I'm proud to say I actually got to meet Kurt and shake his hand this morning...at the dentist's office of all places 🤣Didn't have much time to talk, but he's a real good guy and I'm thrilled I got to meet him and his son Kyle. Thank you Kurt for taking a little time to meet one of your biggest fans!

Definitely would like to see you both do separate blends and blind them against Pappy. Great video as always guys!

Let me just start by saying that Kurt, I'm old enough to understand every reference you made to wood and the woodshed! Yet another very solid and entertaining review. A Trent vs Kurt infinity bottle throwdown would be would be so great to see. Cheers!

This was fun! “I’m gonna lay the wood to ya!” 👀 😂

This was such a great lineup. I purchased a bottle of 10 year old Rip van Winkle, Christmas Eve 2021. A year later, I scored a bottle of pappy van winkle 15. I tasted them side-by-side, and I couldn't tell the difference. They were so Close. In fact if I had to choose one, I would've gone with the 10 year old rip. The flavor profile of a bottle tends to get better after it's been open for a while. At the time my TV your old roof had been open for one year. I had just opened the PVW15. I have a little Weller full proof left. I have a brand new bottle of Weller 12 year left. I'll be on the hunt for the antique Weller. It's going to be fun mixing them to see what I come up with. Great video.

Great video! You two are always enjoyable to watch . . . . plus I generally learn something - likem today. Keep up the great work and thanks!

I so want to see you both make a blend. Great video guys, thank you

I love fruit cake!! My grandmother used to make them and give them as Christmas presents to friends and family. My dad really liked fruit cake too. It reminds me of both of them. I miss them both.

Awesome! I'm looking forward to your blends.

Great video. Thanks.

That opening was hilarious, I got a good laugh...Cheers

Great video yall! I haven’t had the fortune of trying any of the van winkle lineup but one day I will!

One minute into this video and I’m dying 😂! You guys are the best!

Great video guys!

Can't wait to see the blends that you two come up with!! TonyB

Poor man's Pappy is also hard for many to make because the Weller line is so hard to come by. Prudent Pappy is very good as well, which is Makers Mark cask strength and Larceny small batch mixed together. Can enhance it by adding an oak spiral to the mix. It really needs to sit for some time to really meld together once blended. Give it a try.

Definitely want to see a few blend battles this year!

That intro was hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.

Definitely want to see a pappy blend video. Using Weller or other wheaters. Y’all have inspired me to mix up my own PMP and do a PMP/ORVW blind

Do the home blend that’s cool, love seeing what people come up with

I did not know of this blend. I will have to try it out since I have both

Enjoyed the show! You guys are great! One day I will get to try the Pappy!

I love fruit cake! I'm Ukranian, and my mother used to make 3 different types of fruit cake that were delicious. Started watching it a few months ago. We had a new restaurant with a bourbon bar open up on our town. I wanted to make a reservation, but didn't know anything about bourbon. Googled your channel and now I'm hooked. Thank you for the info and I really enjoy your channel. Larry from Canada.

You guys are awesome

I've had all of these, including the "poor man's" that I created using the same blend (60/40). My opinion is exactly the same as you guys. The blend is good, but doesn't beat the 10 or 15. It's probably about the same as the 12. That said, I prefer the OWA to the 10, 12, and the blend. I love the 15. Never had the 23. Oops sorry, for those who haven't been drinking bourbon for a long time, "OWA" is Old Weller Antique, the original name of what is now called Antique 107. The OWA bottle I'm currently drinking is a 1-liter bottle with a price tag of $29.95.

Hey guys! Hope the new year is treating you well, and that Trent is making use of that trailer full of packing peanuts 😂 I remember you guys talking about some barrel picks you wanted to do or were planning on doing. Was one of them going to be another old Forrester SBBP? I saw that on curiada but it was sold out, I imagine quite quickly haha. It sounded great though. No part of the phrase "old Forrester single barrel barrel proof: SLB pick" sounds like it could be anything less than fantastic!

You both coming up with your own would be a great video !

All of their first reactions were spot on to what they were actually drinking. That was fun!

I have that same infinity bottle, love it.

Dan & Di in VA here ... We would really enjoy a vlog with the two of you creating a home blend as a team and another tasting/evaluating home blends created by each of you separately. Could be one vlog featuring all of the above depending on how long you want it to be. Both scenarios would be really interesting! We really enjoy everything you guys do.

Paul seems like a cool dude

Do it!! Sounds fun.

I have made a blend of 1 part Old Crow, 1 part Rebel 100 and 2 parts of Southern Comfort, let set except shaking every other day for awhile, now it is my favorite neat!

