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Sweet Staggy Stagg! Stagg Distillery," which is sometimes shortened to "Geo Stagg" in print. Stagg in liquid form! Stagg Junior The ever-bold Stagg Junior, now just simply 'Stagg', is the uncut, unfiltered Kentucky straight Stagg.

Stagg Junior, the younger, bolder, less refined version of George T. Stagg, is back once again in the limelight. As a dedicated self-proclaimed Stagg man, I've got my work cut out for me keeping the Stagg Hub updated Will 24B be a return to form for Stagg Jr? An average showing. ) This is a Stagg Jr batch for folks who aren't picky about their Stagg Jr batches

When my good friend Jason Kass heard I had not yet tried the 26A release, despite being known as "The Stagg In an era of wildly variable Stagg releases, I was curious to see if 26A could once again march to the understanding that your palate mileage may vary, here's everything I found on the first release of Stagg Overall this is a surprisingly refined Stagg, one that seems to have shaped up after a stint in private place it in the power ranking I maintain in my Stagg Hub article.

This article has been expanded upon with the introduction of " The Stagg Hub " which covers every batch of Stagg Jr and the George T. Stagg bottlings that I've had the chance to try. Recently I was able to blind taste batch 12-18 of Stagg Jr and 2020 George T Stagg all at once (they What are your favorite Stagg Jr batches?

Batch 13 comes right on the heels of what was widely received as one of the best Stagg batches, with Stagg bottling. What a tough act to follow. Proof: 128.4° Age: NAS (~8-12 years) Further identification: Batch 13 was the Winter 2019 release of Stagg It's classic Stagg Junior at its core, but rather unbalanced, perhaps reminiscent of some of the earliest This has to be the weakest performance of any Stagg Jr batch I've tried thus far.

.” – Anatole France What do you do when one of your favorite local liquor stores has a bottle of Stagg I have been a long time fan of Stagg Jr I was excited to get into 25B again, thinking it was going to Batches 25C and 25D started to hit shelves at nuanced proofs, something I have tracked over time in my Stagg I'll give you my power rankings for 2025 down below, but you'll have to check out that Stagg Hub link bourbon, which arrived in winter 2025 Nose:  Oh yes... immediately I find a classic Stagg bourbon nose

The first batch of Stagg Jr from 2023 comes bearing the new naming convention that started last year. If we hadn't gotten this new nomenclature, this would be the 22nd release of Stagg Jr, which you can in Massachusetts... or at least at none of my regular haunts, because I incessantly ask around for Stagg Alrighty then, now that the historical accounting is done - shall we dive in and see if this Stagg is Stagg this year - this is likely the next best thing you actually have the chance to see.

I'm always excited to explore a new Stagg Jr batch. Stagg, this serves as the more accessible opportunity to drink 'straight from the barrels'. If you're still looking for clarity on what all this means, take a gander at the Stagg Jr batch table Vague nuttiness and less-than-desirable spices unfortunately tamp down the usual deliciousness of Stagg this middle-of-the-road score, I'll still be looking forward to the next one, because I'm a sucker for Stagg

from striking up a conversation with @Woodfordbourbonguy on Instagram, running into someone with a Stagg Age: NAS (generally assumed to be 8-12 years) MSRP: $50 Further identification: This is batch 11 of Stagg TL;DR: A classic Stagg Jr profile that delivers with both grace and fruity pizzazz Rating: 4/5 Really the variability in the 2025 and 2026 batches, which you can see shaking out pretty poorly over on the Stagg So were the older Stagg Jr releases just better?

It's time for another Stagg (Jr) batch! Palate: From my first sip I find classic Stagg notes: cherry hots, cinnamon and rich oak. This is probably the first Stagg batch that I would really call "crushable".

.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero If you are on the hunt for Stagg this year, you have come to the right place You'll find my full power ranking at the Stagg Hub , your one-stop shop for all things Stagg Jr. and Stagg. It has all the proofs, the rankings, the history, and more. Part of why I decided to go so deep on reviewing Stagg Jr. batches was because I was the guy standing For a seasoned Stagg Man, this is pretty disappointing overall, but if this was your first-ever Stagg

.” – Albert Einstein I love reviewing all the Stagg Junior releases whenever I can, but this shift towards Palate:  My first sip is a little hot to the tongue, with classic Stagg cherry hots coming across a bit With all heat and no sweet, this batch makes Stagg a dull boy. Check out the batch power rankings on the Stagg Hub , and you'll see just how low this has sunk in the quality range for Stagg Junior.