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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].
This truncated review was originally posted as part of the Budget Bourbon Battle Royale. See the original post here. Ancient Age 90 is a Buffalo Trace-produced product distilled in Frankfort, KY. As you may have guessed, this version of Ancient Age is bottled at 90 proof. It is made using Buffalo Trace’s Mash Bill #2, the higher rye recipe, which it shares with Blanton’s, Rock Hill Farms, Hancock’s Reserve, and Elmer T. Lee, all top-shelf bourbons in their own regard, plus Ancient Age 80, of course. Appearance: Pale, with gold hints. Very clear. Nose: Corn dominates the nose, with slight…
This post marks the seventh installment of the Budget Bourbon Battle Royale. (Follow this link for previous rounds.) If you’re not familiar with this series, we’re reviewing bottles that can be had for $20 or less in most areas. Thus far, Old Fitzgerald has fended off several challengers and remains our reigning king of the budget ring. In our last round, Old Fitz Bottled-in-Bond wiped the mat with Ancient Age 80. But Ancient Age is no quitter. After spending the last several days in intense training, Ancient Age has beefed up from an anemic 80 proof to a stouter 90 proof…
[amazon_link asins=’B00H143UXW,B016YPDI3A’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’modernthirstc-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5fd76d64-8352-11e7-b4ba-4ba8c9ca927a’] Stats: Age: 10 Years & 8 Months 56.6% ABV (113.2 Proof) Price Paid: $53 Warehouse GE Barrel 5-2C Distilled by Four Roses Recipe: OESF Selected by: Liquor Barn, Louisville, KY Availability: Limited What it is: The Four Roses Private Barrel program allows retailers to hand-pick their own barrel of Four Roses bourbon to have custom-bottled for their customers only. Four Roses bourbon follows 10 distinct recipes, which are marked on the bottle. In reality, there are two different recipes with 5 potential strains of yeast. For the regular yellow label 4 roses, all ten…
This post marks the sixth installment of the Budget Bourbon Battle Royale. (Follow this link for previous rounds.) If you’re not familiar with this series, we’re reviewing bottles that can be had for $20 or less in most areas. Thus far, Old Fitzgerald has fended off several challengers and remains our reigning king of the budget ring. This time, the challenger is Ancient Age. Will this be the end of the Old Fitz reign, and the start of a new (ancient) age? Read on. Round 6: Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond vs. Ancient Age (80 Proof) To paraphrase the great Michael Buffer: For…
This truncated review was originally posted as part of our Budget Bourbon Battle Royale. See the original post here. Ancient Age is a Buffalo Trace-produced product distilled in Frankfort, KY. The label itself has been in production since 1946, and clocks in at 80 proof. It is made using Buffalo Trace’s Mash Bill #2, the higher rye recipe, which it shares with Blanton’s Rock Hill Farms, Hancock’s Reserve, and Elmer T. Lee, all top-shelf bourbons in their own regard. So that makes this the most affordable label of the mash bill by a considerable margin. Is it the same bourbon? …
[amazon_link asins=’B00H143UXW,B06Y1VGMH2′ template=’MT-product-carousel’ store=’modernthirstc-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’89cd9de4-ff80-11e7-ad0b-b3d612b3a656′] Vital Stats: 45% ABV (90 Proof) No age Statement Distilled at Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, KY Re-distilled and Bottled by Smith Bowman Distillery in Fredericksburg, VA. Bottling circa 2007 What it is: This is a bottle that’s been at the back of my liquor cabinet for quite a few years. As I’m running out of room for new bottles, I thought it was time to clear out a few of the older items. I received this particular bottle as a gift during the summer of 2007. I opened it some time later, and sort…
ModernThirst offers tasting notes and rating for Rock Hill Farms bourbon from Buffalo Trace.
[amazon_link asins=’B00H143UXW,B06Y1VGMH2′ template=’MT-product-carousel’ store=’modernthirstc-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’89cd9de4-ff80-11e7-ad0b-b3d612b3a656′] This review was originally published as part of our Budget Bourbon Battle Royale. The original post can be found here. [amazon_link asins=’B00H143UXW,B016YPDI3A’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’modernthirstc-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5fd76d64-8352-11e7-b4ba-4ba8c9ca927a’] Bourbon drinkers know what they like, and bourbon drinkers like Evan Williams. This standard Black Label offering is second only to standard Jim Beam in global sales. Previously, Evan Williams carried a 7 year age statement. Recently, to meet growing demand, that age statement has been dropped. I understand this bourbon is aged between 5 and 7 years now, and it is 86 proof. There is a White…
This post marks the fifth installment of the Budget Bourbon Battle Royale. (Follow this link for other rounds.) If you’re not familiar with this series, we’re reviewing bottles that can be had for $20 or less in most areas. In Round 1, Very Old Barton Bottled-in-Bond took on Old Grand Dad Bottled-in-Bond and laid down a heavy dose of smack on the challenger from Jim Beam Brands, with the VOB scoring a solid 83 points. In Round 2, Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond battled VOB100 to a near standstill, winning on a technical tie breaker. In Round 3, we took a departure…