re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread

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It's time for a new bottle and trying to decide which one to buy.

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I'd go with the cask strength for sure but I'm a barrel proof fan.

The FR website says the limited edition SB was released mid June. Anyone see any in the wild or read and reviews?

I think most of the bottles in LA are represented in this thread

No review, haven't opened mine yet

Mine came from Mississippi and I dont know if it made it to lafy yet.

Heading to Jackson, Mississippi this weekend. Any stores worthy of a stop? Maybe some OWA107 or EL on the shelf?

I didnt get them myself...I have no idea about any MS stores sorry

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Anyone know how different the various FR recipes are?

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Good info from a blog from a few years ago:

What makes Four Roses a distinctive distillery is its use of two mashbills and 5 yeast strains. This variety gives Master Distiller Jim Rutledge freedom to create bourbons that are so varied you may taste a Four Roses Single Barrel offering using recipe OESV and not recognize that it's from Four Roses. Ok, so before you get too annoyed with the four letter designations I've been throwing around let me explain the mashbill and recipe process from Four Roses.

First, Four Roses uses two mashbills. The "B" mashbill is high rye containing 60% corn, 35% rye and 5% barley. The "E" mashbill contains 75% corn, 20% rye and 5% barley. Now, add to that the fact that they use 5 different yeast strains as follows:

V - Light Fruit
K - Spicy
F - Herbal
O - Rich / Full Bodied Fruit
Q – Floral

By mixing the combination of mashbill and yeast strain, Four Roses has 10 different recipes they can use for their product line. Here are the recipes and the respective details:

OBSV 60% Corn - Delicate Fruity, Spicy, Creamy

OBSK 60% Corn - Spicy Full bodied

OBSO 60% Corn - Slightly Fruity, Spicy, Medium Body

OBSQ 60% Corn - Floral (Rose Petal), Spicy, Medium Body

OBSF 60% Corn - Mint, Fruity, Spicy, Full Body

OESV 75% Corn - Delicate Fruity, Fresh, Creamy

OESK 75% Corn - Spicy, Full Body

OESO 75% Corn - Fruity (Red Berries), Medium Body

OESQ 75% Corn - Floral, Banana, Fresh, Medium Body

OESF 75% Corn - Mint, Fruity, Full Body

Putting all of this together here is what Four Roses has delivered to us, the bourbon community. Their standard Four Roses, 100 proof single barrel bottling is recipe OBSV. Four Roses also offers a Small Batch bourbon that is a marriage of four different recipes (OBSO, OBSK, OESK & OESO).

It was all over in NC when I was there...not a weller 12 in site tho.

4PD

Pretty damn good. I'll need more this one I opened is getting the hurting.