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.
Usually I drink the scotch peat monsters Ardbeg & Laphroaig. Yet when at time I gets the sweetache I prefer this from over the big blue to the too sweet too artificially dye (color added) Scotch Single Malts. Among the Bourbons I tried over the years this stands out and proud. Maybe do to the triple distillation in pot stills maybe do to the high qualities of Casks involve maybe probably both. I find this a very interesting and none boring sip. It's got the leather and the cardboard the aceton and while the vanilla/honey notes do exist they are not cloyingly the event nor too dominated. Its sweetness is controlled and balanced with dryness and woodiness. It's a very fine drink to break on routine for me now and again.
Maybe I got a bad bottle because I think I've tried it before, but I'm surprised how bad this is. Maybe it's for mixing, but, drinking it neat, it tastes like oil paint smells. I hope it gets better over time.
Damn good bourbon. Drink it neat at room temperature please.
Way too much acetone on the nose. It overpowered everything else.
I am not sure when I have had this elixir the first time. I was and still am as many a single malt lover. But Woodford Reserve has had me rethink US made whisky or bourbon. Smooth, sweet and spicy and filling your palate with its deep aromas. What a wonderful drink and a great way of representing the US bourbon and whisky manufacturers. Woodford Reserve one of my personal favourites.
