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“If you’re giving someone a bottle, you’ve shown the other person that you care.”
“That’s what we callthe Kentucky hug.”

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Here, he’s chosen five options to treat everyone on your list.
I love the chocolate in this.
It looks and feels like its going to be good.

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It’s absolutely fantastic.
For someone who has a bourbon geek in the family, this is going to be a winner.
I love nutty flavors in the winter.

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This is also a bottle that will appreciate over time.
Rowan’s Creek and Willett [Distillery] are such mega names in bourbon.
This is essentially like what Pappy was in the early-to-mid 2000s; Willett has that same kind of esteem.

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In 20 to 30 years, it’s going to be a high value.
This one is a sipper.
You just put it in a glass and drink it neat.

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It’s got a lot of baking spices in it; it’s earthy.
There’s a big, rounded caramel note that comes up toward the end.
Upon returning home from Iraq in 2005, the war veteran struggled with severe PTSD.

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