Spirit of Louisiana is like Southern Comfort.
Personally I think both are vile but each to their own.
Personally I think both are vile but each to their own.
Bourbon, Rye and American Whiskey
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101 is like the higher strength more flavour punch version, regular is a little lighter.
Personally when factoring in the price I prefer regular, borderline prefer regular even ignoring price.
Wild Turkey make some good ones, Longbranch is very good.
Longbranch is on my list for the next batch of amazon vouchers
Also whilst not Bourbon I reckon Tincup is well worth trying, even if its just for the little cup on the bottle haha, mine get used loads
Longbranch is very good, one of the best I've had, my only issue with it is it's expensive, £45 at full whack is......
I've had a couple of bottles, I think I managed to get it on offer I want to say around the £30 mark.
I have had a couple of bottles of tincup, it's got a nice flavour if a little harsh. The first bottle I had I was a bit 50/50 on it, I seemed to enjoy the second a lot more, unless the first bottle was just a bad one (that can happen) maybe just takes a bit of getting used to.
Just like this Sazerac Rye, the first bottle I had me and a mate demolished nearly the whole lot better n an evening, and I think I polished the rest off pretty quickly after. I bought another bottle few weeks later and if I'm honest, on borderline struggling to drink it. Weird.
I have come to the conclusion though I prefer Bourbon to Rye.
Why I so highly rate Maker Mark, you just can't go wrong, particularly when it's on offer £20.
Four Roses Yellow £16.95 (less on S+S)
Good price but it's about mid table for me.
Edit: saying that just ordered 2 bottles!
Edit 2: I've realised it was the small batch version I've tried, I've never tried this yellow label version before, it looks to be the more basic version, but as I've found with bourbon they are often better.
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This Four Roses is very good, particularly at £16 or whatever a bottle.
Just at opened the bottle and still had a bottle of Wild Turkey open so tried it side by side and it's definitely better.
And as suspected (in my opinion) it's better than the premium version Four Roses I tried a while back.
I will add it to my table a bit later.
This Four Roses is very good, particularly at £16 or whatever a bottle.
Just at opened the bottle and still had a bottle of Wild Turkey open so tried it side by side and it's definitely better.
And as suspected (in my opinion) it's better than the premium version Four Roses I tried a while back.
I will add it to my table a bit later.
Yea it's really good.
Normally expensive, don't pay full price it comes up on offer now and then.
Oh **** I meant to update this, Tesco have it at £35 with a clubcard.
Oh ok cool, yea I think that's about as cheap as I remember seeing it.
I have a bottle at home, been saving it, must admit very nearly bought another one in Tesco the other day though.
It is one of the better ones I've tried and shows you what Jack Daniels can produce when they want to, but it's not worth £45 they normally want.
JD Single Barrel select at Tesco with clubcard £30.
Bought a bottle today, cannot pass at that price.
Bought a bottle today, cannot pass at that price.
How about that for some Chrimbo decs?
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If I'm honest I think all three of them are horrible.
I might try the fire. I don't drink these often, but as a liquor which is what it is, I found the honey very easy to drink over ice. I do not mind over indulging on all the sickly sweet food and drink over Christmas.
You ever tried the JD white rabbit saloon? Pricey but well reviewed for a JD.
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No, I bet it is good though.
But...... I dunno its £50 for bottle of Jack Daniels........
That being said, I would be interested to see if its the same stuff they put in the legacy editions (both 43% abv) which can be had on offer for just over £20, I'd be a bit butthurt if you are effectively paying £30 over the odds for a different label.
Tried a new one this evening, Daddy Rack.
Is very smooth. I'd say somewhere in between a bourbon and rye, it's labelled as Tennessee Whiskey anyway so doesn't claim to be a bourbon.
Easy to drink but possibly lacking any real flavour punch. Was a gift but I have a rough idea of how much and if I'm honest not worth the money, not saying it's bad though.
I'll stick it on the list at some point.
Is very smooth. I'd say somewhere in between a bourbon and rye, it's labelled as Tennessee Whiskey anyway so doesn't claim to be a bourbon.
Easy to drink but possibly lacking any real flavour punch. Was a gift but I have a rough idea of how much and if I'm honest not worth the money, not saying it's bad though.
I'll stick it on the list at some point.
Another one, well.....sort of... Howler Head, selling it in Tesco's at the moment, says it's a liqueur, although 40% abv, it says "Kentucky Spirit" for whatever that means, so it counts.
Its like banana flavoured bourbon which I assumed would be vile, but it's actually not bad as although the banana flavour is strong it's somehow not too sweet.
Its like banana flavoured bourbon which I assumed would be vile, but it's actually not bad as although the banana flavour is strong it's somehow not too sweet.
Hmmmmmm......it's alright.......
Got a bit of an unnecessary burn to it, certainly had worse though and as always thanks for sharing any offers on here.
For £2 more I'd just get Bulleit.
Its hard to say as taste is so subjective.
I personally love Longbranch, I've had a few and got one on the shelf.
See I have a bottle of WT 101 on the go right now, and I don't find that too sweet, bit punchy for me if anything, it's not my favourite, Longbranch is a whole ton better, in my opinion of course, but too sweet? Not sure.
That probably doesn't help you
Yea I'll just take regular Wild Turkey over 101. Longbranch is nice but expensive for what it is, usually like £45 full price which mental, it was £30 before Xmas on Amazon so I bought 3 bottles.
See I like Tincup, really nice flavour but it also in my opinion has a bit of a burn.