Soba45
George T. Stagg Bourbon (Fall 2017)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
July 20, 2018 (edited September 14, 2018)
I first tried this many years ago when I first started getting into whiskey and it scored a 5. Now wind forward a few years and coming up to 500 unique drams later (not all on distiller), I've got a lot harder on scoring. Most drams have dropped a star on retaste and this is no exception. Unfortunately I drank this after Van winkle 10 and Pappy 15 so the benchmark was set high. Now it's still a very good dram. If the 10 yr was 3.5 - 3.75, the 15yr 4.25 - 4.5, this is around the 4 to 4.25 for me. As I'm drinking it I'm thinking about the 15yr and missing it already. Spice hits you first up, mint or eucalyptus, clove, oak and maple syrupor caramel...similar to the Colonel rye in a way but a bit better. It's thinner than the 15 Pappy and Weller (is it their wheat influence perhaps?). And so as yet another 5 star falls my Beasts of Bourban from Buffalo Trace tour finishes. Of the several some good a number great.
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@PBMichiganWolverine If you include Noah's Mill (technically not in the line up). That, Weller 12 and Pappy 15. If you throw in Special Reserve lot b it'd bump the Weller. The wheat profile of the Weller 12 and Pappy 15 is quite interesting. Quite subtle and understated. I feel like there is more there if my palate was more refined and I had time with them. I think quality, complexity etc a side a fair chunk preference for me comes down to the style of bourbon. They say Weller is poor man's pappy and I definitely agree (not in a bad way).
@Soba45 which were your top 3 out of the full lineup?