BOOZEFIGHT: Knob Creek Single Barrel vs. George Dickel Single Barrel

We are nothing at this site, if not a fan of the finer things in life.

Fullbacks. Pulling guards. Defensive tackles. And of course, brown liquor.

Part of growing up means learning to expand the palette, and when you have the opportunity, I’m always for trying some high-end hooch. Over the last couple of Christmases, I’ve managed to pick up some single-barrel whiskey’s from Calandro’s in Baton Rouge — they usually buy their own barrel’s worth. So I decided to compare and contrast two of them: Knob Creek bourbon and George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey.

Both whiskeys are aged nine years.

Notes of vanilla when it hits your tongue, which flows into a sweet, molasses-like middle but with just enough burn…