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It’s hard to believe Jim Beam doesn’t already have a single barrel offering under the Beam name, but I suppose the vast array of premium whiskeys the company makes (some of which are single barrel) — including Knob Creek, Booker’s, Basil Hayden’s, and more — have fit that bill rather well over the years.

Now Beam is finally filling that hole, as the Jim Beam brand has moved upscale, by giving it its own Single Barrel edition. Drawn from hand-selected barrels of Beam stock (the company says less than 1% of barrels qualify for Single Barrel bottling), the bourbon is bottled with no age statement, presumably because it varies from bottle to bottle. Otherwise, what’s in Single Barrel, at least from a mashbill standpoint, is likely the same as you’d find in any bottle of white label Jim Beam, only bottled at a higher proof.

So on to the review. The nose of Jim Beam Single Barrel is ripe with dense wood (a bit sawdusty) and flecked with orange peel notes. The palate offers more traditional bourbon notes — lots of vanilla and caramel, modest wood notes, and plenty of popcorn character coming along later in the body. Here the wood element is well-integrated into the rest of the spirit, offering a distinct oakiness that isn’t overwhelming or hoary. The higher alcohol level isn’t particularly pushy, offering a slightly sharper character without an overwhelming amount of burn. I’d say it’s just about right, giving Single Barrel a somewhat rustic, frontier character, while still offering a refined drinking experience.

95 proof. Available March 2014. Reviewed from pre-release sample (no barrel number available).

A- / $35 / jimbeam.com

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“Still waiting for the third version to complete this fuel pump trifecta,” writes Taylor. Actually, my question was this: if there were a third broccoli cheddar soup sign, would that one have 190 per calories per serving? The calorie count is increasing from left to right, so it would make sense.

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I've been here....work has kept me super busy...pretty sure there is a post in 2012 that says about the same. :-/

I attempted to recruit some smart people to make some posts and they did so thanks to all the guest bloggers this year.

so what's been up?

well I've taken on two hobbies that don't directly tie into this blog. One, Christmas lights, like the obnoxious programmables RGB color ones. Facebook friends have been kept abreast of the situation.  Two, stock trading...which i found out a fair number of hackers are into...which is cool. The stock stuff came about from reading the Rich Dad Poor Dad book and trying to figure out a way not to have to work until i die. See that post for a tiny bit more explanation.

I've been told by a few people that readers would probably find the xmas light stuff interesting as it does involve cat-5 cables and packets over Ethernet frames. So I'll start knowledge dumping in Jan on that topic.

anyway. Tech stuff....whats up?

Shitty passwords are whats up this year (totally new issue right??!!!). I didn't go back and count but a large majority of the tests I performed or assisted with this year where there was some sort of single factor login portal (SSLVPN, Citrix, OWA, etc) fell over to one of the following:





Lares continues to break into hard to break into places using Red Teaming.


I also gave a talk at a credit union conference a few months ago where i tried to sum up how organizations are getting owned. TLDR; its all stuff we know about, but it takes work to fix, so not that many organizations do it.



I've been kind of a deadbeat on talking in 2013 but i have a few ideas on some talks for 2014, ideally blog posts either here or the Lares blog will help me work those ideas into posts and eventually into a slide deck(s).

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In what is either the exact definition or total opposite of a Christmas miracle (depending on whether or not you decided investing in a meme was a good idea), millions of the crypotcurrency Dogecoin were stolen in a hack on Christmas day. Many Grinch. Very irony. Wow.

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