by peterh » Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:22 pm
had a pretty good one last night. Went to a restaurant on the lower East side in Manhattan. Good place, good rep, but not one I normally frequent. Went to the bar, was going to have a quick beer to start the evening. I asked for the beer list, came on the liquor list. For fun, I turned to the Bourbon section, just to see if anything interesting was there. They had a good array of stuff, a few interesting things (16yo Black Maple Hill for one), and there it was on the list. A.H. Hirsch 16yo. Huh. I asked the bartender if they really had it, he said "sure, what's the big deal"? I asked to see the bottle, and yep, that's what it was. About double the price of the Makers Mark, cheaper than 3 or 4 others on the list. I had a double with 1 big Ice cube. That's some tasty bourbon. Will be going back...