Last week I went shopping and when I came back, she had transferred most of the bourbon. Only problem is, she doesn't see well enough to write out the little tags to go around the necks so we'd know which is which. She left that for me.
Now if I were her, I'd have poured it into its new home and then put the empty bottle in front of the decanter to make it easier to keep track of. She ain't me. She looked me dead off in the eye and says "You can tell the difference between them by taste, right?" We're talking Four Roses, Larceny, Maker's Mark, Evan Williams, Old Forester 1910 and Buffalo Trace here.
Well, I can give it my best shot. I had to take several samples of each one before I got it right. Leave it to my loving wife to turn a mundane task into a fun afternoon. What she didn't know and I didn't tell her is that I drink so little any more that I can tell which is which just by how full the bottles were. Some of them I've had for a couple years. Hell, I hadn't even opened the bottle of 1910 yet and it's 2-3 years old.
