Sweetest Bourbon?

[RedVette]

The title says it all. Which Bourbon do you think of as the sweetest. Sweet as in opposite of sour, not as yet another juvenile synonym for good.

For me, WT Rare Breed is a sweet whiskey, how about you?

[camduncan]

For me, it's probably Old Rip Van Winkle 12yo Lot B.
I typically look for it as an 'after desert' pour.

[bourbonmed]

If you can find it: Benchmark XO Single Barrel.

Delicious.
Omar

[Geo]

The sweetest are the wheat bourbons.
My favorates are Old Rip Van Winkle 10yr old 107 and Old Weller Antique 107.

[jeff]

I think definitely Fighting Cock.

[RedVette]

For me, it's probably Old Rip Van Winkle 12yo Lot B.
I typically look for it as an 'after desert' pour.

Wow, I guess that says a lot about our taste buds. To me this is one of the most "unsweet" Bourbons in my locker. For me, Lot B is all leather and tobacco and oak, fascinating.

[BrbnBorderline]

The sweetest bourbon I ever had was Bulleitt Frontier Bourbon. In fact, IIRC, it was very sweet with little if nothing else as far as a taste profile was concerned. YMMV.

[camduncan]

Wow, I guess that says a lot about our taste buds. To me this is one of the most "unsweet" Bourbons in my locker. For me, Lot B is all leather and tobacco and oak, fascinating

It really is fascinating - to me Rare Breed is very unsweet - and a lot of alcohol burn.
I guess it just shows how different peoples tastes are, well, different

Oh, and I'd definately agree that Bulleit is sweet. I've been out of stock of this for a while and had almost forgotten it

[mbanu]

Well, the problem with that question is that it depends mostly on the barrel.

Since by U.S. law you can't add any sugar or caramel to straight bourbon, and fresh off the still all bourbon is dry as a bone, all of the sweetness comes from the wood sugars you get from the new barrels.

If you compare bourbons of the same proof and one sort consistently comes out sweeter than the other, I'm not quite sure what the cause could be. Things like char level of the barrel or mashbill might affect perceived sweetness, but that's getting beyond my level of knowledge.

[ratcheer]

I will say Woodford Reserve. I always described it as "candy"!

Tim