Tastes

Excellent bourbon. Smooth, nice spice, sweetness on the nose and mouth. Nice spice and smoke in the finish. This is very good!

$14 a bottle? Are you kidding me??? This is a fantastic warm, smooth, simple bourbon. It doesn’t take on heirs. It’s just a great bourbon. It gets a 4/5 based on the price to value. Pour some of this into a glass with one ice cube and it shines. What an unbelievable blind purchase. $14 for a fifth in Michigan 2/3/18

This is such an incredibly easy to drink bourbon. The nose is incredibly sweet. It has a wonderful smooth taste that turns into gentle spice and is warm all the way down. The finish is fast, letting you immediately go back for more. Another solid offering from Buffalo Trace. This may replace my daily drinker permanently. For $30 a fifth, you can’t beat the value.

Really only one way to describe this: meh. It’s good, but not $120 a bottle good. It gets lost in that price range with SO many better options. I’m a Macallan guy. But this just doesn’t feel special. For the money, just buy a couple bottles: 12 sherry and 12 double cask. You’ll be better off.

I use this to marinade beef when I want some whiskey flavor. That should tell you all you need to know about this.

My go-to mixing whiskey. I feel it’s better than JD and has a nice sweet and buttery vanilla taste. There are JD people and there are Dickel people. You can like both, but you’ll always like one a little more. I’m definitely a person that will go for the George Dickel every chance.

I purchased this based solely off of reviews and recommendations. This is absolutely fantastic. Although the nose is nearly 100% ethanol, the taste is what really shines. It hits your tongue with none of the alcohol-drenched smell. It ends up turning into this beautiful melody of spice and fruit. It then turns to oak, fig, dark chocolate... it just goes on and on. The finish is fast, but it doesn’t matter here. You want to continue drinking it because it’s just so good. I can see why people love this. $42 a bottle that outshines bourbon twice its cost. 4.5/5 based highly on cost to value.

It’s for mixing or taking shots. That’s about it.

This is a great rye. On par with my all-time favorite: EH Taylor Straight Rye for less than 1/2 the price. The nose is all herbal. The taste explodes with heat and cinnamon. Spices everywhere and some fruity notes. The finish is red hots candies, leaving you want to go back for another sip. A+ Rye.

I was excited to finally try this so I picked up a little 375ml bottle. The nose is fruit and sugar. The mouth feel is very thin. It lacks that normal bourbon “coat your mouth” feel. It turns from sweet to peppery to corn mash and finishes REALLY fast. Too fast. It’s okay. Nothing worth writing home about. 3/5. For the money, it is not a bad option. I still feel classic Maker’s Mark beats this one out for the every day budget whisky.