Comparison imminent!!!!!!!!!
(btw, todays pours were Corner Creek, Remus V, and Barrell SiB Rye..........)
ALBERTA REVIEW!
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Official PCF Whisk(e)y Thread (60 Viewers)
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Comparison imminent!!!!!!!!!
(btw, todays pours were Corner Creek, Remus V, and Barrell SiB Rye..........)
ALBERTA REVIEW!
I had so much respect for Minnick until he reviewed the hirsch 6 year. I’m assuming he got a bad batch or barrell because my hirsch 6 I have is easily in my top 5
Happy Lunar New Year's to my PCF Fam!
My stores still have B521!
Ok sure why not....
Alberta batch 2 66.0%
Nose- Oaky up front but sweet with notes of vanilla and a bit of darker fruit.
Palate - tons of gritty spice and barrel notes and proof up front, but fades to reveal sweeter notes of honey, vanilla and dark red grapes. Super long finish that continues to dry out and chew forever.
Alberta batch 3 63.7
Nose - the sweet vanilla and currant notes are more up front in this batch, not as oaky or charred, lighter.
Palate - not quite as proofy, much more black currant forward at first. Sweet vanilla and caramel notes wander in and out. Oaky barrel char and rye spice then lingers and dries out on the finish. Not quite as long and spice forward as batch 2, but IMHO more pleasant...
Similar flavors in both batches, but I found they hit you in differnet ways and at different times, and the balances are different. The slightly lower proof on batch 3 works, I give this new batch an edge over batch 2. Its comes across slightly sweeter, a more bourbony profile that I really enjoyed.
My 2 cents, YMMV.
I might like it MORE
I told myself I could not drink from the bottle I loved without having two pours to finish the one I hated. Too bad I have 3 back ups
detroitdad
Royal Flush
I "LOVED" this one.................until I had the 1920. Then I tired going back to the 1897 bib and felt that it was kind of "meh". I still liked it, I just wanted more from it if that makes sense.
detroitdad
Royal Flush
I'm in a zoom meeting, so I can't watch the video. I usually have a bottle of each on hand. I enjoy both. I don't think Rare Breed is anywhere near as good as OF 1920. Rare Breed is great for the price. The flavor profile is way more "alcohol" forward, and no where near as complex as OF1920.
BruceWayne
Flush
A great 1920 challenger is Belle Meade reserve (108.3 proof, $65).
They actually come in the same bottle, just different labels.
Plenty of days belle meade beats 1920 for me, but both are certainly complex and tasty.
TheBourbonFinder
Sitting Out
Love stuff.
Also love how active this thread is. You guys are killin it! Not tryin to be that guy so I'm just quietly entering the pool and keeping to myself. Just revisited the 2019 Yellowstone LE over this past weekend, and fresh-cracked a Wilderness Trail SiB Rye selected by RareBird101. Fun times in the whiskey world!
Interesting will need to check that out. Thanks for the recommendation.
detroitdad
Royal Flush
I'll look for it locally. The 1920 is 65 bucks here. Its now cheaper than the ECBP (not as good). The only place I can find the ECBP at is a local gas station/liquor store. They raised their prices to 85 bucks a bottle. I've been passing on it.
TheBourbonFinder
Sitting Out
$85 sounds like a lot, but if you consider what it is (12 year age-stated, uncut, unfiltered, barrel proof bourbon from a major producer) it's still a good buy that releases in three batches per year. Not to make $85 sound like no big deal or anything. Just food for thought
i've tried 5 different belle meades and i cant get into them (sour mash, XO, Madeira, Sherry, and SiB). I brought them all to Kevin's meetup last year and left them there. just not my thing
BruceWayne
Flush
FDLmold
Royal Flush
The green-label Wilderness Trail rye is certainly on my "to try" list.
Klobberer
Full House
Belle Meade Reserve is one of my favorite daily drinkers. Classic flavor at a great proof point. Highly recommend.
detroitdad
Royal Flush
I agree. Its one of my favorites. A budget is a budget lol.
TheBourbonFinder
Sitting Out
Totally fair. I have an admittedly arbitrary cutoff at $75. Over that price, and it needs to be something I've either tried personally, been part of the single barrel selection team, or one of the folks I really trust needs to recommend it personally because they know my palate.
This stems from Booker's continually upping their price year after year. Once it rose above $75 I swore I'd stop paying for it...and that sort of became my cutoff. Not that I don't buy bottles that cost more than that, but it's a budget of sorts.
detroitdad
Royal Flush
Kind of the same thing for me. My number is $65. I like to have a variety of bottles on my shelf. If I spend to much on a specific one then that limits what I can collect.
Klobberer
Full House
Just heard a rumor that Barrell Spirits 7-8 year old store picks are Willett juice...heading to Total Wine now!
Need some validation on this, there's so many Barrel batches it's hard to keep straight.
I agree. But if we can determine which is which, oh man. Happy day for us
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