The more I drink this bottle the more I am confused on what I think. Every drinking experience has been either great or a bit too hot and lackluster flavor. Today I got the latter.
Ethanol upfront and I do get the Buffalo Trace berry sweetness but it drinks thin and quick finish as well. The MSRP is pretty wild considering the hit or miss experience I get. The biggest draw is the bottle and the allure of the gold horse top which is a bit shallow but has to be said. It does look mighty pretty on my shelf and when I finish this bottle and I get the chance to pick up another for MSRP. I think I may pull the trigger.
Ethanol upfront and I do get the Buffalo Trace berry sweetness but it drinks thin and quick finish as well. The MSRP is pretty wild considering the hit or miss experience I get. The biggest draw is the bottle and the allure of the gold horse top which is a bit shallow but has to be said. It does look mighty pretty on my shelf and when I finish this bottle and I get the chance to pick up another for MSRP. I think I may pull the trigger.
Celebrating a fresh “cork pop” with a screw top! Weller 107 transitioned from screw tops around 2016/2017 so generally screw tops are higher regarded since they generally carry older juice when they were dumped.
On the nose I get milk chocolate, floral berries and powdered sugar. No ethanol, where most cork bottles of 107 I get much more ethanol. Very thick texture and I get ethanol but the berry flavor lasts a long time and warms me up. The finish is really surprising. Much much longer than cork 107 bottles I’ve had.
On the nose I get milk chocolate, floral berries and powdered sugar. No ethanol, where most cork bottles of 107 I get much more ethanol. Very thick texture and I get ethanol but the berry flavor lasts a long time and warms me up. The finish is really surprising. Much much longer than cork 107 bottles I’ve had.
Picked up a Hooten Young 15 year old 125 proof and Hooten Young Rye 93 proof.
Both really good but man that Rye is so creamy.
Both really good but man that Rye is so creamy.
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I’ll be real — Locke + Co. Distilling **Aspen Aged Rye** is one of those rye whiskies I’m genuinely glad to have on the shelf. It’s aged in small oak barrels and then finished with hand-charred Aspen wood discs, and that finishing really does something different — there’s this earthy, forest-wood character that separates it from the typical rye profile, almost like a walk through the woods translated into a pour instead of just leaning on heavier oak sweetness. When I sip it, I get that warm rye spice and smooth mouthfeel up front, but there’s also a subtle crispness — a little green apple pop — that lifts the deeper wood and spice interplay and keeps it lively while still feeling mellow. It’s not cookie-cutter rye — you can taste the intention behind that Aspen finish — and honestly, it’s a bottle I thoroughly enjoy every time I pour it.
Last night's pour.