SLB PAPPY will be looking for that blend.

@slbdrinks the finding the perfect poor man's pappy video is a great idea! please do that one sooner rather than later

Liked this video, love the background music as well. Excellent!, .

You should each make your own blends . Thanks for the video .

I like mom’s idea of competing blends!

The actual origin of "Poor Man's Pappy" came many years ago from the defunct forum "Straight Bourbon Forum" and it was intended as an alternative to the discontinued Weller Centennial

Great post today, we have also made a VERY Poor man's Pappy using a Weller 6 year special reserve and a Weller 12 in the first batch and a Poor man's Pappy using Weller 107 and Weller 12 in our second batch. In my/our opinions each blend was slightly better than the Old Rip Van Winkle and Van Winkle. We didn't have any 15 year Pappy to compare to the our blends. But it was sure fun doing a blind tasting with what we had. Yes please each of you do your own blend to compare to a 15 Year Pappy.

So glad you did this video before the try it video. Quite a day going from Pappy to stink bug. Thanks for making my day

Would love to see the blending results! I’ve also read at some point that there’s a way to mix maybe weller and Eagle rare (?) and get a similar mash bill to EHT 4 grain but I don’t remember specifics.

This was an awesome video. I was curious about how the poor man’s pappy would go in a blind against the real deal. Of course all these bottles are extremely difficult to get and try, but at least I can get an idea with this blind you guys did.

Put some of that birthday bourbon in the blend. I see those beautiful bottles sitting back there.

Oh yeah, merry Friday

I have my grandmother's recipe for fruit cake. It is super good!! Not dry at all, full of fruits and walnuts.

Fruitcake is delicious when homemade well. My grandma used to make and soaked a towel with apricot nectar and would wrap them in to finish them and moisten them for a day or two. One of the best Christmas treats with a cup of coffee - but I have had store bought fruitcake that is not great.

Brilliant!!

Watching y’all try to come up with some good blends would be very entertaining!

great idea for bottle blend, I would be really curious to see just how antique 107 compares in this lineup and then also some blend of 107 and full proof.

I have that exact infinity bottle. I love it

Would love to see your home blend!!

Not only do we need a blend, we need to find a budget blend that we can all find. Those Weller bottles would be difficult to find, just like a Pappy is

What a way to start a video by Laying the wood to you! haha incredible videos fellas, Ross from Ausin, Tx

I never had a taste for Christmas Cake when I was younger. I enjoy it now and have been making my own.

Great job as always. The “blind” episodes have always been my favorites. A real standout was last year’s double oaked blind. How about letting four new competitors try to unseat the reigning champ WRDO?

Would love to try all those Pappy bottles because my favorite of all time is Pappy Von Winkle 20 year. I had 2 bottles of it back in the mid 2000’s. Just spectacular…and only $75 each. 😱😱

Try the Abbey of Gethsemani Monks Bourbon Fruitcake. The Monastery is about 12 miles south of Bardstown, KY. They also make bourbon fudge. I believe they might rotate distilleries every few years for the bourbon they use. Wonderfully delicious!

My palette is not as developed as some, but I use Fruit Cake always as my baseline and bourbon must meet this baseline on my palette to stay around. Then it's fun to start picking out the individual spices, baking spices, dark stone fruits, level of molasses and brown sugar and candied fruit and nuts that is in fruit cake.

VERY interesting that you both had a strong individual recollection of a specific tasting note on different Pappys before...(Strong cherry, and Green Apple) and are not picking them up now. I am going to chalk that up to neck pour of a new bottle, that usually tastes different, after it has had some time to open up with more oxygen in the bottle. I had a similar reaction to a Jack daniels single barrel select that tasted very tart when I opened it....and several months later ZERO tartness to it....all caramel, brown sugar and cherry the second time.....

Need to see your own Poor Man Pappy blend!!

I only have Wellers 107 and Special Reserve. I tried half and half of that and it was great!

My mom makes a pretty good fruitcake…she figured out that not adding the citron, or using a minimal amount makes it more universally liked…also adding rum helps!

A blend of your choice would be awesome to compare with the Pappy’s, but if you don’t I’ll have to throw in the potato locker!😂😂👍🏼😂👍🏼😂👍🏼😂

to many "that's what she said jokes " 🤣 nice video

I would love to see you both do your own home blend and i would love to get a sample of it .

KURT!!! TRENTON!!! First of all, I LOVE fruitcake!! This might be a SLB classic!!! This has to be the best blind ever, and even the infinity bottle sounds great!! Awesome video!!! CHEERS family!!

