Question about four roses

[jwistuber]

I have starting seeing four roses on the shelfs here in phoenix and it seems to me mentioned alot here. I am thinking of giving it a try, what are your impressions of it. Taste finish ect.

Thanks

[hectic1]

There are lot of different bottles of Four Roses...they are all different in their own respect. Do you know which bottles that you have available?

[Josh]

If you're talking about the regular Four Roses with the yellow label, its definately worth buying.

It's very well balanced, almost fussy, with spice, candy, a bit of wood, I could go on and on. If I had to descibe it in one word, I would say "elegant".

If you haven't noticed, I really like it. It does very well in cocktails that allow the whiskey to shine through, like a Manhattan.

[jburlowski]

All the FR expressions are good... can't say I've ever been disappointed.

Personally (but hey that's just me) I'd rank them in the following (best-to-last order):

• any Mariage
  
• any LE (e.g., 40th Anniversary, 120th anniversary, 2009, etc) single barrels
  
• Small Batch
  
• standard issue or retailer-selected single barrels

Ranking the SmB higher will likely :shocked: be controversial with many here. But I like the complexity of the extra distillations.