Tastes

This is really strong on the nose and needs to open. The nose was very much wheater traditional, in fact I couldn’t tell it apart from Rebel Yell 100. The flavor on the palette is apricot preserves finishing in amaretto. Really unique and flat out my favorite wheater, destroying Weller and Rebel Yell 10 year. Amazing!

Nose is floral with an apricot undertone. Nose does not match the palette with the flavor of raw cinnamon rolls. This has an edge to else it would score higher. Definitely a deserving premium BiB.

Butter pecan nose. The smoothest of the Forester line. Cinnamon overtone with brown sugar undertone. Finishes in musk and cardamom that is almost offensive. Mediocre, just like the movie.

Very sugar base nose with a leafy overtone, butterscotch picks up when it opens. Palette undertone is orange zest, vanilla up front with a burning hug in the middle. Spicy clove finish, long lasting.

Sour mash distinctive nose—orange peel overtone and sweet undertones, more floral than sugary. Spicy and burn pack the front of the palette that settles quickly and the echo of a burn in the finish. Starts wet and finishes dry. A good change up to Kentucky sour mashes.

Nose is pepper and pretty thin. Pepper overtone and small burn up front. Very sweet and fruity undertone that rolls through the finish. Not much in the middle and a flat finish. A bit of oil and syrup in the mouth feel.

Nose has hints of holiday spice notes typical with rye, but a clear undertone of sherry. Pallette is smooth and level with the sherry tempering rye dominance.

Nutmeg, cinnamon, and all spice on the nose with a brown sugar undertone. Very rye pallette through and through with a mild burn in the middle and a dry finish. Not worth its price but certainly not bad.

Very light nose, like glancing over sugar with perhaps a glimpse of pineapple. Pallet is heavy sugar undertones with little to no burn and short on complexity. Secondary market pricing must be completely due to the styling of the bottle.

Floral and herbal nose with slight medicinal tinge. More syrup and oil mouth feel than any other Old Forester, but retains dry finish. Lots of tea in the body with dark cherry and a slight rising burn to the finish, which has shades of absinthe. A unique experience, but not what I would rush back to.