Tastes

This is perfectly fine whiskey. I began my Dickel journey backwards, starting with the 13 year bib, 8 year bourbon, the barrell select or whatever they called it, and several of the 15 year bottles over the last few years. Somehow I never tried old number 8 or 12. Today, in my ongoing quest to spend no more than $50 on a bottle, I saw the newly named "original recipe" and grabbed it. Its a great 80 proof bourbon. Completely inoffensive on the palate and wallet, it has a nice sweetness and just enogh oak and char to be interesting. Nothing spectacular, but I might add this to my budget favorites with the likes of WT 101(not as budget friendly as ot used to be) Old Forester signature, and Buffalo Trace, when I can find it.

I enjoy toasted bourbons, so naturally I had to give this a go. Unfortunately, this only falls somewhere mid pack vs the others I've tried. Its not bad, but along with the sweet toasted caramel notes, theres a slight old cooking oil sort of mustiness undertone that cones through on the finish. I'm enjoying this bottle, but for a few dollars more I much prefer Old forester 1910 or Woodford double oak. Also, this one isnt in wide distribution in my area.

A solid sipper. I've only had one pour so far, but enjoyed it. Its git all the classics bourbon tastes, with an underlying, not unpleasant, earthy dried corn note. Not a bad price point, but its surprisingly hard to find around here. Its a coin toss as to whether I would purchase again at $50.

This is the now discontinued 100 proof bib version. I had hoped this would compare favorably to the delicious 1792 bib, since they're supposedly the same juice, unfortunately it didn't measure up. This is a fine mixer but not really much of a sipper.

I enjoy the standard 1792 bourbon and the bib version. I wasnt overly impressed with this barrel proof though. Its got much the same notes of sweet caramel ,cherry cola, and banana that I like in 1792, but its much hotter. This are sometimes hard to find, but I'm thinking I would still pass it up given the chance.