4 Roses Single Barrel 2011 Limited Edition

[White Dog]

I have a bottle of the 2009 open right now and hedonistic is the perfect word for it. It's downright debaucherous!

Enjoy!! Wish I had another bottle.

[bad_scientist]

So i just called 4 Roses and I owe it to them very much to make a quick report here.

I got a guy by the name of Brent on the phone. He was incredibly courteous and heard my story about the 2011 Limited Edition and agrees that it sounds more like a problem with the whiskey. He suspects cork rot.

He mentioned that with cork rot the whiskey will taste very sharp but it IS possible to cut it to a palatable level. That describes my experience exactly. When cut it isnt good at all but I can drink it.

And one last thing I pointed out to him is, in my collection of 50 bourbons from Cabin Still's $12 bottle to my collection of $80-$150 cost bourbons that I've already enumerated, I like them all. Yes, some taste cheap but they all taste at minimum "good". This one is not even on its best day meeting that which speaks to me of prima facie evidence that it is defective.

Brent and 4 Roses is going to make this thing right and I for one am looking forward to picking up a different bottle of theirs sometime tonight.

My bottle says warehouse QN, barrel 17-3F. What about your bottle?

[White Dog]

Mine is QN, 17-3T.

[Special Reserve]

Mine is QN 17-30

[Chimay]

mine is 61.4% warehouse QN barrel 17-4w still unopened.

[bad_scientist]

Oh, good call on the proof - mine's 56.5%.

I'm having trouble with mine. I liked it once, I mean really really liked it, but every other time I haven't been able to stomach it. I must not have the palate for it because it's just like bitter rubbing alcohol to me. Oh well.

[StraightNoChaser]

Lucky! Mine is only 54%

[Chimay]

http://www.fourroses.us/products/limited_edition

my bottle says 61.4% this disagrees with what the website says.

[bad_scientist]

http://www.fourroses.us/products/limited_edition

my bottle says 61.4% this disagrees with what the website says.

I'm guessing they just bottled it at whatever proof it came out of the barrel at. Funny that there's such a range of proofs for this bottling! The barrels must have been really different.

[callmeox]

I'm guessing they just bottled it at whatever proof it came out of the barrel at. Funny that there's such a range of proofs for this bottling! The barrels must have been really different.

The FRSBLE typically are a wide range of proofs. That's one of the beauties of single barrel bottlings.