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Drinking some OBSQ, stopped for some prosciutto, and when I went back to the OBSQ, there is now a huge fruity (grape medicine) sweetness. It must be the fat from the prosciutto that drastically changed the flavor. 

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I got to open the Woodford Big Red selection #3 (I got as a gift). :) So far, I don't get any of that copper penny taste we used to gripe about.  The first taste I detected: some oak, and then rye, and a little cinnamon on the aftertaste.  It bears a resemblence to some other B-F brands.

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First pour of this. The nose from the bottle was sweeter than when it hit the glass. Getting a lot of alcohol. Going to let it sit for a while. Took a small sip and got a lot of alcohol heat on the palate too (more than I expected at 100 proof) but I like what is behind it so far.

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13 hours ago, Dgriffin said:

First glass of ETL .

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Nice. Working on a bottle of that myself.

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I decided to have a pour or two tonight  since I haven't had anything since last Friday night. I chose BT. It's hitting all the right notes tonight. Sweet, spicy goodness in a glass. :P 

 

Cheers! Joe

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27 minutes ago, fishnbowljoe said:

I decided to have a pour or two tonight  since I haven't had anything since last Friday night. I chose BT. It's hitting all the right notes tonight. Sweet, spicy goodness in a glass. :P 

 

Cheers! Joe

 

Cheers Joe!

 

 

Coming to the end of a Smooth Ambler 11yr SB, 51.4%. it's been great all the way down, few drops of water does wonders to it.

 

Cheers all!

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Loch & K(e)y Barrel Select Blanton's w/SIL.  Still hosting the Park Slope granddaughters and family for the Christmas/Hanukkah holidays.  A great bourbon to end the visit!  Warm and welcoming, smooth and delicious.  Notes of vanilla and caramel from nose to palate to finish.  Great stuff!   :D

 

Happy Holidays all y'all!   B)

 

 

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4 hours ago, Masset1982 said:

I'm going hunting tonight.

 

Cheers!

 

Will. 

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Very nice.

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3 minutes ago, Nm0369 said:

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Revisiting this bottle of Willet, such an easy sipper.

Oh Yeah!

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14 minutes ago, MTNBourbon said:

Still working on this bottle, having a very nice pour tonight.

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As soon as I finish off a couple of near empty bottles, I'm probably gonna have to open an ETL myself.

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Really enjoying this guy.  I am assuming this is Old Forester Signature (OFS) -- as it is 100 proof, and the bottle design features an "embossed" signature in the glass around shoulder height.  It seems this design lasted only a short time though. Curious if anyone knows any more about when this might have rolled out of the distillery.  I assume not very long ago at all...

 

In any case, this tastes fantastic.  Really well balanced, sweet without being the least bit cloying, and a plenty-healthy-mule kick to it.  I like it a LOT.

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11 minutes ago, Steve L said:

Really enjoying this guy.  I am assuming this is Old Forester Signature (OFS) -- as it is 100 proof, and the bottle design features an "embossed" signature in the glass around shoulder height.  It seems this design lasted only a short time though. Curious if anyone knows any more about when this might have rolled out of the distillery.  I assume not very long ago at all...

 

In any case, this tastes fantastic.  Really well balanced, sweet without being the least bit cloying, and a plenty-healthy-mule kick to it.  I like it a LOT.

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Yeah, new label? Big fan of Old Forester Signature, wish it was around here.

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Just now, MTNBourbon said:

Yeah, new label? Big fan of Old Forester Signature, wish it was around here.

I think this label is older, not very old, but it's not the new one -- the new one that I see everywhere looks like this:

 

 

 

 

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4R Yellow Label.  Ok,  if uninspiring....;)  In my rankings of the Legacy distillery  intro whiskey domain, I am finding it hard to think of other bourbons that I would rank lower.  Perhaps, BT's Benchmark, WT 81, the bevy of 80 proof HH cats & dogs...I much prefer other competitive products such as EW Black, Jack Daniel's Black, with Old Forester 86 in a tie, maybe?  

 

As as I think about this in a wider perspective, two "surprises" for me come to mind...First, I think with the few labels that 4R has, YL would be better served at 86 proof.  Conversely, JD competes well even at its low proof to my tastes.

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3 minutes ago, Steve L said:

I think this label is older, not very old, but it's not the new one -- the new one that I see everywhere looks like this:

 

 

 

 

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OK. Yeah, that's the label of what I got in Utah, for many years.

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While the relatively "newer" OF Sigature is pretty good, it's predecessor,  Old Forester BIB, is still better IMHO. 

 

Joe

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