There was nothing offensive by any stretch. This, again, feels perfectly fine though maybe a little more suited to mixing than sipping. Nearest’s Master Blender, Victoria Eady-Butler, builds the blend according to classic flavor notes first put into Tennessee whiskey by her ancestor, Nearest Green, back in the 1800s. This whiskey is built from a batch of barrels that are a minimum of seven years old. ![]() Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch - Taste 3 Uncle Nearest This was where things get “fine” in that this whiskey felt like it could easily be an on the rocks sipper or cocktail base. The juice then rests for six to seven years before barrels are pulled for blending, proofing, and bottling. The triple distilling in pot stills and blending with column distilled whiskey is utilized. The mash bill on this bourbon is mid-range rye with 18 percent of the grain added for support. It’s more of a shrug and a “yup, tastes good. This felt like a cocktail whiskey through and through. While they are laying down their own whiskey now, this is still all about the blending of those barrels in small batches. ![]() ![]() They then blend those barrels to meet their brand’s flavor notes. Bib & Tucker 6 - Taste 2 Deutsch Family Wine & Spiritsīib & Tucker pulls barrels of Tennessee whiskey from an old and quiet valley in the state. Again, I can see mixing with this or drinking it with ginger ale when I want a sugar rush.ġ0. This was fine, but nothing to write home about. The juice is then rested for six years before blending, cutting down to proof, and barreling. Bulleit Bourbon - Taste 9 Bulleit Frontier Whiskeyīulleit embraces a high-rye mash bill that’s comprised of 68 percent corn, 28 percent rye, and four percent malted barley. I guess I’d mix this with Coke or ginger ale. Even the vanilla extract was more like the plastic bottle than the actual fluid. This felt like a $10 budget bourbon from top to bottom. In this case, this is a four-year-old bonded that’s sort of like a proto-E.H. This is the same mash that’s used for bigger hitting brands like Eagle Rare, Stagg, and E.H. The juice in this bottle is from Buffalo Trace’s Mash #1, which has a scant amount of barley and rye next to mostly corn. The 100 Best Whiskeys Our Head Drinks Writer Tasted In 2021ġ2.The Best Value-Per-Dollar Bourbon Whiskeys, Ranked.Every Winning Bourbon From Our 2021 Taste Tests, Blind Tasted And Re-Ranked.The 50 Best Bourbon Whiskeys Of 2021, Ranked.The Single Best Bottle Of Whiskey From Each Of The 50 States.Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Travelers Sweet & Oaky (TN)Īlso Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Bourbon Posts Of The Last Six Months.Nelson’s Green Brier Tennessee Sour Mash (TN).George Dickel Bottled-in-Bond Fall 2008 (TN).Overall, the point is to find out which whiskey style (generally) reigns supreme. I also threw in one blend of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana whiskeys to see if it would stand out or maybe even win. ![]() Just good-but-pretty-standard whiskey you’re able to actually find. I’ve picked mostly mid-range bottles that all clock in around the $30– $60 price point with some above and below that mark. Today, I’m going to try and answer that question for myself by blind tasting six Kentucky bourbons and six Tennessee whiskeys. And, like everything, comes down to a matter of taste. Does that make Tennessee whiskey “better” than Kentucky’s bourbon? With very few exceptions, all Tennessee whiskey has to be filtered through sugar maple charcoal before barreling to be classified in the regional style. The juice from Tennessee mandates one tweak that differs from its Kentucky cousin, charcoal filtration. All Tennessee whiskey is technically bourbon but not all bourbon is Tenessee whiskey.
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