Post #117433 by tikibars on Fri, Oct 1, 2004 1:00 AM

Just got back from Hukilau (yes, I know it ended 5 days ago!), and I haven't gone over my tape-recorded notes yet, but if I remember correctly:

7 of 9 people picked Taylor's as their first choice, and one person picked it as second choice. Interestingly, almost all of us of us placed Fee Brothers as the second choice, and 8 of 9 put Di Vinci LAST.

The much-hyped Sazerac came in third on almost everyone's list, except one fella who put it first, and therefore kept the Taylor's from sweeping the first place slot.

All of this said, these tests were done drinking the stuff straight, and we definitely agreed that in a drink, results may vary.

The almost-unanimously third place Sazerac certainly didn't hurt the 'Pilots we were drinking...

Also, as mentioned, we got the idea to do the tests blind after a few of us already took our respective turns. But even with about half of us knowing what we were drinking and when, and the other half doing the blind test, the results were fairly consistent.