Everyone says it's great BUT....

[funknik]

FRSB fell short with me. It was decent enough, but nothing I would go out of my way for .. or spend $40 on again. I still have a fair amount of it left and plan on going back to it soon.

But with my feelings on FRSmB being similar, my expectations are not high.

I'm typically overly critical by nature and one night I tried both the Small Batch & Single Barrel for the first time & I liked them both a lot. But I was so wrong about the Small Batch. After choking down about 2/3 of the bottle, I had to give it away to my brother-in-law. I'm afraid to go back to the Single Barrel, in fear that I might have a similarly lacklustre response, so I haven't dared.

[Klepackage]

For me it's the Rittenhouse Rye BIB. As I mentioned in another thread, it tastes like McCormick that was filtered through potpourri. I tried a better bottle at Dane's, but neither had a taste that will make me come back.

[smokinjoe]

In my seemingly neverending attempt to find the cheapest quality pour, I have taken the advice of several folks, and tried (and retried, and retried) the Weller Special Reserve. "Better than Maker's", "Best Bang for the Buck", "Lots of flavor", "If you like this, you'll love the SR", are just some of the comments I read on a daily basis. But, I just don't get it. To me, there's just nothing there. No nose, no taste, no finish. The kind of Trifecta I ain't looking for. Interestingly enough, I adore it's bigger sibling, the OWA 107. So, I'm surprised that I find the SR has just 1/10th the flavor of it. It's almost like putting 2 oz of OWA in a large glass, then filling the glass up with 12 oz of water. Blah. Oh well, it'd be boring if we all thunk alike...

[tommyboy38]

I'm not too crazy about Old Forrester. I picked up a bottle of the 100pf after reading a few raves here and it didn't do much for me. Ditto with the OFBB (which I own two bottles of) and are likely candidates as an X-mas gift to my brother in law.

[ElasticalGomez]

have i said it before? well, it's pretty much confirmed: WT101. tastes like Fritos to me. i gave it a good shot, won't say i'm "done" with it, but i doubt very much i'm going to return to it (though one of my new favorites is RR, oddly enough).

[DeanSheen]

I'm with you Gomez. I need to give standard Turkey another shot but to me the back of my tounge tastes like I just had perfume sprayed in my mouth.

I do like the RR though.

[Attila]

GTS, WLW, Saz and OF have not lived up to the hype.

[p_elliott]

EC12 everyone says how good it is I think it taste like OF 86 and I don't like OF 86.

[MrAtomic]

Wow.

I'm strangely relieved to learn that other members (with more experienced palates than my own) find extra-aged whiskeys a bit much. Armed with this knowledge, I'm prepared to make a confession: in the past year, I've used a bottle of BMH 23 year-old rye, most of a bottle of Willett 25 year-old bourbon (a gift), and the last quarter of a bottle of PVW 23 in cocktails. At the risk of blaspheming, I preferred them in a Manhattan, Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour, or Sazerac, rather than neat.

I really enjoy Sazerac 18, PVW 15, WT Tribute, and Eagle Rare 17, but otherwise, I think the oldest American whiskey that I buy with any regularity is EC 12. I recently tasted a tax-stamped 8 year-old WT 101, and appreciated the depth and complexity of its flavor as well as the absence of any musty, overly-woody flavors or dryness. If that eight year-old sweetheart of a whiskey was still available, I don't think I'd drink much else.

[Picker22]

I'm also a wine drinker, and there is a certain taste that I cannot describe that will immediately turn me off on a wine. The same goes with bourbon, and OGD turned me off from the first sip. I also have had BT and ETL, and both tasted very musty and moldy.

I also find MM to be very underwhelming. Not bad, but I could list a lot more bourbons I would rather have.

Disclaimer.....my taste buds could be damaged from all the years of dippin'......

[DeanSheen]

OWA

My first bottle didn't do much for me. My second tastes like char. Methinks I'm done.

AAA Ten Year. The bottle I had had no character.