Black Maple Hill Red Label - Good? Overpriced? Great? Bad? Discuss!

[humchan2k]

I, for one, find it very up front and spicy, with some oak and a bit of corn....I don't know if I can place what it is I like about it, but it's one of my faves to keep open in the bar.

Your turn. Go.

[tommyboy38]

I enjoy it but wish it came from a real distillery.

[White Dog]

I enjoy it but wish it came from a real distillery.

Heaven Hill is as real as the day is long.

[tommyboy38]

Not necessarily from HH.

[Tico]

Not a fan

Bought a bottle years ago, drank maybe a glass and it stayed buried in the back of liquor cabinet. Brought it out a month ago to give to my brother in law along with a few other unwanted bottles. As a Chico state junior I'm sure him and his buds put it to good use!

[DaveOfAtl]

I don't think the juice deserves the hype. It's not terrible, but not worth searching out, IMO. The somewhat limited availability and the bottle/name contribute to the hype, for sure. K&L had a good blog post about it a while back.

http://spiritsjournal.klwines.com/kl...aple-hill.html

[squire]

Heaven Hill, Barton (it's a short list if they're shopping locally) either is fine with me, I just see no reason to pay a markup to get their whisky from someone else.

[Josh]

Brown-Forman is a possiblity too.

Put me in the "good but overpriced" camp.

[squire]

Well of course Josh, BT as well, but I did say if they were shopping locally. My point remains though, I'm not paying extra for someone to add their label.

[Josh]

And Beam...

But yes. I agree.