Richard-Davenport
Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
December 12, 2022 (edited September 1, 2023)
I last tasted this on 5/23/22, and remarked that this bottle wasn't as good as I'd remembered with previous bottles, and thus a retasting was warranted. Unfortunately, this tasting confirms the one in May. It's unfortunate, because a couple of prior bottles I've had were much better.
Oiled teak is an apt color descriptor. OF 1920 has a very nice nose, but goes downhill from there--if only it could live up to the olfactory intensity! Hedonistic, penetrating nose of graham cracker, maple syrup, chocolate covered cherries, banana bread, navel oranges, nutmeg, juicy apple skins, and a sprig of mint. Mouthfeel shows an oily viscosity, quickly transitioning to a sharp bitterness on the finish, before revealing some long-lingering vanilla.
This bourbon is all about setting high expectations, and ultimately failing to deliver on that promise. 3.5 on the Distiller scale.
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Bummer. I bought a bottle of this in September and it’s one of the better bottles of 1920 I’ve had over the years. Batch variation indeed.
Batch variation is real. Hopefully this is not a downward trend.