Attending: John, Ryan, Marya and Fuggles!
As usual, we did this as blind as possible. John and I brought four unknowns. Marya poured in another room. Then I mixed them up. Then for no really good reason, we put them in smell order. We didn't know what anything was until it was all over.
We always have a known "starter" whiskey to open up the palate. John usually brings it.
I usually write this stuff right after our tasting...this time not so much. Don't really remember this.
Decent stuff. Bourbon smacks it down, though.
Ryan
| Marya
| John
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Elijah Craig BP [2] and Stagg Jr. [7] moved on.
Notes say: all good! Even if one was a wheat whiskey!
Ryan
| Marya
| John
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Four Roses OBSV [3] and Old Rip Van Winkle [5] and Van Winkle 12 [8] moved on.
There was one clear loser in this whole tasting...can you guess which it was?
Ryan
| Marya
| John
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The top four were pretty close. Van Winkle 12 was the clear loser.
Old Rip 10! John gets one into the final round and it wins!
Links:
[1] https://pancake.org/node/959
[2] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/heaven-hill/elijah-craig-barrel-proof/elijah-craig-barrel-proof-138.8/
[3] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/four-roses/four-roses-single-barrel-private/four-roses-sb-ps-obsv/
[4] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/unknown/michters-bourbon-10/
[5] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/buffalo-trace/old-rip-van-winkle/
[6] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/heaven-hill/parkers-heritage-collection/2014-original-batch/
[7] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/buffalo-trace/stagg-jr/
[8] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/buffalo-trace/van-winkle-special-reserve/van-winkle-special-reserve-2015/
[9] https://pancake.org/
[10] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/unknown/mastersons-12-year-old-wheat-whiskey/
[11] https://pancake.org/node/962
[12] https://pancake.org/node/963
[13] https://pancake.org/node/961
[14] https://pancake.org/node/964
[15] https://pancake.org/node/968
[16] https://pancake.org/node/965
[17] https://pancake.org/node/970
[18] https://pancake.org/node/969
[19] https://pancake.org/node/967
[20] https://pancake.org/node/966
[21] https://pancake.org/node/958
[22] https://pancake.org/node/960
[23] https://pancake.org/node/971