@@apeekintime half 🤣😂. We have a couple hundred reviews and a few hundred blinds/news/tier lists/collectors corners/vlogs and about 15 other types of videos. When we launch/try out new content it makes it safer (for analytics) if we do it with Distilleries we know will do better. That just so happens to be BT products. Honestly the idea is to do this with other distilleries but launching it with BT is generally how we'll try it.
I remember working at a liquor store in 2016 and one of the big bourbon guys that regularly bought stuff from us got one of each bottle in the antique collection. He brought us samples from each bottle a week later and we did a blind tasting of each. I distinctly remember my friend describing it as tasting like "vanilla jet fuel" lmao. It was by far my personal favorite of the lineup
I run a Whiskey Club and we meet monthly to do double blind tastings of 4 or 5 whiskeys. It's been super fun and enlightening and one of the things I have learned to avoid is mixing proofs too much. It's really hard to taste a 125 proof whiskey before or after a 90 proof whiskey and give either a real fair shot. You guys have obviously tasted a hell of a lot more whiskey than our crew, but I think proof, more than similar flavors is the real x-factor in large blinds like this.
Yep... I think you really need to keep the proofs within 10 or so points for a fair comparison. Every time we've had 3 things that were 100 or less and one thing that was cask strength, the cask strength gets crushed because it it fire water compared to the others. One of my favorite tastings involved 4 pours that were lower proof and available and then whichever was your favorite, you'd get a step up version that was either older/rarer or higher proof... so if you liked EC Sm Batch, you got to try EC 18 after. If you chose Bardstown Fusion, you got a Discovery, if you went Baker's 7 yr, you got Bookers and if you went Maker's, you got FAE-01. It was really fun to zero in on something you liked and then step up or over to taste something in the same product line. But a Bookers vs. EC18 taste would be terrible.
Only switch id make is make is the small batch EH Taylor and the eagle rare. If you get a chance the blantons straight from the barrel is excellent. May disrupt the ranking s a bit.
I've tried alot of bourbons because bourbon is the only kind of whiskey i drink and only kind of liquor i drink in general but for me the best bourbon I've ever drinked is the one i bought this past weekend and that blanton's. Damn It was smooth and delicious it was worth the price i paid which considering it's and expensive brand that was $75. Hell as a matter of fact i don't think I'll ever drink another kind of bourbon blanton's is that good. It's my favorite whiskey of them all. 🥃
Loved that content and appreciate how you did that blind and double blind to reduce any bias! Great format...and you did a nice job of editing what was probably an hour-long raw video. i was fortunate enough to land a 2022 GTS and at first sip it was EASILY the best whiskey I'd ever had...surpassing a tie between an older Lagavulin 12 CS and Ardbeg Dark Cove.
Sorry you're unable to reconcile someone evaluating one whiskey experience over another despite them being drastically different flavors. What's the best dinner you've ever had? Was it steak, was it seafood, was it a hamburger? Those aren't the same, but if you said hamburger, I won't argue that your hamburger dinner beat out your best steak dinner. And I won't even think you're a maniac for thinking that.
Definitely a fun video. With your collection, you should be able to do this for quite a few distilleries. Seeing how all of the Sagamore variants do against each other would be fun to see.
Excellent Excellent vid guy's. Exactly what Everyone wanted to see. Super fun ...super content. Straight to the point. Wham bam thank you.... Thanks a bunch for posting.
It think the only surprise was the 107 being so low, but really all of those are great bottles and its not gonna jump too much for my palate if i knew what it was. cool blind.
Great video! There are no losers in that line up! For me, Blanton's is #9 (second to last) which moves everything else up. Also Stagg Jr. ahead of EHT SIB. Don't know about #1-2, I'm sure you're right placing them there, gonna have to take your word for it. Sean, I think you might have just had an off day on the other 8.
