Tastes

Solid go-to Scotch. One of the whiskys that I compare others to.

Solid - liked #1 a bit better.

Lots of caramel, some fruit, just a great baseline Scotch for me.

Brown sugar on the nose.....awesome copper color, with a bit of a burn going down. Really opened up with a little water. Great stuff!

2006 - shhhh....this is really good, but please do not tell anyone. Smooth, complex with a hint of vanilla. Still good price range ($24)

If you like wood in your bourbon, you will like this. Some days I think it is amazing, other days, it seems like the wood overwhelms it a bit. But, that is what makes this bourbon great. I wish I could give it 4 and a half stars, so I rounded up. I buy it whenever I can, if it is not marked up too much (less than $40, but harder and harder to find at this price). I like it better, overall, than Blanton's.

Just not that interesting -- now I have a bottle I'll have to drink at some point. The bourbon expert at Total Wine raved about this -- I should have known better. Give me Old Grand Dad Bonded any day of the week over this. Looks like an Elmer T Lee bottle -- not in the same league.

This is my favorite every day bourbon. I like it better than the Antique, which for some reason has a hint of bitter oak to it, sometimes.

I think I could drink this every day of the year. Sweetness of the wood and a bit of vanilla add to the typical single malt characteristics. Complex enough, but not overbearing. A Scotch for every day.