I the story is I got this bottle at one of the bigger grocery chains around here I visit there frequently not just for liquor but for food and my kids stuff and and groceries and desserts and whenever I go I talk to the liquor manager and we have a decent relationship I was able to score one of these when it came in in December at MSRP I think it was $180 which is crazy which is crazy I never you know you never see it on shelf or $180 and even if it is actually you never see it it's what it's unheard of so a very lucky very fortunate to get this get this bottle when I brought it home I immediately at that night opened it up and tried it and it was delicious it's been it's already open as you could tell it's been a few weeks I haven't tried it since then it will look like poor we'll try it again I'll share my notes with you hopefully comes comes through and then we'll go from there so here we go the color is very golden brown I can't really distinguish from any other bourbon but I could tell it's very clinging to the to the glass that's pretty thick so this is 15 year whiskey 15 year bourbon at least 15 years from what I understand so it could be older juice that's that's mixed in there or that's in there but at least 15 years so let's go for the nose maple syrup the dark sugar notes a little bit like a cherry a cherry cola is like a sweet cherry it's 135 proof by it doesn't sting your nose at all that'll absolutely not all right let's go for a sip cheers everybody happy 2024 oh man oh man oh man oh man this is this is good this is so good this is so good one more step before I keeping my thumbs I'm gonna go reverse on this bottle today so instead of going for the taste you're gonna start for the finish the finish is magnificent the finish is what sort of separates this from any other right now it's been you know about 15 seconds society said it it's still here as if someone stole applying the coats of this George T. Stagg my in the inner linings of my mouth it's still here and it's going down it doesn't burn at all 135 you know some of that like a pair of proof ones I don't know I don't call off my about 1 30 140 proof ones it stings you're finding through that proof you're you're trying to hash through all that you know alcohol to get the flavors out not this and the finish is just magnificent I don't know how it's fantastic it's just grabbing on to every part of your the cell inside your mouth and it's just lingering and lingering and it won't leave you the taste so the charcoal notes comes through a little bit of a maple syrup enough coming through like a little bit dry oak just hint of dry oak dry brown sugar finish I can't get over the finish the finish is just so good all the flavors it doesn't go away it stays with you I don't know they do it I know they do it that underlying oak sort of lays up foundation that old 15 year oak sometimes you know you get an older batch of whiskey and the oak just overpowers you or it's just too prominent not this one even when it's 15 years plus it's all the flavors the cherry fruity note the sweet notes a little bit of oakiness a little leathery taste a little bit one of these oh man I taste the walnuts now it's all there and nobody's thinking of that seat it's like everyone's trying to be the protagonist no one's a supporting cast everybody is the main character in this in this case no wonder this one it's called the daddy of a mom so good so good I don't know if you see it it's just when I drink it the whiskey went up there you see the coat down the side of the glen and it's absolutely absolutely great the lingering nuttiness lingering sweetness it just stays with you and stays with you and won't be bold it's straightforward and it says hello I'm here and I'm gonna stay for a while so oh man that's good you know people people have asked not to me but I see no like what does it taste like what does George see say tastes like what's something he could compare with and a lot of people say it's sad in the staggineers not it's just a call just call the stagg but I'm gonna have to disagree it doesn't taste like to stag at all well maybe a little bit in the sweetness this good stag is very sweet and thick I see that I see that sweet and thickness here but everything else man it just the next level it's just the next mention when it comes to flavors the finish the mouth feel the nose is what's the same I guess nothing crazy good about the nose but I mean the flavor and the finish and the mouth feel is is next world no ones are these things go for a thousand bucks two thousand I'm very thankful I'm very thankful that all people have obtained this for a hundred bucks do I recommend it or obviously I recommend it to see and must buy if you can't get this bottle love the bars should have it so if you got a chance go to a bar that you know has a bottle of George sees that I don't know how much it'll cost it's gonna be a little bit you know pricey but if you're able to afford it grab a pour with a friend with your loved ones and see what tastes like I'm sure it won't be you won't be disappointed so so anyway that's all I have for you today thanks to everybody for joining I'm good to be back I'm happy to be back I don't know if you can tell and I'm just enjoying this experience just being here with you and then I hope that's 2024 I'm here more often and share with you all the the loot that I got in in last six months can't wait to share with you so let me know any comments in the bottom if you take said George sees that let me know what you think or is it worth 180 or is it worth thousand dollars you let me know at the bottom and happy to respond to that thanks everybody appreciate it and happy New Year's again happy 2024 and I'll catch you on next one see you