Here are a few I dug out. Taste is subjective. I'm not a Woodford fan. For daily consumption I go to Colonel Taylor, Blantons, Weller or Chestnut Farms. I have one bottle of pre- buffalo trace Pappy 20 year left. Consumed two bottles of it and it was superb. Have one bottle left of 16 year AH Hirsch. If you have the opportunity, pounce. Everything else I've had pales in significance. PS... how the hell did that Canadian make it in the pic ?
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We all have different taste preferences, here are mine.
Not much of a bourbon drinker, but I do have some pappy van winkle cigars in my special humidor with my Cubans.
If they did a blind taste test, I'm betting Pappy's wouldn't be anywhere near the top.
Our local liquor stores did a blind taste test of some high end/mid end for customers at an event. 4 roses was the winner and Windsor Canadian was #2.
They didn't include Woodford reserve which I considered the nectar of the gods until Woodford Reserve double oaked came about.
I buy one bottle a year, and sip it gently. Amazing stuff.
I've only tried 25-30 different bourbons but the one bottle of Booker's I have is the best bourbon I've tried so far.
It is high proof so you've got to like the hot stuff especially if you drink it neat, which I do.
One good thing about high proof bourbon is that you can add a few drops of water to cool it down a bit, and it brings out some interesting flavors sometimes, but there isn't much you can do to improve a low proof bourbon that tastes watered down.
It is high proof so you've got to like the hot stuff especially if you drink it neat, which I do.
One good thing about high proof bourbon is that you can add a few drops of water to cool it down a bit, and it brings out some interesting flavors sometimes, but there isn't much you can do to improve a low proof bourbon that tastes watered down.
What's interesting is that the Canadians call that a handle. As a lot of those folks are snow birds like we are, we started asking for that size vs half gallon or actually 1.75 liter in areas where snow birds congregate with no issue. I've always called it a half gallon as well, so I'm going to start using handle to see if any of our local stores at home know the difference.