I'm glad you guys actually make use of the 100 points range in total, not like other people who effectively use a range between 80 and 100. And I'm also glad that I'm not the only one detecting a grainy note in many BT products lately. Imo this doesn't correlate with age though, had experienced something similar with a very recent Eagle Rare as well. A lot of heat and roughness probably due to shortened fermentation periods and rushed distillation, neglecting quality to maximize profits. Can't do the same with WLW or GTS, or else, I guess. Best of luck with your Virtue project, Cheers dudes!
All these things show is that taste is mostly subjective, and we taste and appreciate different things differently on different days. The top will always stand out and the bottom will always be the bottom, but the middle of the road bourbons will always be a more of “what you’re feeling” that kind of day.
Finally today (May 18, 2023) I was able to find, buy and taste a bottle of Stagg (22B @130 proof)! [Choir music in the background . . . ) for the first time; after looking for years. It is soooooooooooooooooooo great. Pricey, yes. Hard to find, yes. But the nose and the flavors are amazing. As I am not a "proof hound" like you guys, I would rate E. H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch as an "A" and Stagg an "S".
This video made me subscribe. Please do 4 more of these from different distilleries and then take the top 2 from all 5 and have a big dog blind tasting!
I always thought RHF was tater bait (read: Lee, Elmer T.) until I actually got a bottle a couple of years ago. It's quite a delicious pour. No shame at all in ranking it above Stagg Jr.
You need to separate them by proof. Stagg "Jr", EHTBP, and the barrel proof BTAC all drink dramatically different. It'd be interesting to see how all the 80-100 proofers line up against each other - EHT Small Batch & Single Barrel, Weller CYPB/12-year/Special Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, ALL of Mash bill 2.
I agree, jumping back and forth on proof can screw with yer pallet, which they even commented going back a few after getting acclimated towards the end.
I only own and have tasted 10 - 5 and pretty much rank them in that order with Stagg Jr (24A) the clear winner. I've never tried 4 - 1 and can't comment except to say that I definitely want to, especially WLW and GTS. What's interesting is that EHT SB did so well in this blind/3rd, so it sounds like something I need to find even if it's at secondary prices which I prefer not doing.
Talking about E.H. Taylor Single Barrel “every time I see one of those…”. What?! I’ve seen ONE and it was, of course, behind the counter, and, OF COURSE, marked up to a RIDICULOUS price that any normal person wouldn’t touch… ugh.
EHT single barrel is the highest in the list that I have ever owned. It’s a great pour and bottle. Never Owen any stagg jr or higher options would love to one day though.
Lol "Everytime I see an EH Taylor Single Barrel I am 100% in" I have see it on a shelf once and it was $239.00. I was not 100% in at that price. Same store had a stagg for $450.
This might be my favorite video of all time. I would love to see you run it back with other distilleries.
For sure will in the future
Agreed absolutely loved this one.
I agree with the agreement 🤝
This! Yes!
@@apeekintime half 🤣😂. We have a couple hundred reviews and a few hundred blinds/news/tier lists/collectors corners/vlogs and about 15 other types of videos. When we launch/try out new content it makes it safer (for analytics) if we do it with Distilleries we know will do better. That just so happens to be BT products. Honestly the idea is to do this with other distilleries but launching it with BT is generally how we'll try it.
The results. You’re welcome
10. BT
9. EHTSmB
8. OWA107
7. Blantons
6. ER
5. Stagg Jr
4. RHF
3. EHTSingle
2. WLW
1. GTS
I remember working at a liquor store in 2016 and one of the big bourbon guys that regularly bought stuff from us got one of each bottle in the antique collection. He brought us samples from each bottle a week later and we did a blind tasting of each. I distinctly remember my friend describing it as tasting like "vanilla jet fuel" lmao. It was by far my personal favorite of the lineup
It'd be cool to have a series where you guys rank every legacy distillery's offerings then have a final blind with the winners.
@@apeekintime Seriously… everything besides Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare and Blantons I’ve never seen on a shelf anywhere
OF next.. Or just brown Forman products in general
@@apeekintime they have tons of videos on budget bottles... Budget blinds even
@@apeekintime Reviewing more exclusive bottles is nice because when you find one you know what to expect
My guy said heavy rye spice to a wheated bourbon 🤣🤣.
