Aroma is grain driven and lacks any real supporting sense of oak; Palate is light and sweet without much of a character outside of that; Finish is a quick fizzle that makes me wonder if I just drank a bourbon or not.Ancient Age Bourbon isn’t bad, just light and basic without anything memorable sticking out about it.Hey Josh, another trip down memory lane for me!
Since then, my enthusiasm for this most distinctive of liquors has grown and grown. For the complete series, including Round 10, click here.. The finish is well-balanced.The nose is a bit hot. Ancient Age doesn’t carry an age statement, but likely spends 3 years in a barrel.
He passed 4 years latter. BT is an incredible marketer. The Schtick: This is a mashbill #2 product from Buffalo Trace. It is on their lower tier of product offerings, as can be spectacled from the plastic handle presentation they choose to bottle it in. If you want to leave this area blank, simply put a blank Text widget into this widget panel which will overwrite this text. It is the fancier version of Ancient Age. It competes admirably at the 20$ range but just doesn’t have the depth to make it much more than an above average pour at a nice cheap price.Even if this bourbon sounds unfamiliar to you, you’ve probably seen it on the shelf at many liquor stores (if you look low enough). I too, favor Wild Turkey 81, but AA did not disappoint. Ancient Age: Buffalo Trace: Frankfurt, KY: 2014.05.21: 12: 1L: 90.0 A whiskey blog for whiskey reviews, whiskey cocktails and commentaryI’m not going to go deep on the history of the brand right now, but there are plenty of resources online that you can reference.
Like Shakespear said “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. WBSE
Updated, thanks!Josh, Buffalo Trace is no fool to marketing. Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star. There’s not a whole lot about Tommyrotter American Whiskey online, but what we do know is that it’s a mix of different sourced whiskeys blended an…I was tempted to put this SMWS 96.22 "Rocky Road Spice Freakout" in the week where I did several GlenDronach releases (the SMWS Codes list says it’s… A long time ago the “Old” signified the product was aged a long time and Bottled in Bond had a high status. General Bourbon Discussion ; Ancient Age 90 Sign in to follow this . Smooth as silk with the gteat after taste must say ive found myself a new favorite.I’m an AA age drinker. If you look at the old interviews of Elmer Lee he said that he went to work at Ancient Age Distillery.
This is a widget panel. Always look forward to your reviews and I’m really looking forward to the next in depth history of another distillery. 80 proof and distilled from corn, rye and barley malt, it’s smooth and simple, yet robust in its own way. My love for bourbon goes back to the 1980s when I was first given a bottle of Jim Beam as a gift. Ancient Age Bourbon Review: Details and Tasting Notes. Please support me on Patreon! Wheater Showdown: Weller 12 Year VS. Van Winkle Lot B 12 Year The bottle – which looks taller and slimmer than any photos I’ve seen on the web – was apparently purchased by her family as a gift to their Fatger back in 2000. [wpurp-searchable-recipe]Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star – – – [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]My wife brought a bottle of Ancient Ancient Ancient age back from her family’s estate in South Carolina earlier this year – still in the box and unopened. As we know, it is now called Buffalo Trace. As the name suggests it’s as classic as it can get for this, or … Jumping from one craft distillery to another, the next rye whiskey review is the Rabbit Hole Boxergrail Rye Whiskey. What is an average price for such a bottle of your older bottles? This bourbon has a long history dating back to the 1940’s, and is currently contract distilled by Buffalo Trace for Age International, the former owners of the Buffalo Trace Distillery who sold everything to Sazerac in the early 90’s except for the rights to the bourbon brands that use what we now call Buffalo Trace’s “mash bill #2” This means that for all essential purposes, Ancient Age (and for that matter, Blantons, Rock Hill Farms, and Elmer T Lee) is a Buffalo Trace product.
Both AA and AAA can be found throughout the U.S. and AAA will typically run you $15-20.At WBSE We use a full 100 point rating scale, with a goal of utilizing the entire scale rather than just a limited portion of it. By cdcdguy, April 29, 2018 in General Bourbon Discussion. Ancient Age is a name that has a low meaning but back in the day, it had different offerings and some were incredible.Totally. By comparison, Blanton’s ages 6-8 years, and Rock Hill Farms ages 8-10 years. Not that I’d sell it – just wondering . 80 proof and distilled from corn, rye and barley malt, it’s smooth and simple, yet robust in its own way. I usually mix.Number four in this week’s Indian whisky reviews is the Paul John Classic Single Malt. Therefore, to help define what our scores indicate, we've created the following scale descriptions:0-19 Not just bad, but completely nonredeemable. I have no doubt that the juice that filled the bottles of Ancient Ancient Age is the same juice that is put in a fancier bottle and labeled a fancier name.
There is much to love about this bourbon that has withstood the test of time.