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Old Forester Classic 86 Proof
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
April 21, 2016 (edited June 1, 2020)
I had a rave review ready to go on this bourbon. Simply debating if it was really worth the 4 stars I was about to give it and then the more of the pour I drank, the less I liked it. I have a theory that this juice may be super sensitive to the effects of oxygen. I opened the bottle for my first pour and the nose was great. Bananas Foster, brown sugar baking spices. Neat, despite a relatively thin mouthfeel, I got a wonderful sweet entry with coconut & marzipan and some baked confection that I can almost, but not quite, place. A mild finish with a touch of bitterness. Very enjoyable. However....After a few minutes the nose picked up the odd trademark Brown Forman latex paint note. The finish became even more bitter overriding all the great sweetness that was there at first. I've never had a whiskey change in the glass like this. We're not talking about an hour or hours, we're talking about minutes. Ice doesn't help and the bitter note completely ruins an Old Fashioned. This being the same or similar juice as the Woodford may explain why I find such wild discrepancy from bottle to bottle with it, leading me to purchase it only in 50 mls. If I get a bad one of those I'm only out $2.50 instead of $40. I was really hoping to like this, but in this price range the Evan Williams White and the OGD BIB are far superior in my book. Heck, I might even prefer Beam White Label to this (although it's been so long since I've had that I may be wrong).
22.0
USD
per
Bottle
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