Reverend357
Jefferson's Reserve Groth Reserve Cask Finish
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
September 26, 2018 (edited June 22, 2019)
You guys were right, this is better than the Ocean Aged. Took me a couple of days to get too it (the workload at the office is insane atm....work/sleep repeat, not time for whisky^^) but now I finally can enjoy this outstanding bourbon.
The nose begins very classic. Corn, vanilla, cherries. The fruits need a bit to get going, but soon notes of strawberries start to become more and more present. Also, dried figs. You know that sugary exterior of those? That's in the smell. Plus some spices.
Spices are what hits you first when you take a sip. My guess is barrel spice, can't have that much rye in here. Vanilla, cherries and corn are the main notes, but there is also a subtle amount of dried sweet berries in there, plus some fresh grapes. Red ones.
The aftertaste is spicy with sweet fruits mixed into it. This elevates the Groth above your typical Bourbon in my opinion. Cherries are not that uncommon, but this one takes this particular note and cranks it up to 11.
Hard to get and not that affordable, but worth it. Might need to hunt down a bottle of this.
Also, next taste will be 105....and there can only be one candidate for that number.
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Not gonna lie, I'd buy a Goth Cask whisky XD
@Scott_E @Reverend357. Yeah...I had passed by it many times and thought it was a speciality item marketed towards Goth folks. I didn’t notice the “r” in there.
@Reverend357 Groth (or Goth, as @PBMichiganWolverine affectionately once called it) is a win. Haven’t been wowed by Jefferson’s gimmicky line and their pricing, but this is a worthy treat. Nice review.
@PBMichiganWolverine the NAS. got that sample as a bonus from Master of Malt...and I always wanted to save it for my 105th review. I hear good things about this one. Never had a Glenfarclas before either, so yeah. I think I'm gonna open that on saturday....friday we got a birthday party of 3 coworkers (all got 40 currently), so I doubt I'd taste much after that XD
@Reverend357 the 105...glenfarclas ? 22 yr old 105, or the NAS?