My Dad was a 3rd generation baker and made dark fruit cake. We soaked it with a bit of Jack Daniel. My brother made a white fruit cake and we soaked those with rum. I have eaten them since forever! Located 35 miles upriver from NOLA!

It would be great if you’d recap the selections in writing on video as I got a little confused what was the lineup at the end and I can’t make out the labels in the bottles when you had them on the bar. Great video! Love watching!

YES TO THE BLEND BATTTLE!

I love fruit cake. My mother makes fruit cake a few times a year. Delicious. Great Video as always. Thank you.

Id love to see a blind flight between Pappy 15 and bourbons like Rare Breed, 1920, Knob creek etc

Howdy folks! Ok that was fun! I have many of these and the necessary ingredients to make several PMPs so this was awesome! Also have to check mash bills but wondering how Stagg n Eagle Rare factor into alternating blends? Thanks!

Would love to see your blends

I wanna see the home blend!

Home blend for sure!!

Looking forward to your blending project, I did that once and went against Pappy 15 and 9 out of 10 people picked Poor Man’s Pappy! 🥃🤘🏼

Good idea - taste a bunch of the things you refer to regularly, like fruit cake, confectioners sugar, brown sugar, molasses, etc.

Subscribed! - Yes! Let’s see the DIY that beats Pappy. Hopefully not made from unobtainium.

Fruitcake can be good or bad depending on who makes it 😂 I loved my mom’s fruitcake.

10:05 I love fruitcake. I grew up eating it, and I buy one every year. It wouldn't hurt my feelings a-tall if it was available the whole year. 11:54 Also, all the Weller, Rip Van Winkle, and Pappy bottles are Buffalo Trace juice. So blending Wellers is much more likely to approximate Pappy Van Winkle than would blending another distillery's wheated bourbon. 15:01 I have some of those metallic ink silver pens (more like markers) that Pilot makes, and I use them to annotate my bottles. I put the date I bought it, where I got it, and the price before tax. You could do the same if you wanted to be able to remember those (or other) points down the road a piece. 🙂

The first time Kurt made the “lay the wood” comment and Trent made a face I held back from commenting. But the second time was just too funny not to comment on this video. Unfortunately, phrases and their meanings change. I remember my best friend’s mom scolding me for coming over to the house and always eating their food. Her words were “all you ever do is eat me out and then leave” …..my friend made the same face Trent did. Anyways, thats what makes this channel great. The age difference and father son dynamic is perfect. Many hilarious and genuine moments

You should both make your own blend!

Best intro ever

Im really happy with the bottle of Weller 12 I found for $49 a few weeks ago and it is very good to me and my tasting group. I've never tried any of the Pappy family because it is way too hard to get here in Texas and I refuse to pay over $200 for a pour at a place who sells them. Now I am very curious about them though for them to wipe out a Poor Mans Pappy like that. And yes, Im sure we would all love to see what y'all can come up with on your own blend of a Poor Mans Pappy.

Boys! Great video! I would love to suggest some stuff to blend together to do this blind again as you said. Could even send you some of the stuff I have blended. Cheers 🥃

Kurt really laid the wood on this vid. Chad kurt virgin trenton as always.

lets see your blend!!

In regards to the mouth sores - Had them my whole life so I have to be careful w/acidic things (like lemons) and raw onions and garlic. To ease the pain tea will work as will placing an uncoated aspirin in your mouth. (Some folks have trouble w/that last bit). Stress can also be a cause/factor. My guy calls them ulcers.

Can't wait for the blend competition! More antique 107 and less weller 12 imo.

Would love to see the home blend

I would really like to see the blend video, I am fortunate enough to have the Pappy 15 along with Weller 12, 107, and full proof and was thinking about making a blend of my own. I would like to see what you guys can come up with!

"laying the wood" "drop the hammer" "Smash the biscuit"... no wait, I made that last one up.

On the topic of blending, I did a blend of 33% Elijah Craig 18 and 67% ECBP B520. Deliciously sweet with nice oak and a good proof point. I call it Elijah Super Craig.

I hear ya Trenton! "Put the wood to ya" He said that and I just about blew Sprike out my nose. Would love to see your blend. Just Do It!

I did a Poor Man's Pappy with attitude using 2 parts Larceny BP and1 part MM BRT-01 and aged them in my mini barrel for 2 months. I know it supposed to be Weller 12 & 107 but unfortunately those are just as hard to get as Pappy here in NC.

I love a good fruitcake. Usually brush mine with apricot brandy, but it would be good with bourbon too.

I wanna see y’all’s review on travelers

Fruit cakes are delicious, I love them!

Great idea to make a great blend and put it in a blind!