Bourbon_Obsessed_Lexington
Old Forester Single Barrel Bourbon 90 Proof
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
June 8, 2021 (edited June 15, 2021)
I don't know what this costs but it sits between the standard 86 offering and their 1897. The layers of caramel and vanilla remind me of 1897 but the bitter, over-aged banana on the palate kind of ruin this for me. The barrel strength cranked to degree of pain tolerance packs way more flavor but still run the risk of tannic ester flavors. As usual, choose your barrel picks wisely. Thankfully I paid nothing for this pour but would have parted with a solid $3-5.
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@WhiskeyLonghorn I felt like this pick in particular fell a bit short of my expectations. I’ve otherwise not met a bottle of OF I didn’t like and their whiskey row series puts plenty of similarly priced offerings to shame.
Maybe the profile has changed slightly but a bottle of this early in my spirt journey helped me fall in love with bourbon, and I remain an OF fan because of this.