Smooth Ambler 10 yr Bourbon, is it MGP 21% or 36% rye recipe or something else?

[ramblinman]

I'm only about half way through my first bottle of this stuff and thought I'd look into a bit. I assume its MGP/LDI, and I'd guess this is the lower side of the rye because its feels fairly corny on the front end to me, and you could probably convince me that its less than 21% without much trouble.

Maybe different recipes being produced 10 years ago, but going from whats on the their product list now.

Edit: its 21%, they list it on their website, should have went to the source to begin with. Still awefully corny and really not a lot of woody taste for its age.

Edited October 3, 2014 by ramblinman

[gooneygoogoo]

I would recommend that you give the 7 year a shot. In a blind side by side, a friend and I both preferred the 7 over the 10. There was also an 8 year barrel proof involved which won the day but that's a totally different ball game.

Edit: note that the 7 year is higher rye

[madtownbourbon]

I would recommend that you give the 7 year a shot. In a blind side by side, a friend and I both preferred the 7 over the 10. There was also an 8 year barrel proof involved which won the day but that's a totally different ball game.

Edit: note that the 7 year is higher rye

[jeffrey r]

I would recommend that you give the 7 year a shot. In a blind side by side, a friend and I both preferred the 7 over the 10. There was also an 8 year barrel proof involved which won the day but that's a totally different ball game.

I also preferred the 7 year to the 10 year in a SBS. Shows how good a value the 7 year is at around $30. 10 year is still good, but in that $50 price range, faces some stiff competition. The 7 year is up there with the best in that $30 range IMHO. I recently purchased a High West American Prairie Reserve, and I don't like it as much as the SAOS.

[ramblinman]

I'll have to pick up a bottle of the 7, local store just did a pick and I went with the normal 10 over it to get a feel for the brand.

Absolutely loved their rye, a barrel proof 8 year, but unless my taste changes halfway through this bottle it'll be a while before I get another of the 10yr. Hopefully the 7 does it for me, like most of us I really like what SA is doing

[Flyfish]

The question itself may be a reflection of the relatively minor role played by mash bill in comparison to yeast, age, location in the rack house, and proof. If we can't tell the difference between 21% and 36% rye, what does that tell us?

[squire]

If we can't tell the difference between 21% and 36% rye, what does that tell us?

Good question. I think a lot of us suffer palate fatigue very quickly when tasting whisky that's 40 or more percent alcohol.