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Attached are today's bourbon tasting results for your review.
Joe

Wow, that result totally blows me away. I truly adore VWSLB and can't believe it didn't trounce the other two.

I love Van Winkle Lot B as well.......BUT, I've been taking the Weller 107 as my daily pour...I always felt it was very Van Winke-like.

This bolsters my feelings about this nice bourbon. And about half the price.

But I'll always feel Im drinking something special when I drink that Van Winkle!

The concensus was really that the Weller blew the doors off the VWSR. I was kind of surprised too.
Joe

I had a Weller 107 side-by-side with a William Larue Weller last nite.

I diluted both so they were similar proof . . . to about 95 or so.

WELL....instantly the 107 had the better nose! Of course after the 18 year old Weller sat in the glass for a while the better nose started to emerge. As well as the taste.

My point to this was, how MUCH better is a bourbon that costs twice as much....is it twice as good? Not really. Not putting down the WLW....but just surprised to see how good 107 really is. If it were a blind test, I do think I would have given it higher marks than the WLW!

Obviously the WLW has a more complex taste and the flavors or deeper. But the 107 wheater gets high marks from me too!

Michael Hack wrote:...Of course after the 18 year old Weller sat in the glass for a while.........

The WLW is 12 years old.
Has anybody tried the gold veined SW Weller Antique 107. This is even better than the current Antique 107. So both are always a great pour and while we are on the weller subject, I LOVE WELLER 12!!!!! The best pour in the world IMAO. ( of course I'm talking bang for the buck)

Thanks for the updates on your tastings Joe. I gotta come by for one of these one night.

Just goes to show, that there's a lot of damn good bourbons out there that won't break the bank. I enjoy a number of the pricier items such as VW 20, WT Tribute, Blanton's; but the Weller Antique, AAA, Buffalo Trace, Very Old Bartons to name a few are sooooo good for the money.

Joeluka wrote:Has anybody tried the gold veined SW Weller Antique 107. This is even better than the current Antique 107.

I had it back to back with the Frankfort the other night. The SW, IMO was not better than the Frankfort. I liked the Frankfort slightly better.
Joe

JoeBourbon wrote:Attached are today's bourbon tasting results for your review.
Joe

Joe,


I enjoy your group tasting reviews and I can say also that I am a little puzzled by the results. Not that I think Weller Antique is bad, it is one of my favorites, but I assumed that the Winkle stuff is so much better. I do like the Van Winkle line.

Have you thought of doing a tasting of Old Rip 107, Weller 7-107 and say Pure Kentucky XO 107?



Have a 107 shoot out.


Thanks for the blind tasting results


ChuckMick

Chuck,
I have everything except the XO. They don't sell that in PA. Guess I'll get a bottle in Kentucky and have that shoot out down the road.
Joe

You might as well make it a four way shoot out and add Baker's 107.

Mike Veach