Sampled this over the weekend. Might be the best Wheat Bourbon I have ever had. Also tried this Was not that impressed, rather have the regular Woodford
Yeah, I've had that Woodford and thought the same thing. Tasted like Early Times...which ain't bad for cheap stuff, but I'd rather pay for Early Times.
About a month ago, maybe less,I actually heard an employee at one of Pennsylvania's much-maligned state stores tell someone that exact same thing, the implication being, "save your money." Thought it was pretty good customer service from a sector not generally credited with providing good customer service.
Of late I've picked up bottles of these: Haven't opened yet - but based on their original recipe I'm looking forward to these.
depends on what they mean: a couple of months on board some barge or 250 years at the bottom of the ocean.
The reviews I've read came from that angle - basically stating they want to call bullshit - but ended up being positive. High salinity in the atmosphere imparts tasting notes and constant movement apparently has a multiplying effect on the aging process - essentially by increasing the amount of contact between the oak barrels and the bourbon - which is similar to shaking a beaker of reactants to speed up a reaction in basic chemistry experiments we all did in school. Edit: A review on point.
They were aboard a shark research vessel and did something the equivalent of 4 trips around the equator in a couple of years.
Within the past couple of years the Ardbeg did something similar. Some company was doing experiments about chemical compounds at zero gravity blah blah blah and Ardbeg gave them some whisky to take to space. The whisky was returned and bottled as "Galileo". Reviews were very complimentary and having tried it agree to a point. I prefer other Ardbeg expressions personally. It was also determined that zero gravity had no effect. The long flight to space took a very good whisky from the $75-100 range to $250-300 plus range. Yeah for marketing!
Opened the Jefferson's Ocean - as a celebration for completion of a project testing cycle. First thoughts are this is damn fine bourbon - very smooth if a bit strong taste of the alcohol initially - and yes it has a salty aftertaste to it - like a mild seawater flavour that lingers. If anything it reminds me of a Speyside scotch - very similar to glenlivet 18 - but with a salty finish. Definitely a distinctive whiskey.
Finally got around to opening this. I think I paid under 22 dollars for this bottle. If you find it give it a shot. For the price you can't go wrong.
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Little off topic but wondering if any of you could recommend a good moonshine. Old Smokey, Firefly, Climax, jr Johnson, Buffalo Trace and Jim Beam Ghost seem to be the most discussed. I have only had Old Smokey so I have nothing to compare it too
I had some of this the other day. It was on sale for about $23, but it certainly didn't taste that cheap:
I took your advice, and I agree. For the price ($22 including tax), it's hard to beat. To me, the flavor is a little more like a rye, but it's definitely drinkable.