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Bourbon guys: can you differentiate notes/flavors?
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:31 pm
Let’s say you have the following lined up:
Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig, Weller
Can you actually identify flavors/scents or even tell the difference?
If I read the flavor profile, I can identify some things. But if I’m blind, I just get bourbon.
Not talking about higher proof bourbons or strong flavored bourbons a la Angels Envy...
Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig, Weller
Can you actually identify flavors/scents or even tell the difference?
If I read the flavor profile, I can identify some things. But if I’m blind, I just get bourbon.
Not talking about higher proof bourbons or strong flavored bourbons a la Angels Envy...
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Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:36 pm to Challenger2006
I definitely taste cinnamon in Basil Hayden...and some of them definitely have a smokey flavor.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:38 pm to Challenger2006
I taste mostly coke when I drink bourbon. Pappy and coke is the GOAT.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:58 pm to Challenger2006
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Can you actually identify flavors/scents or even tell the difference?
Depends on what you mean by "actually."
Just like with wine, if you let me sip it and ask me about the flavors and notes, what I'm going to say is most likely not going to match up with the description.
Maybe it will, maybe it won't. I don't have that refined of a palate.
But I can tell a difference between bourbons in terms of enjoyment. Elijah Craig is like a vanilla bourbon ice cream. It's by far my favorite and my go-to for sipping bourbon. Basil Hayden is smooth but has a bit of a clove-type undertone. Bulleit is a harder, smokier whiskey.
But no, I'm not going to identify the elements listed in the flavor profile.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 3:11 pm to Challenger2006
Not really. They all kind of taste like caramel and vanilla to me. What I notice more is the "burn" on them. I enjoy ones that are smoother on the palate. I've been to 2 blind tastings and I generally ranked the same ones my favorites - Maker's 46, Eagle Rare, Four Roses Single Barrel.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 3:31 pm to Challenger2006
I took a whiskey class and was surprised by the blind tastings. Yes, I could tell the bourbons were different,and I could isolate ones I liked and did not like, but when it came to things as similar to each other as those listed, I could not name them. I did confirm that the ones I thought I liked going in were ones I liked blind.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 4:01 pm to Challenger2006
I can't say that I'm fancy enough to differentiate between notes, but I tend to gravitate towards smoother bourbons, Weller would be my go-to from that list.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 4:03 pm to Challenger2006
I could 100% identify and name each of those in a blind tasting, but i have had years of practice.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 4:18 pm to Challenger2006
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Can you actually identify flavors/scents or even tell the difference?
I can definitely tell the differences between these. It’s a lot like wine in that regards, with color, consistency, taste, Smell, etc
What I can not do, is list off 6-7 different things I actually taste like ‘vanilla, old leather briefcase, etc’.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 4:25 pm to Challenger2006
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Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig, Weller
send me a bottle of each and let's find out
I think I can tell these 4 apart, mostly because I have had quite a bit of all 4 of them and definitely have a preference.
As far as some of the descriptions I read for different ones, I don't really pick out all the notes and such
Posted on 8/6/20 at 5:25 pm to Challenger2006
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Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig, Weller
I know what I like, but I probably wouldn’t get the notes that the distiller tells me I’m supposed to get
BT - I like this bourbon, it’s just a little thin.
Eagle Rare - love eagle rare. Get a lot of caramel out of it
EC - depends on the barrel, but sometimes it’s deep and spicy, sometimes it’s astringent.
Weller - had the special reserve around Christmas and I didn’t care for it.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:09 am to Challenger2006
Eagle Rare is kind of like regular coke to buffalo trace's diet coke, everything is more pronounced. That might be the only 2 I got right.
I've yet to meet someone who I actually believe could take a blind taste test and pick up all of the notes of "fresh cut grass, and chocolate covered cherries" I might be able to pick up a little "fruit" or a little "vanilla" but someone who can dissect every part of it is extremely rare.
I've yet to meet someone who I actually believe could take a blind taste test and pick up all of the notes of "fresh cut grass, and chocolate covered cherries" I might be able to pick up a little "fruit" or a little "vanilla" but someone who can dissect every part of it is extremely rare.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:28 am to Challenger2006
quote:frick no I cant
Let’s say you have the following lined up:
Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig, Weller
Can you actually identify flavors/scents or even tell the difference?
I simply know whether I like something or I dont like something
Posted on 8/7/20 at 5:02 pm to Challenger2006
here is a Bourbon Tasting Sensory Kit I've seen these for beer and wine too butam too cheap to fork over $150 for a kit.
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24 aromatic essences that cover the spectrum of aromas typically found in Bourbon Whiskies A 40 page manual that walks you through the training, and includes a guide to recreating the aroma profiles of major Bourbon brands Aroma strips, which allow each aroma to evolve over time just as Bourbon evolves after time in the glass A scoresheet that reinforces what you've learned from session to session
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:18 pm to Challenger2006
No. It’s all marketing. Same goes for wine.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:45 pm to Challenger2006
more than likely
Posted on 8/8/20 at 12:16 am to Challenger2006
Yes and no.
Taste not as much once a certain quality is reached.
Smell? 100000% percent
Taste not as much once a certain quality is reached.
Smell? 100000% percent
Posted on 8/8/20 at 2:06 pm to Challenger2006
Nope I either like it or I kinda like it.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 2:13 pm to Challenger2006
I say EFFE the diffrent hints of flavor. Its marketing to get more money IMO.The biggest diffeence are the alcahol content. Which most call the burn. I havnt found a bourbon that i dont like.
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