The mashbill for Woodford Reserve features a high percentage of rye: 72% corn, 18% rye and 10% malt. The whiskey is also unusual for being triple distilled and having the lowest proof upon entering the barrel where it matures for at least six years. A must have Kentucky bourbon. Makes a wonderful Old-Fashioned cocktail!
Quite thick and creamy. There are notes of honey and spice, leather, a touch of cocoa, a little smoke, toasty oak and vanilla cream with a hint of butterscotch.
Thick and full. There are notes of espresso beans, winter spice, cereal sweetness, plenty of rye, ground ginger, almond oil, toasty oak and a little rum.
Long and mature with notes of cereals and toasty oaken spice.
After reading all the rave reviews here I went out and bought a bottle of this. I am not impressed at all. It tastes sickly and thick. It's a woman's drink. I like a man's bourbon like Wild Turkey 101. I'll keep the rest of the bottle for guests but from now on I'm sticking with the chicken.
Wow. i really like this one. My regular "bourbon" in rotation is Jack SB or Jack MD 1, I was all out of my bourbouns. So the hunt was on. I went to the supermarket and there it was, all hidden down in the shelf 2 or even shelf 3, top shelf stuff like Chivas 18, Laga 16, Laphroaig 10, and funilly hardly drinkable stuff like Livet 12, Fiddich 12, Fiddich 15, Morengie 10, Scapa non age, so that told me the supermarket guys dont have a clue. The price was 33 euros, so quite expensive. I had 20% coupon, so I got it for 27 euros. Whic I feel is a bargain. Took Dimple 15 with it (has been a year while I had it, good every day drink), and 3 miniatures (Martell, Hennessy, Chivas 12). Not worth a full bottle purchuse for me, at this time. Have to say that Woodford is really worth every euro. Great on the nose. Interesting. When you wash your mouth with it it is super smooth, a little burnier then hennessy, but you can literally wash it for a minute or two. Please do this experiment, while enjoing it at home. I did a comparisement of all 5 spirits I currently have in my bar, and Woodford is 1. or 2. Hennessy is a bit sweeter, maybe even more wooddier, but I still kind of prefer Woodford. I also like the 43% vs 40%. I think spirits should be bottled at 43-48%. 40% is just rubbish. So in conclussion, If you like a special one, or the one to switch from Jack, Chivas 12, JWB 12, or any mayor cognacs...This is the one to go...You will not gonna want to mix this with anything, its so precious. Have to say, that Woodford is better than JWB 12, better than Chivas 12, better than Dimple 15, better then Livet 12, and Fiddich 12, 15 and 18. It is probably in top 10 alcoholic drinks I ever had in my life (probably tasting 1000 of them). Cheers guys. And fuck the recesion, life is good if we can drink stuff like this.
Or is it the Monkees? But at least the Monkees had charazzzma. Conceived in the lab, bottled from stuff that was lying around. A marketing and packaging triumph, sadly created for those who think those are the most important aspects of a bourbon. "We love your Woodford way," says no one with a discerning palate.
Was lucky to get a bottle of Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select as a gift from a friend in the US sent all the way to Norway. Batch 1063 Bottle 6691. I have been into Scotland Single Malts for years, and have tasted some different Bourbons as well. But, this Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is truly amazing! Rich and full, and a subtle "warm" cool smoothness - almost impossible to describe. Smell is just highly sophisticated and really stays with you. A must have in any serious Whiskey collection!
As a sipping bourbon served straight up with not ice or water, it continues to amaze me that (a) Woodford Reserve contains 42-percent ABV, and (b) that here's a relatively high proportion of rye in the mash bill. There is no palate numbing from the alcohol or "bite" from the rye. The bourbon is exceedingly smooth, perhaps even too gentle for some bourbon aficionados. If you've not tried it, do so.
