Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked

[rzelinka]

First let me say how I excited I was for this bourbon. If I could only chose one bourbon for my collection, it would be the Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. What would be better than a Double Oaked? Well conventional wisdom would say a Double Double Oaked. In reality, this was not what I concluded.

 

$200 later, it is not a bad bourbon. That said, in a blind tasting, I picked the standard Double Oaked over the Double Double. For the price, I could have bought 4 bottles of double oaked, or 3 bottles of a store pick double oaked. 

 

So in this instance, the fear of missing out, coupled with the marketing overcame me. It happens, I'll give myself some grace. I won't be replacing this one when it's a dead soldier. I share this for any who are contemplating this one. Even seeing it now being discounted to $150, it's still too much for what it is, at least if you ask me.

[NDN98]

I tend to agree with you.   I am a big fan of the Double Oaked, but found this one almost too sweet for my palate.   I like it, but in my opinion,  it's not 3.5X better than the standard Double Baked

[Skinsfan1311]

On 5/20/2025 at 6:48 PM, NDN98 said:

I tend to agree with you.   I am a big fan of the Double Oaked, but found this one almost too sweet for my palate.   I like it, but in my opinion,  it's not 3.5X better than the standard Double Baked

Good assessment.  

[rzelinka]

Better to buy 3 stores picks or 4 regular double oaked for what is essentially the same price