Tastes

This used to be about 31 dollars a bottle before the increase in tariffs. Even at the new price it's still a decent value. You must enjoy heavily peated whisky to enjoy this product. I am a peat fan and Laphroig 10 delivers in spades. Salty, briney, citrusy, with a sweet twist to it, you can taste the ocean lol. Some folks will not like this as they say it is too medicinal. Not for newbies or even the novice taster. One of my single malt staples.

Excellent value for the money on this bottle. This is very good whisky for just 21 dollars a bottle. Vanilla, cherry, stone fruit, and lots of cocoa on the palate. Finish is dry and spicy and leaves with a cocoa flavor on the roof of your mouth. Has just enough rye to finish with a dry pepper kick which I happen to love. Great bottle, highly recommend this bottle for the price. Well done Old Forrester! This is a must have bottle in your bar.

The Blanton's Single Barrel has a citrus forward taste aspect to it. You will get orange citrusy notes with some caramel & vanilla. Some people detect a slight floral note to this whisky. I do not get any floral notes on my palate when drinking this whisky. But taste can be subjective depending on the person and their particular palate. Blanton's Single Barrel is good. But for the same amount of money I can find a lot better whisky's out there. I wouldn't turn my nose up at it if someone were to offer me a dram. I just don't see where it deserves the prices that you would pay for a bottle of Blanton's Single Barrel compared to other whisky in the same price range. Even in the thirty dollar price range there are better whisky's to be had.

Evan Williams Bottled in Bond is a great value for your money. You can grab a 750ml bottle of this for between $15 - $20 dollars. Evan Williams Bottled in Bond is 50% or 100 proof and aged around 4 years. This whiskey has a candied caramel & toffee flavor with vanilla undertones and a black pepper finish. The finish is short and doesn't linger very long. For $15 dollars per 750ml this is a hard to beat priced whisky. Because of the 50% alcohol this whiskey gives you that so called "Kentucky Hug" on the way down. Definitely a short peppery finish, but very sweet on the front of the palate. This whisky could stand a couple of drops of water to bring the proof down a little bit. Otherwise, for the money it's hard to beat. In a blind taste test Evan Williams Bottled in Bond can hold it's own up against even more higher priced whisky like Henry McKenna Single Barrel which is now almost $100 dollars per bottle due to it's success at a Spirit awards competition. Don't get me wrong it's no Pappi Van Winkle or Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, but for the price it's very good.

Banana, Coconut, Vanilla & Honey with a slight white pepper & mild oak finish. This is just peppery enough going down for my liking. I simply don't understand why some people give this whisky a poor rating. Yes it is mass produced. But that doesn't make it a bad whisky. This is one of my go to whisky's especially if I'm drinking with people who rarely drink whisky. The Banana flavor in Jack Daniels is more of a imitation candy banana flavor. Which is fine, if you hold this whisky on your palate long enough and let it linger on the back sides of your tongue for a few seconds, you will also find a coconut flavor. Jack Daniels #7 continues to amaze me for a mass produced whisky. How the distillery can keep the quality control to such a high standard to where all the whisky tastes the same is amazing to me. It's like going to McDonald's. No matter where you are in any part of the world a McDouble will always taste the same no matter which part of the world you are ordering in. The same is true for Jack Daniels #7. If you are in Europe, Africa, Canada, Mexico it doesn't matter all of the Jack Daniels #7 tastes the same. Which is an amazing feat considering how many gallons a year the distillery produces. Yes there are better quality whisky's to be had. But as far as mass production scaled whisky's go, it's hard to beat the consistency of Jack Daniels #7. This is an easy drinking, smooth Tennessee whisky. Even better than George Dickel products. Keep up the good work Brown Foreman.