MtnDew Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 ... Right now, I think that I prefer scotch to bourbon, but that changes based on mood, food, time of year, etc. That's the truth! I can't ever seem to make up my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWF Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 The idea that a wheater and rye bourbon taste alike is pretty funny.Do a double blind tasting of a range of bourbons/ryes in various styles and you will learn just how unfunny this really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDew Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Do a double blind tasting of a range of bourbons/ryes in various styles and you will learn just how unfunny this really is.I have, at least I have tasted pours at distilleries without knowing what they were and could tell a difference. The most recent time they did this was at HH when they poured me EW, EW SB, EC18, and a PHC (I don't know which one but this was last fall). The lady running the tasting was asking all of us what we could taste and I could name the main flavors she was looking for in each and they were different. I'll admit I've never done a blind test with straight rye vs rye mashbill vs wheat mashbill but I can always taste the rye vs the wheat influence when drinking a bourbon.All that being said, I'm not going to tell you there are not huge similarities among bourbons, much more so than with scotch. They have a similar theme but the differences are still very easily discernible, at least when your talking about the main "categories" of bourbon. Now, give me 5 different rye mashbill bourbons and I would struggle to tell the difference unless there was a huge age/proof gap among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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