Bourbon competition winner
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@Piano-Dad it completely wipes me out. A few sips of even wine or beer and I’m falling asleep. The next day I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. Distilled spirits are even worse. I miss the occasional gin and tonic, glass of bubbly, or a snifter of cognac or Armagnac.
This getting old business is for the birds.
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Never developed a taste for bourbon but I like single malt scotch or Irish. Used to love armagnac but can’t tolerate it any more. I’ve wondered about Japanese whisky but it isn’t available in small sample bottles to try out.
Sometimes my daughter brings back a premium plum brandy from Serbia. The run-of-the-mill ones are harsh and hot, but the best are really fine.
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Judges noted a “delightful mix of apple tart, custard, and intriguing dried apricots” on the nose, followed by a palate that offers “a refined medley of buckwheat honey, dried apricots, vanilla, and warm spice.”
I'm always amazed by the variety of tastes people can find in a particular glass. I'm afraid my nose and palate are much less sensitive. I know things I like better, but I could never find six distinct and identifiable flavors in anything I've ever drunk.
Bourbon is the spirit that I almost always drink when I'm having hard liquor. I primarily drink beer and regard it as a great time to be a beer drinker.
Big Al
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Judges noted a “delightful mix of apple tart, custard, and intriguing dried apricots” on the nose, followed by a palate that offers “a refined medley of buckwheat honey, dried apricots, vanilla, and warm spice.”
I'm always amazed by the variety of tastes people can find in a particular glass. I'm afraid my nose and palate are much less sensitive. I know things I like better, but I could never find six distinct and identifiable flavors in anything I've ever drunk.
Bourbon is the spirit that I almost always drink when I'm having hard liquor. I primarily drink beer and regard it as a great time to be a beer drinker.
Big Al
@Big_Al said in Bourbon competition winner:
I'm always amazed by the variety of tastes people can find in a particular glass. I'm afraid my nose and palate are much less sensitive. I know things I like better, but I could never find six distinct and identifiable flavors in anything I've ever drunk.
Same here. In fact it pretty much boils down to either "I like/love it" or "No thanks".
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I very often taste vanilla or a hint of spice or citrus, but that’s about it. But it’s not so much about picking out individual flavors, I think, as the total impression. Hint: it often helps to pour and let it breathe a bit, and sometimes a few drops of water open up the flavors.
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The Sporkful podcast just did a reheat episode and it was about bourbon. One of the taster expert people said that you take the first sip they way you would a hot coffee and basically you’ll just taste alcohol. Then you take a second sip and you get the flavours. I don’t like any brown spirit, but this made me wonder if I just take that first sip, grimace, and give up before actually tasting the flavours???
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Another competition, a different winner.
At this fall’s prestigious New York World Spirits Competition, a wheated bourbon that’s widely available for about $30 claimed the title of Best Overall Bourbon. The blind-tasting competition drew a crowded field of bourbons that included bottles that are typically impossible to find—or exorbitantly marked up on shelves.
Among more than 100 contenders, including bourbon heavyweights like Blanton’s Gold Edition and W.L. Weller Full Proof, the reasonably priced Green River Wheated Bourbon landed the top title.
Green River Wheated is an approachable 90 proof (45 percent ABV) and a blend of four- to six-year-old barrels. The judging panel described it as “a richly textured bourbon, opening with aromas of peppery spice followed by a palate of grains, oats, and creamy butterscotch layered with hints of oak. This all leads to a smooth, long finish where grain fades into soft honey, spice, and warm barrel notes.”
The only beverage called Green River that I'm familiar with is this:
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Just ordered a few bottles for Christmas presents. Might be hard to find soon.
Thanks!
