We're SPLIT On This $275 Special Release... | Heaven Hill 17 Year vs Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B522

[@fileep131]

Josh you mentioned Puffed rice. Have you tried JT Melek Rice Whiskey from Louisiana

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We’ve tried a barrel pick and found it to be incredibly enjoyable!

[@CPGumby]

Which just goes to show how great of a value ECBP is when compared to rare / high-allocated / crazy expensive bottles.

[@Abby_Normal_1969]

I seem to remember B522 getting some grief. I loved it. The A122 was my very first ECBP, I have loved every once since. Certainly, some are better than others.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

B522 is definitely big time sweetness and balance compared to the proof and spice associated with ECBP. People hated on it for that but it’s dang good bottle of bourbon.

[@matthewdohrmann]

I had mixed feelings about A122. Some days. I liked it, other days, I just didn't love it.

[@ntanner8]

I saw a HH17 in a store for the first time ever yesterday, was $5000. My Facebook secondary groups have it for ~$1200. Any ECBP is a shelf bottle compared to that!

[@kirklandeche937]

Great show as always! The tasting notes sounded great, however, with this being the Lenten season, I'm abstaining from chocolate and alcohol (ie bourbon). So I'll have to keep this in mind when Easter arrives. One week down and five more or so to go! Cheers!

[@boswineguy5461]

Great head to head. HH17 is one of my all time favorites. I have ECBP A120 - that bourbon proofed down to 118 gets me about 80% of the way to HH17 - all of the berry notes come out with water. Cheers 🥃

[@boydmasonlake1995]

Thanks, Erin for your "checks and balances ". The show must go on !

[@LP23D6]

An oz. pour of some 120 p can last an hour or more if you take your time. You may find that it changes, nose and palate, along the way. That's the sport of nosing and tasting. Dang, I have EC A and C 22 but no B bottle. It sounds heavenly. Cheers!

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

Even 90 proof juice can take a while if you pay attention to it - or if, like me, you don't have a huge alcohol tolerance. But yeah, proof can take a while. When I pour my higher proof stuff (right now it's Old Grand-Dad 114) I almost always pour less than usual, and still take the same time to finish the glass. 🥃

[@dennisorthmann5842]

We do love Erin!!

[@zacharyanderson6133]

You know.. I was just about to ask you in the Discord if you have watched Binging with Babish. Love him.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Great laid back vibe to his content. Easy and enjoyable. No wonder he’s killing it!

[@nickp5511]

Nice comparison! I haven’t had the 17 yr but I really enjoy the b522 and it’s still on the shelf at a couple of stores. HH 17 yr is available but it’s 1500.00:( Cheers!

[@gabrieltrujillo6133]

…did the whiskey help with the cough? Grandpa and Grandma’s cough medicine right there. I wish I knew what my grandparents gave me when I would get sick when I stayed with them. It was a whiskey but I can’t remember any details on the bottle. Just brown “cough medicine” from the liquor cabinet.

[@89sooner]

Thanks for the excuse to revisit B522. I’ve been spending that ECBP time with the 23 batches and recently A124 (and of course those BFH picks!). David S.

[@89sooner]

…and the Thursday at 12:50 P.M. 1/2 oz pour…decadent!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

It’s such a sweet-heavy batch but so good in its own right.

[@Lawnshrooms]

Got to sample the HH17 while visiting my brother in law last month. Great pour but I’m hesitant to buy at MSRP if I could even see it for that. If it was $125 I’d buy all day.

[@dylanroskop5134]

Great matchup! Cheers from Knoxville

[@scott1970]

Maybe your best matchup yet! Heaven Hill 15/17 is on my bucket list of bottles. Kind of weird but I picked up two bottles of B522 last spring at a store that just happened to get a late shipment. I barely gave it a chance as A123 was demanding my attention at the time. I still have 1 and 3/4 bottles of the B522. I’ll have to revisit B522…soon.

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

6:23 Smaller sips with higher proof come naturally to me. Like Brylcreem, with proof "a little dab'll do ya." The flavors are more concentrated and intense with higher proof, so you can get more enjoyment from less whisky in the mouth. 🙂 14:19 I'm one of those people, sort of, though my number is above what I can actually afford. 🙂 But I also add that if a bottle is worth $200 or whatever *to you* then that's what it's worth to you, and I won't condemn you for buying it.

[@MJ-km3qz]

Ok, when is Erin’s karaoke, whiskey tasting fundraiser night gonna be held? ;)

[@donnyengell8470]

I loved HH17 and thought B522 was maybe a tad underrated but overall in a lackluster 2022 ECBP release year so hard to say. I am trying to remember but I think you had HH17 tied with OF150th in the blind I organized awhile back. Such a good pour that it performs in any environment. Hopefully you get to the other 2 blinds as I think you’ll enjoy those as well. After you do those I do have a blind planned for Erin but I didn’t “drop off” yet as I know you are loaded with samples at the moment.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We’ll definitely be doing them in the coming months. Feels appropriate to do one next month for our 20K celebration and the other in April for our 3-year channel anniversary. It’s going to be a great few months of streams ahead!