I loved the video thou, great job guys.
I run a Whiskey Club and we meet monthly to do double blind tastings of 4 or 5 whiskeys. It's been super fun and enlightening and one of the things I have learned to avoid is mixing proofs too much. It's really hard to taste a 125 proof whiskey before or after a 90 proof whiskey and give either a real fair shot. You guys have obviously tasted a hell of a lot more whiskey than our crew, but I think proof, more than similar flavors is the real x-factor in large blinds like this.
Spot on.
Like wine tastings to a degree. Need to keep the shot group tight.
totally agree.
Yep... I think you really need to keep the proofs within 10 or so points for a fair comparison. Every time we've had 3 things that were 100 or less and one thing that was cask strength, the cask strength gets crushed because it it fire water compared to the others. One of my favorite tastings involved 4 pours that were lower proof and available and then whichever was your favorite, you'd get a step up version that was either older/rarer or higher proof... so if you liked EC Sm Batch, you got to try EC 18 after. If you chose Bardstown Fusion, you got a Discovery, if you went Baker's 7 yr, you got Bookers and if you went Maker's, you got FAE-01. It was really fun to zero in on something you liked and then step up or over to taste something in the same product line. But a Bookers vs. EC18 taste would be terrible.
Very much so. Tastings like this are just for fun.
Only switch id make is make is the small batch EH Taylor and the eagle rare. If you get a chance the blantons straight from the barrel is excellent. May disrupt the ranking s a bit.
I've tried alot of bourbons because bourbon is the only kind of whiskey i drink and only kind of liquor i drink in general but for me the best bourbon I've ever drinked is the one i bought this past weekend and that blanton's. Damn It was smooth and delicious it was worth the price i paid which considering it's and expensive brand that was $75. Hell as a matter of fact i don't think I'll ever drink another kind of bourbon blanton's is that good. It's my favorite whiskey of them all. 🥃
Loved that content and appreciate how you did that blind and double blind to reduce any bias! Great format...and you did a nice job of editing what was probably an hour-long raw video. i was fortunate enough to land a 2022 GTS and at first sip it was EASILY the best whiskey I'd ever had...surpassing a tie between an older Lagavulin 12 CS and Ardbeg Dark Cove.
Much appreciated!
@@apeekintime You can still like one better.
Sorry you're unable to reconcile someone evaluating one whiskey experience over another despite them being drastically different flavors. What's the best dinner you've ever had? Was it steak, was it seafood, was it a hamburger? Those aren't the same, but if you said hamburger, I won't argue that your hamburger dinner beat out your best steak dinner. And I won't even think you're a maniac for thinking that.
Awesome video. 👌
Next up, I recommend Jim Beam product line, including the Knob Creeks and Baker's, Booker's etc. obviously.
Definitely a fun video. With your collection, you should be able to do this for quite a few distilleries. Seeing how all of the Sagamore variants do against each other would be fun to see.
Love how Dan said W107 was very Rye forward spice… Enjoy this type of content, keep it up!
So strange cause I don't get spice at all. I think it's so smooth.
I get that spice on most wheaters. It can also come across like light effervescence or carbonation.
Blinds reveal all lmao. Glad you guys aren't afraid to be "wrong"
Incredible video! I had my wife do the same for me but I only had the Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, and Blantons….. ER won… LOL
Would love to have seen Weller FP in there.
Do Wild Turkey next!!
Love it! It's like an objective based tier list. I can't wait to see you do brown Forman with the old non saz early times and watch it crush!
Excellent Excellent vid guy's. Exactly what Everyone wanted to see. Super fun ...super content. Straight to the point. Wham bam thank you.... Thanks a bunch for posting.
This video is a nice change of pace. You guys should do this with all major distilleries. Old carter next please. 😊
Weller antique 107. Not available here in Finland. Found it in Ireland .
That's too bad. 107 doesn't even have to be your favorite. It's just everything a good bourbon should be.
Thanks, I wish you had done all of the Wellers too, and Hancock's but this is a huge line up to compare.
what do you have your DJI mics set at for gain? Have you noticed any bleed over being that close to each other?
