[amazon_link asins=’B00H143UXW,B016YPDI3A’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’modernthirstc-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’06fcabde-89a9-11e7-b0cb-753080d9149d’] Stats: 46.5% ABV (113 Proof) Age: 11 Years Distiller: Four Roses Price: $100 Availability: Extremely Rare Recipe: OESF What it is: This is a very limited edition single barrel selection of Four Roses bourbon chosen from one of its 10 proprietary bourbon recipes. Each year, master distiller Jim Rutledge selects one recipe and bottles a limited number for special release. This year, he chose 11 year old barrels of recipe OESF. It is barrel-proof, and non-chill filtered. At 46.5% ABV, it is a stout bourbon. Amongst the most highly sought-after bottles of the year,…
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Bill is the Co-Founder, Editor-in Chief, and official Bourbon-o-Phile for ModernThirst.com, and Founder and Chief Blending Officer for Four Gate Whiskey Company. He is a native of Louisville, KY in the heart of Bourbon Country. He attended the University of Kentucky in the mid to late 1990s. He has also been published on Liquor.com. He has conducted various bourbon and whiskey tastings in cities across the country, and consulted for multiple national labels. He is married with two daughters, and lives in east Louisville. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter @BillStraub and email him at [email protected].
ModernThirst tastes and reviews the limited release Parker’s Heritage 7th Edition (2013): Promise of Hope, from Heaven Hill Distilleries.
The next Louisville Bourbon Society meeting is Monday, the 21st, at 6:30. I’ll be there with a bottle of Four Roses Private Selection OESQ to share. The first meeting or two are free to attend, so if you care to show up, come introduce yourself and let me know you saw the site and share a sip with us! The guest speaker is Craig Beam, master distiller for Heaven Hill, which is fast becoming my favorite producer. The meeting is at the Nucleus Building in downtown Louisville at the corner of Market and Floyd street. Also, if you want to…
For the Full Reviews: George T. Stagg, 2009 Bottling Four Roses Single Barrel Private Selection Barrel Strength OESF (Liquor Barn) Stagg jr. (2014) Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 10 Year (Westport Whiskey & Wine) Evan Williams Barrel Proof Booker’s Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Rock Hill Farms Single Barrel Willett Family Estate 4 Year Rye Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 8 Year (Liquor Barn)
Drank one bottle Friday, now bottle #2 comes home to the Modern Thirst Cellar. Sweet. Caymus 40th Anniversary Edition Cab.
A flawed offering from Masterson’s, this Rye leans far too heavily on the ultra-sweet and citrus flavors to the detriment of all else.
A gallery of signed bourbon bottles from ModernThirst and readers.
9 rounds. 10 budget bourbons. And so many to go. When I started the budget bourbon series, my thoughts were twofold: First, I wanted to provide some coverage to those seeking a more value-based approach to bourbon. As I originally wrote, not everyone can or wants to afford a rare limited release pour every time they sip a bourbon. Second, I wanted to make sure that I don’t fall into the trap of thinking that if a particular whiskey isn’t limited edition or extremely expensive, it’s not worth drinking. I wanted to remind myself that there is much more to…
Willett Family Estate 8 Year Old Bourbon. Gotta love it.
Sometimes in the world of Bourbon, it can be difficult to keep track of all the names and labels produced by various distillers. The simple truth is that there are a few major distillers producing scores of major bourbon labels. To add the confusion, the distillers often use the exact same recipe (mash bill) for multiple different labels, with the differentiation coming in the aging times, locations, and barrel selection, along with the proof in which the distillate goes into the barrels or at which it is later bottled. Seem confusing? Here’s a great example: Heaven Hill Distilleries produces both…