JPK Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I will say that eagle rare 10yr is by far the most unique bourbon I've ever tasted. It seems very fruity..almost cognac like. It is a strange taste that I'm glad is available if I happen to want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCWoody Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 OC 7year...... As Charles Barkley would say, "Terrible, just terrible" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFitzWithTheGoldLabel Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 18 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said: You must have got a bad bottle Fitz. All the ER's I've had for a while now have been pretty decent, if not great. Cheers! Joe I hope that it is simply a bad bottle. I couldn't even hide the crawlspace taste when I mixed it. I have many friends (including the one that I gave the last 1/3 of my crawlspace bottle to) who absolutely love Eagle Rare. I also know it is a popular bourbon on here. I have another bottle, which I am reticent to open. I will eventually open it, and if it doesn't taste at all like a poorly ventilated crawlspace; then I will be pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I think my opinion of ER is somewhere in between the extremes. I don't hate it enough to give it away or dump it. On the other hand, I detect enough of a wet basement or farm well water taste creeping in to ruin my total enjoyment. Last bottle was a gift. I wouldn't spend my own money on it. Funny thing is - standard Buffalo Trace is supposed to be the same thing but younger. BT tastes like a much better product to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pthorpe84 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Lem Motlow....yes I have a bottle and it's just going to be a keep sake...[emoji19]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthQuake Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) It's always interesting how much people's palates vary. Eagle Rare is basically my benchmark bourbon. By that I mean nearly everything I drink is compared to it. "Yeah that's good, but is it $50 better than Eagle Rare good? Nah." is the common sentiment. To me, Eagle Rare fits in the same flavor profile of Buffalo Trace, CEHT, Stagg Jr, and basically all the BT mashbill #1 bourbons. The biggest difference between it and it's similarly easy to find brothers is it has a bit more age on it, more oak specifically which is something I tend to enjoy. It's far from an oak forward bourbon to me though, which would be something like Barterhouse which I get very distinct notes of wood shop and leather, and I mean that in the best possible sense. ER is sort of like standard BT that is leaning a little towards the Barterhouse flavor profile in my opinion. Worst bourbon I've ever tasted? Coin toss between a dozen 2 year old craft bourbons. I'll say Few Bourbon because it's one other people may have tried as well. Edited September 24, 2017 by EarthQuake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Having just cracked a Noah's Mill, I'm gonna go ahead and say Noah's Mill. Cask strength peanut anyone? Reminds me of whatever Wathens Single Barrel is sourced from only worse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guss West Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 The Jesse James and Lexington are both undrinkable neat. I'm slowly working them down by solera blending and mixing into fizzy lifting drinks. I try to block out the stinkers, so a list would be difficult. Rather, I generally cringe when I see them on the shelf after finishing a stinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCBourbon Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, beasled said: Having just cracked a Noah's Mill, I'm gonna go ahead and say Noah's Mill. Cask strength peanut anyone? Reminds me of whatever Wathens Single Barrel is sourced from only worse. I thought the same thing when I opened my last bottle of Noah’s Mill but it really morphed into something great halfway through the bottle—a lot of delicious cherry notes started creeping in that attenuated the peanut bomb a bit. Hopefully yours will turn out the same way. As for the worst bourbon I’ve had, I’d agree with the above comment that FEW is pretty terrible. Edited December 14, 2017 by NYCBourbon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 3 hours ago, beasled said: Having just cracked a Noah's Mill, I'm gonna go ahead and say Noah's Mill. Cask strength peanut anyone? Reminds me of whatever Wathens Single Barrel is sourced from only worse. Iv'e had worse, but a long time ago I sampled Noah's Mill at a store that had a tasting bar. The sample tasted pretty good, so I bought a bottle. The bottle I bought didn't taste anything at all like the one I sampled from. I'm not sure about the peanut taste, but I do remember it being very bitter/tannic, and the finish was really dry. Biba! Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskeythink.com Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 This one is a rye, not a bourbon, but undrinkable. Its a sulfur bomb. The distiller says he makes his bourbon & rye in an Irish whiskey fashion, which I suppose means more barley malt; the bourbon is a 2-grain but I havent tried it. Actually Im scared to death to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_OKC Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Whiskeythink.com said: This one is a rye, not a bourbon, but undrinkable. Its a sulfur bomb. The distiller says he makes his bourbon & rye in an Irish whiskey fashion, which I suppose means more barley malt; the bourbon is a 2-grain but I havent tried it. Actually Im scared to death to try it. Perhaps he means triple-distilled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskeythink.com Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, Patrick_OKC said: Perhaps he means triple-distilled? Perhaps, but I would expect a cleaner, lighter whiskey if 3x distilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinbrink Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 19 hours ago, beasled said: Having just cracked a Noah's Mill, I'm gonna go ahead and say Noah's Mill. Cask strength peanut anyone? Reminds me of whatever Wathens Single Barrel is sourced from only worse. Foil top or Wax? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, kevinbrink said: Foil top or Wax? Foil top, batch 16-25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinbrink Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, beasled said: Foil top, batch 16-25. Yeah at this point I don't buy KBD stuff unless it is Wax top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 hours ago, kevinbrink said: Yeah at this point I don't buy KBD stuff unless it is Wax top. No choice this side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 12 hours ago, kevinbrink said: Yeah at this point I don't buy KBD stuff unless it is Wax top. Yep. I don't take the chance anymore either. They will eventually get the quality back up as they transition to their own distillate and have control over their supply. As it stands now though, they are limited by the out of control costs of sourced whiskey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOakMonster Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Probably Jim Beam 7 year. Very chemically/plastic-y smell; something akin to the red wax used to package Babybel cheese. In addition, it tasted of fake cherries and, overall, very thin and astringent. Took the bottle into work (completely normal) and tasted everyone. Most were in agreement. Found someone less sensitive to the offensiveness and I gladly surrendered the bottle to his care. Otherwise, I'd say Old Charter 101 or Ancient Age 90. I'd say both "very forgettable," except I'm remembering how miserably bland and boring both were. Both a great disappointment (and I wasn't expecting much to begin with). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 On 12/13/2017 at 8:59 PM, Whiskeythink.com said: This one is a rye, not a bourbon, but undrinkable. Its a sulfur bomb. The distiller says he makes his bourbon & rye in an Irish whiskey fashion, which I suppose means more barley malt; the bourbon is a 2-grain but I havent tried it. Actually Im scared to death to try it. You buy something with a label that looks like that can't you expect it to pretty much be a stinker??? And I am relieved to see by the website that this is not THE Joe Morgan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako254 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Jim Beam white when I was 17. Still have an aversion to Beam stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp55 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 4 hours ago, tanstaafl2 said: You buy something with a label that looks like that can't you expect it to pretty much be a stinker??? LOL! I was thinking the same thing. Even the horse has an expression that suggests he is appalled! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 7 hours ago, tanstaafl2 said: You buy something with a label that looks like that can't you expect it to pretty much be a stinker??? And I am relieved to see by the website that this is not THE Joe Morgan! I live about 20 minutes from Morgantown. I didn't even know they had a distillery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskeythink.com Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 12/15/2017 at 4:33 PM, tanstaafl2 said: You buy something with a label that looks like that can't you expect it to pretty much be a stinker??? And I am relieved to see by the website that this is not THE Joe Morgan! I kinda like the label, & would just keep it if I didnt need room in the whiskey cabinet. Maybe it would get better after oxidizing for couple years (!). The bourbon has the same label except says BOURBON. At least it was cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonNit Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Either recent bottling of Rowan Creek or shoot me now VOB BIB "6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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