I don't drink bourbon (yet at least), but I love your videos.
That was awesome. I can’t find any of them in NJ.
I’ve only had about half of those but I think it was really spot on. The rankings I mean
Brilliant segment. Loved it from beginning to end. Thanks
Curious where EHTBP would land
Perfect timing. Going to the BT distillery tour next month…EH Taylor is on the buys list
I love this video. Buffalo Trace is my favorite distillery. Now I'm excited to try some of the top Whiskeys yall ranked.
Seems like a pretty accurate ranking of them. Only surprise is OWA, but still not too shocking knowing what it's up against
Excellent video fellas! Love the scoring system 🥃💪🏻
The Stagg Jr. was not batch 12. 130.2 proof was Batch 14. Batch 12 is 132.3...I think this might have been mixed up
One of your best, honest videos .
Maybe one of my favorite videos of late from y’all … love the rapid fire results!!!! Don’t over think it, just drink it!!!! ❤❤❤
Love the pairings! Can’t find Girl Scout cookies, but fortunately Aldi has clones for Samoas and Tagalongs!
Another fun one. Thanks. Love the blinds, double blinds in particular, of available and affordable bottles. Keep it up. Cheers.
Great artist love them both. The island one is dreamy.
great vid. keep up the good work. looking forward to friday. good luck on matt madness.
Can't wait!
This video is effing awesome! You guys are getting back to basics and your individual idiosyncrasies. *Sorry Dan, big words.😅 I ❤ Junkies.
It think the only surprise was the 107 being so low, but really all of those are great bottles and its not gonna jump too much for my palate if i knew what it was. cool blind.
Been waiting on this video for a minute!!! Great content and I hope I get to try top 3 at least once in my lifetime lol
Should have dumped the remnants ultimate infinity pour….Thanks for confirming my Eagle Rare love
Interesting! I love Stagg. It is one of my favorites.
Fun video to watch but for me it doesn’t matter which one is the best or worst because I can’t find any of them on the shelves anyways 😢
You can't get BT these days? Since they fired the hoarding distributor it's been readily available here
If I win, can I get it aged in a Basil Hayden dark rye barrel?
Would be great to include the cost of each bottle to give a little more context to how good or bad the ratings for each one is...
I really enjoyed this video you all. Great job., fun to watch, funny. Do it again!!
Great video! There are no losers in that line up! For me, Blanton's is #9 (second to last) which moves everything else up. Also Stagg Jr. ahead of EHT SIB. Don't know about #1-2, I'm sure you're right placing them there, gonna have to take your word for it. Sean, I think you might have just had an off day on the other 8.
THESE ARE THE BEST VLOGS!
Despite the video being a little messy organization haha I love this type of content great video 💚🤘
Sean is never ready for the STAGG!
first-timer. Seeing the cat in the promo early on sealed the deal with the subscribe.
I'm glad you guys actually make use of the 100 points range in total, not like other people who effectively use a range between 80 and 100.
And I'm also glad that I'm not the only one detecting a grainy note in many BT products lately. Imo this doesn't correlate with age though, had experienced something similar with a very recent Eagle Rare as well. A lot of heat and roughness probably due to shortened fermentation periods and rushed distillation, neglecting quality to maximize profits. Can't do the same with WLW or GTS, or else, I guess.
Best of luck with your Virtue project, Cheers dudes!
All these things show is that taste is mostly subjective, and we taste and appreciate different things differently on different days. The top will always stand out and the bottom will always be the bottom, but the middle of the road bourbons will always be a more of “what you’re feeling” that kind of day.
100%
The bottom 5 makes sense to me as a whole...although i would have guessed a different order
The 2022 GTS might be the greatest bourbon I've ever tasted in my life. It was transcendent. A supernova of flavor bursting in your mouth.
Agreed, some of my eht single sp are absolutley the best.
Sean, is that a Karas Kustoms? Love that model!
"That smells like nothing". My exact problem with buffalo trace lol
Wow you guys are tough critics. Love the content!