[@adamp6862]

You guys should do a video on watches, looks like you guys are into them. Is that a 58? Looks sharp man! I have the original black bay with the smiley face and black bezel. They only produced them for 11 months. Never selling!!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Love the original Black Bay with the ETA movement and "smile dial." I still kick myself for not grabbing one. This is a 14060M Submariner circa 2008. Bought it to mark a major career + personal milestone and shift in life before things got dumb with that brand and still do love the 80-00s models that still have those old rattly bracelets and classic feel. Also one I'll never sell due to the sentimentality. Cheers and you can see a lot of my watch journey over at instagram.com/stuffandwatches

[@adamp6862]

@@stuffandwhiskey just checked it out, awesome journey man! Kind of similar to mine actually haha. What year is the wedding watch? Absolutely timeless. I have my grandfathers 1966 1601, two tone silver dial. The bracelet is a bit stretched but man what a feeling when I get to throw that piece on for special occasions. Last watch I have is the 126600. Very love hate relationship with it. Very sad but funny story, I tripped on the sidewalk 3 weeks after I bought the watch. Managed to smash the crystal, badly dent the bezel, and chewed the crap out of the bracelet with one stupid fall. Justbluefish actually did a video about it years ago. She’s fixed now but can’t ever look at her the same. Anyways, you guys are awesome and keep doing what you do

[@joshuabunkers1494]

Best EVA!!! Erin - "Smells like an old rich man!" Josh - "How many old rich men you been going around smelling" Erin - "You would be surprised." Buwahahaha.

[@codyburgess7034]

Here’s the thing if you find glass 1 it’s $1k. I waited all night in the rain for a Black Friday. Paid $350. It is a super special bottle

[@codyburgess7034]

Did Bill Kavanough own a liquor store?

[@stuffandwhiskey]

😂 😂

[@brettheiner7125]

With friends like that, who needs a liquor store?!?

[@tomshanley5405]

My Palate certainly aligns with Erin's. I like well balanced pours and am not a fan of getting punched around.

[@alabamafootballpodcast3582]

Love the Gallagher reference

[@brianclick7080]

I agree with Erin on the proof aspect. I like high proof pours that are balanced and not just hot. I had a pour of a Doc Swinson last night that I have had for a while and dang was it HOT. I had to tame it down with some water.

[@kennymiller6633]

Josh, I’m not sure how to put this to you but Erin may have been smelling Mr. Burgundy. “I’m not quite sure how to put this, but…I’m kind of a big deal…I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.”

[@stuffandwhiskey]

😂😂

[@StevenWalt]

Newest tasting note to put in the bank. Old rich man. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@stuffandwhiskey]

😂😂

[@brettmchan2855]

William heavenhill 17 is my grail bottle!!! Forget the puppy's I want the william heavenhill 17!

[@adamhyman2625]

Your KZbin recommendations: Frozen pizzas and whiskey 😂

[@stuffandwhiskey]

The YT recommendations over here are weird, wild, and varied. 😂

[@877-MASH-NOW]

WHISKEY CHEERS 😎

[@jondilly1974]

And BTWs HH17 goes for 1100 🦌 on secondairy

[@michaelackley1560]

Now I need to open my EC B22 😂.

[@jamesstreet1144]

The B522 is one of my least favorite ECBP releases. Imagine what a better ECBP would have done comparatively to the Heaven Hill 17

[@DPTX]

Right?! I'd like to see C923 against it

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We love B522. It’s super sweet and well rounded. As said, not a great ECBP by ECBP standards but still a great bourbon. While something like C923 might be the call for comparison, that massive of a proof difference in double blinds really does a disservice to both pours in our experience.

[@DPTX]

@@stuffandwhiskey I forgot HH17 was “only” 118 proof

[@ajbucher9440]

100 grand is my favorite chocolate

[@jayhalley2642]

I love Erin

[@christopherryan7654]

Gallagher!!!😆

[@jondilly1974]

You have got to have the worst example of HH17 in that sample. It should blow away any ECBP by a landslide. I’ve never found a sour note in HH17. Calling cap on this one. Taking this personally if you couldn’t tell 🤣🤘🏻

[@michaelackley1560]

Do them blind may be suprised

[@stuffandwhiskey]

😂😂 tasted great to me but Erin is definitely sensitive to what she calls a sour note on old oak sometimes. I wish I could say I knew what she was talking about, but I’ll just add that one to all the others in the growing book of things she says that I don’t understand. 😂

[@jondilly1974]

@@stuffandwhiskey still gotta think there should be a wide margin between B522 and HH17. I will have to look and see if I have B522 or not. Even so, C923 supposedly is better than B522 anyways and I don’t see C923 keeping up with HH17. Guess I need to do a blind and find out.

[@timkamholz1009]

🙂

[@mcwhiskey3005]

Terrible choice for a matchup

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We’ll have to agree to disagree there, as our split results showed, but to each their own. Cheers.

[@brettheiner7125]

It’s actually great - always a good idea to pit expensive allocated bottles up against solid shelfers blind!