Generously_Paul
Ron Burgundy "Great Odin's Raven" Special Reserve
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed
October 3, 2018 (edited April 25, 2019)
A few months ago I was searching for a bottle of scotch to buy for my friend @LeeEvolved for his birthday. We are both huge fans of the movie Anchorman so when I happened across this bottle of Ron Burgundy’s Great Odin’s Raven (released to coincide with the release of Anchorman 2) I just had to buy it. He graciously sent me a sample and after having it sit for a while amongst my myriad of backlogged samples I decided tonight was the night to put it to the test.
This is a blended scotch that is 60/40 malt/grain. The malts are from the Highlands, Speyside and Islay. Bottled at 40% ABV and is chill filtered with colorant added making it a honey gold.
The nose is very grain forward, despite it being the lower percentage spirit in the mix. Cereal grains, vanilla, honey and hay. Slightly astringent like acetone. Worn oak, but not quality oak. Underripe peaches and overripe bananas, but light on both accounts. After a little time there emerges a coffee/mocha/cocoa powder note that was most unexpected, but faded quickly and never returned. There is an earthy/vegetal/peaty note that is slightly smoky, very slightly. Damp and musty with some coconut scented dish soap. I added a couple drops of water just to see what happened. It toned down the harshness but did little to improve the nose other than that.
The palate is also very grainy with honey and cereal malt. A strange sour note, like citric acid got mixed in with the yeast in a batch of sourdough bread. The grain is harsh at times. Vanilla, sharp oak and bitter white grape juice. Water has the same effect on the palate as it did on the nose, a reduction in harshness but nothing additional.
Light to medium bodied mouthfeel that is creamy and mouth coating.
The finish is medium long with harsh grains, vanilla and underripe pears. Fairly dry.
This is a great example of marketing in action. You have a sequel to a great movie and you want to get people really excited about it. So why not release a whisky with the main characters name on it? Who cares what’s in the bottle so long as it brings attention to the movie. Well I bought into it. Am I regretting that decision? Not at all! It’s a great conversation piece for a fair price (I believe I paid $23 for it). I’ll give it the edge when going up against JW Red Label simply because it’s cheaper and has a slightly more complex nose, but this is a mixer and not meant to be drank neat. 2.75
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@proatc yes? Hello? Look, if you’re going to tag someone in a comment thread at least have the decency to speak up! @Baxter_Dog Is that you? Bark twice if you’re in Philadelphia.
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42 comments. That must be a record!
Odin be praised, they are going to bed
Oh my sweet sweet Brick, whatever shall I do with you? On that note I am going to bed, to slumber and to dream of a land made of Swedish meatballs and scotch.
I made a pie out of four and twenty ravens once. They didn’t taste like blackbirds like the man on the docks said. They tasted more like chinchillas
@LeeEvolved just go with it, otherwise we’ll be here all night
@Generously_Paul I think you may be right. @LeeEvolved I apologize for lowering myself to your level. Now what say we all calm down and make peace over a nice glass of Great Odin's Raven?
Well, @RealRonBurgundy - you really are a smelly pirate hooker. To quote you, so succinctly. I’m done.
Wow @RealRonBurgundy I think you are the one that has crossed the line here
@LeeEvolved you sir have crossed the line with that sort of comment! I was willing to settle this like civilized men, but you leave me no choice. If 1990's movies have taught me anything its this, when faced with a bully there is but one response... YOU PLAY BALL LIKE A GIRL!
@Champ_Kind it’s Macallan, THE MACALLAN. They are the epitome of scotch whisky. They throw away stuff that’s better than Great Odin’s Raven just on principle. Raven WISHES it was Famous Grouse! Strap yourself into the child safety seat in the Channel 4 News van when the vehicle is in motion, son. WHAMMMY!
And of course I know what a Pete Bog is, thats when the diesel engine on a Peterbilt starts to bog down from carrying around all of the suckers like you I've had to teach a lesson to.
@LeeEvolved you wouldn't know good whisky if it was being funneled into your mouth from the wooden shoe it was aged in! I'll bet you're a fan of that swill called Macalwood or Macaroni or Macallan or whatever its called. That stuff isn't fit to use as paint stripper.
My word! The craziness here is the stuff of legends
And it’s peat bog, btw @Champ_Kind. Don’t they have the internet in San Diego? Look it up.