"zhere you ghooo buffahlo traceheshe that'shs the ordershs"
Godspeed gentlemen, you'e done us proud.
Great video fellas. Wild Turkey next?
Yup, I know Mash and Drum just did it but I’d like to see the Junkies do Wild Turkey as well.
I wonder if you have to cleanse the nose just like you cleanse the palate to get everything neutral again.
I’m just happy that I have 6 out of 10 bottles. Nice vid.
Great video! Keep these coming
wow so much whiskey to taste at once. great job. Love this idea. Buffalo Trace has just so many. very crazy. cheers.
Great video! Love a fun double blind!
Finally today (May 18, 2023) I was able to find, buy and taste a bottle of Stagg (22B @130 proof)! [Choir music in the background . . . ) for the first time; after looking for years.
It is soooooooooooooooooooo great. Pricey, yes. Hard to find, yes. But the nose and the flavors are amazing.
As I am not a "proof hound" like you guys, I would rate E. H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch as an "A" and Stagg an "S".
This was exactly what we want to see
top shelf smirnoff on the far right. cheers
Great video! Where would the ER17 fall in this lineup?
For Dan probably 1 or 2, top 3 for me no question
This video made me subscribe. Please do 4 more of these from different distilleries and then take the top 2 from all 5 and have a big dog blind tasting!
Next up - Old Forester!
The hype the hype! Loved this video
This was awesome! Way to be vulnerable guys. 🤣
I always thought RHF was tater bait (read: Lee, Elmer T.) until I actually got a bottle a couple of years ago. It's quite a delicious pour. No shame at all in ranking it above Stagg Jr.
I think you guys nailed it.
which year was the Blanton's? are these all most recent offerings?
I’ve been lucky to have tasted this entire lineup, minus WLW. My top 2 is RHF and GTS, so not too surprised how this panned out.
You need to separate them by proof. Stagg "Jr", EHTBP, and the barrel proof BTAC all drink dramatically different. It'd be interesting to see how all the 80-100 proofers line up against each other - EHT Small Batch & Single Barrel, Weller CYPB/12-year/Special Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, ALL of Mash bill 2.
I agree, jumping back and forth on proof can screw with yer pallet, which they even commented going back a few after getting acclimated towards the end.
I only own and have tasted 10 - 5 and pretty much rank them in that order with Stagg Jr (24A) the clear winner. I've never tried 4 - 1 and can't comment except to say that I definitely want to, especially WLW and GTS. What's interesting is that EHT SB did so well in this blind/3rd, so it sounds like something I need to find even if it's at secondary prices which I prefer not doing.
Fantastic episode!!!!
This is what we love to see
These are really cool. How bout one with finished and one with toasted. For sure do more videos like this though!
Well, that was super fun!
The Buffalo lineup you still can’t go wrong
Can’t say that i agree with all of them but GTS number one and not being close is the truth!
Talking about E.H. Taylor Single Barrel “every time I see one of those…”. What?! I’ve seen ONE and it was, of course, behind the counter, and, OF COURSE, marked up to a RIDICULOUS price that any normal person wouldn’t touch… ugh.
Same test of all of these making old fashioned and sours ? That would be great 👍
I did a blind buffalo trace and had almost the same thing - minus I ended up having ER and ER in front of the EH taylors.
Where would u throw fp and eht bp?
Where do you think Weller Full Proof would of ranked?
No Elmer T Lee? Can understand why there was no Pappy VW
Best contest ever.
EHT single barrel is the highest in the list that I have ever owned. It’s a great pour and bottle. Never Owen any stagg jr or higher options would love to one day though.
Great video fellas!
Guys I recently just got a george t stagg in a raffle...best bourbon I've had yet
Hope you can enjoy every last drop!
Kinda curious why Elmer wasn't apart of this reunion 😅
Wonder how Elmer would have done
Need a bottle of Benchmark Full Proof in this lineup.
Lol "Everytime I see an EH Taylor Single Barrel I am 100% in" I have see it on a shelf once and it was $239.00. I was not 100% in at that price. Same store had a stagg for $450.