Big Rick Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Has anyone tried the Woodford Reserve Classic Malt? My wife bought it for me for my birthday. It is the one matured in used cooperage. I think it is very Scotch like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof_Stack Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yeah, it sounds like it should remind one of scotch. Age estimation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Some discussion on them here. These came out 3 years ago (2013) and the fact they are still on the shelf may tell you something. They were NAS but I think they were about 6-8 years old (my best guess) when they were released. They were made from 100% malted barley somewhat like a single malt and of course Woodford uses large pot stills as is the case for single malt in Scotland. A few people liked them OK but I think they mostly were not well thought of. As I recall I was surprised that the "Classic" (aged in used barrels) was a little better than the "Straight" which was aged in new barrels like a bourbon would be. But I thought they both rather young. I sometimes read descriptions of pear notes in the classic malt above the young grainy character but I didn't have much luck finding that. One of our members reviewed them in his blog and liked them better than I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thig Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was just getting into bourbon and other whiskies about that time and bought both of those, big mistake. They were terrible and taught me a very important lesson, don't buy something just because it is a limited release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.B. Babington Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 there's a few American malts out there. woodford claimed to be the 1st to start American malt but that theirs came out later because of aging, but then woodford claims a lot of things. I liked both of the woodford malts, sort of mix of woodford flavor with some scotch flavor. if you're getting into American malts, I strongly suggest Wasmund's Single Malt from Virginia. Reasonably priced for what it is and tasty. Another interesting one is Defiant, interesting but over priced for the flavor; they boast about doing their own malting and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcbt Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Balcones (Texas) and Stranahans (Colorado) are also highly regarded from what I read. But I hate scotch so I have not tried their malts to speak of them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Westland out of Seattle is a bit pricey but has done some pretty good whiskey in the short time they have been around. I think they started distilling in about 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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