Oh my sweet Brick. Pete the Cat is a character in a children's book, not a bloody hill upon which thousands of meatball devouring Swedes died while battling over which kind of gravy was best
Wow. Why didn’t I leave this app deleted for another week or so? Brutal, but funny as hell. And I stand by every one of my “tastes” @Champ_Kind.
Is Pete's Bog like Pete the Cat? I loved it when he saved Christmas
@PBMichiganWolverine - you have a lot of nerve calling Dorothy Mantooth sex starved! That’s low! My mother gets lots of loving. I give her lots and lots of hugs and foot massages whenever she wants them. She’s always satisfied. While I don’t know what a ferret is- it doesn’t sound complimentary.
Man I feel like all these guys do are sit around waiting for people to post about this gimmick whisky
@Champ_Kind you are so right, they don't matter in the least. Also I think that Pete's Bog was the famous battleground of the Swedish civil war of 1543 @PBMichiganWolverine you had better watch yourself with those Dorothy Mantooth comments. Calling her both sex starved and a ferret will earn you the wrath of both @Champ_Kind and @Wes-Mantooth
Oh please @RealRonBurgundy - there’s no need to bow to these “experts”. I’ve read several of the reviews by @LeeEvolved, @Generously_Paul @PBMichiganWolverine. They just like stroking each other’s egos and claim to be able to detect everything from vanilla pods to Pete’s Bog, whatever the hell that is! I’d like to waterboard them all with the finest whisky made today- Great Odin’s Raven.
Wait, is Dorothy the sex starved mom? Or the ferret? I lost track
Gentlemen please! Lets try to act a little more civilized here. Remember we are all well respected members of the news media and should not lower ourselves to these bar room tactics. Now lets all get back to the reason we came here to begin with...shaming these so call "whisky experts"
@Champ_Kind - don’t you ever say an unkind word about Dorothy Mantooth! That woman is a saint AND a helluva mini-golfer! She probably made the hole-in-ones, and twos, not you! I hate you @RealRonBurgundy, I HATE YOU!
@Brian_Fantana I remember her, and her little friend Dumb Blonde #2. I'm terrible with coming up with clever names. Anyways I met up with her again a few weeks ago. Took her and Dorothy Mantooth out surf and turf followed by a round of mini golf. Never had so many holes in one (and two)...WHAMMY!
@RealRonBurgundy - I once picked up a chic in Kmart as she was shopping for sundries. I don’t remember her name, but I logged her in my little black book as “foxy moron”. It was fitting.
I took @Baxter_Dog for an afternoon ride in the park. The starfish were part of our picnic lunch. When we fell off the bike they got loose from their bowl and we all rolled around together
First of all @BrickTamland I think you mean that your knee was "all gory", not allegory. Allegory is what the conductor calls out when he wants the orchestra to go faster. Second, who was riding with you on the tandem bike? Third, where were you riding a tandem bike where you could fall on starfish?
@RealRonBurgundy I once fell off my tandem bicycle and scraped my knee on some pointy starfish. It was allegory.
Nope @BrickTamland, you’re just a regular moron. Like the rest of the Channel 4 News team! Fake ratings for fake news!
I’ve been told that I’m an oxymoron
I think the word you were looking for @RealRonBurgundy is oxymoron
Oh no, it begins. One bad word and these guys are on you like white on rice
No @Baxter_Dog - I didn’t mean you could hump his leg. It was allegory.
Bark. Barkbarkbark. Bark. Barkbarkbark. Barkbark.
Hi-OH! I see there’s another manchild that doesn’t appreciate great scotch whisky. @Generously_Paul is another ruffian with lots of reviews, but yet wouldn’t know a good scotch if it came up and humped his leg.
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@PBMichiganWolverine thanks my friend, better go charge my phone for all of the notifications I’m about to get
@Generously_Paul good call. Best to keep @Champ_Kind @Wes-Mantooth and @RealRonBurgundy out of it. Don’t mention their sex addict mother as well.
@Generously_Paul uh oh!
@PBMichiganWolverine I’m not gonna tag any of those guys. Let them find this on their own. No need to invite disaster
@Generously_Paul it’s worth its price just for the sheer entertainment we’re all about to witness...