1920 will always be a staple in my selection. Classic bourbon profile and one of the first bourbons I had.
This year 49...next year 40-10😉🤣 Emeralds are May and my absolute passion💚💚💚 What more appropriate for a birthday pour than one of my all time favorite distilleries @redwoodempirewhiskey and their Emerald Giant Rye Whiskey???!!!💚🌲🥃💋 Make it a double🥃🌲🥃🌲...one for me AND one for my GEMINI TWIN😉🔥👬 Cheers, friends💋
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I love Willett products. So this was one i have been wanting to try for a while. Price wise, its a dead on competitor to Buffalo Trace. Yet, for the apples to apples comparison, usually Willett products drink well above their price point. So I wanted to give this one a shot to see if it would hold up as a possible budget friendly constant at my home bar.
Nose is maple syrup. With that signature Willett "herbal sweet tea" prominent as well, pleasantly so. Some toffee present as well.
Taste has maple syrup, tobacco, date, dark fruit, and that herbal sweet tea. Absent is that cherry note you find in other bourbons in this price range (like BT).
The texture is thick. I genuinely wish older and more expensive bottles of whiskey had the texture of this $38 bourbon. Great Kentucky hug, tapers off nicely.
The 107 proof is perfect for sipping neat or over ice.
I think this is yet another time where a Willett product drinks above it's price and relative competition.
This is a complete sleeper. Don't skip on it.
It's not the best bourbon. But this is everything you want in a budget weeknight sipper, and far more. Excellent value.
Nose is maple syrup. With that signature Willett "herbal sweet tea" prominent as well, pleasantly so. Some toffee present as well.
Taste has maple syrup, tobacco, date, dark fruit, and that herbal sweet tea. Absent is that cherry note you find in other bourbons in this price range (like BT).
The texture is thick. I genuinely wish older and more expensive bottles of whiskey had the texture of this $38 bourbon. Great Kentucky hug, tapers off nicely.
The 107 proof is perfect for sipping neat or over ice.
I think this is yet another time where a Willett product drinks above it's price and relative competition.
This is a complete sleeper. Don't skip on it.
It's not the best bourbon. But this is everything you want in a budget weeknight sipper, and far more. Excellent value.
Over the holiday weekend I just wanted to sit down and enjoy a classic good bottle with no strings attached and that I know will hit the spot every time. Weller 12 is that bottle for me. It’s just good and it just works. What are some of your staple bottles that hit the spot every time you reach for it?
Sometimes it just simply doesn’t matter what is in the glass. Cheers to SIPN
Tonight’s pour!
I hope you all had a great Memorial Day.
I hope you all had a great Memorial Day.
"Here's to us; who's like us? Damn few, and they're all dead" - Robert Burns
If you are a Veteran, this is your reminder to check on your Brothers.
Have a blessed Memorial Day
If you are a Veteran, this is your reminder to check on your Brothers.
Have a blessed Memorial Day
Might be one of my favorite bottles now - much sweeter than you might guess but a great sipper as you can see bottle is almost gone
**NEW BOURBON REVIEW**
I had been searching for this bottle for a while and was finally able to get my hands on it. I had to see for myself if it was actually better than Woodfords double oak....and sadly I have to admit...IT IS!
Nose: vanilla cream, oak, tobacco, brown sugar
Palate: great viscosity, with cinnamon up front, immediately followed by black pepper, caramel, and lingering charred oak on the finish.
I was shocked at how good this bottle was, even bought a new Woodford double oak to compare and even though it was somewhat close...l had to give it to Peerless. Now there are some double oaks I've yet to try (13th colony, Old Forester & Fox & Oden) so my opinion could change! But until then... Peerless is my reigning champ.
I give this bottle an overall score of 9.3/10 (nose-9/10, palate- 10/10, finish- 9.5/10, price- 8.5/10)
If you haven't tried this bottle GO GET IT! You won't be sorry, general msrp is around $90
I had been searching for this bottle for a while and was finally able to get my hands on it. I had to see for myself if it was actually better than Woodfords double oak....and sadly I have to admit...IT IS!
Nose: vanilla cream, oak, tobacco, brown sugar
Palate: great viscosity, with cinnamon up front, immediately followed by black pepper, caramel, and lingering charred oak on the finish.
I was shocked at how good this bottle was, even bought a new Woodford double oak to compare and even though it was somewhat close...l had to give it to Peerless. Now there are some double oaks I've yet to try (13th colony, Old Forester & Fox & Oden) so my opinion could change! But until then... Peerless is my reigning champ.
I give this bottle an overall score of 9.3/10 (nose-9/10, palate- 10/10, finish- 9.5/10, price- 8.5/10)
If you haven't tried this bottle GO GET IT! You won't be sorry, general msrp is around $90
