Dannic113
Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whisky
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
January 26, 2020 (edited February 21, 2020)
Old foresters attempt at double oak. Neat backstory (#1) too bad there isn't one so which one is real? Was there a fire on the bottling line and the whiskey had to be held in a second set of new char oak until it could be bottled? or Did Brown of Brown-Forman simply want darker, richer, ultra aged barrels of the best Old Forester had to offer? John Fitzgerald rip off (the $2K 350ml one). This one is not as good to me as the 1920 or the lower floor single barrel store picks that ironically taste like sweeter better versions of 1910. Nose is classic bourbon. Caramel, vanilla, brown sugar, oak, cherry, sweetness in the back. Taste is Oak, brown sugar sweetness, maraschino cherry, mid palate the rye spice and a tobacco note roll in and set up camp through the finish along with that double oak quality. The totality of the finish is I'd say medium. For almost the same price I'd pick up the 1920 and for $10 less I'd grab a store pick if you can. It's better than average but it's an elijah craig profile and flavors with extra oak. 3.75 bourbon if this was $35-40
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