According to Chad Watson, the barrel operations manager for Rare Character, this is batch number 3 of 5 TL;DR: There is complexity & balance abound on this cohesive blend Rating: 4/5 (Really good; I want one it certainly lacks some wow factor for me and therefore it doesn't end up breaking into my elusive 5/ 5 score. Quickly comparing this bottle against a few calibration pours reveal that it does fall neatly into the 4/5

marriage of Four Roses' two recipes, which each have their own mash bills OBSV: 60% corn, 35% rye, 5% malted barley OESK: 75% corn, 20% rye, 5% malted barley Proof: 107.8° Age: 10 years (a blend of 10 year TL;DR: A wonderfully unique whiskey, likely never to be reproduced in quite the same way Rating: 4.5/5

Rating: 4/5 This is a whiskey that has stood the test of time.

straight bourbon whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: 70% corn, 21% rye, 9% malted barley Proof:  100 ° Age:  5 delightful dram filled with all the notes one would expect from a well-composed bourbon Rating:  4/5

Label:  Redwood Empire Distilling Whiskey Type: Straight Rye Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages:  90% rye, 5% malted barley, 5% wheat Proof:  115.2° Age:  8 years MSRP:  $120 Further Identification:  This is single DR: An earthy, woodsy rye that transports the sipper right to where this whiskey was made Rating:  4/5

Rating: 4/5 Buy Henry McKenna Bourbon Here Brook trout caught by yours truly

Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages:  70% Kentucky-grown corn, 21% rye, 9% malted barley Proof:  117.3 ° Age:  5 Further identification:  A blend of 5, TL;DR: a full proof filled with promising potential if balance can be restored Rating:  3/5 ( Decent.

Rating: 4/5 Old Fitzgerald 14 Year Review Nose: Indulgent, creamy caramel forward first nosing. Rating: 4/5 Final Ranking: Old Fitz 14 > Old Fitz 11 The 14 year release was really close to earning a 5/5 from me tonight, but the palate just didn't have the wow factor some of my 5's have exhibited.

blend of 18, 17, 9 & 4 year old Kentucky straight bourbon, 10 and 4 year Kentucky straight rye, and a 5 TL;DR: A wonderful return to classic bourbon notes with plenty of vanilla to go around Rating: 4/5 (Really The closest other comparison for the new blend here would be Chapter 5. Revisiting 5 shows a whiskey that has more citrus than the new batch. Little Book Chapter 1 Through 7 Ranking: Chapter 2 > 7 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 1 > 6

and E mash bills; if we assume equal parts of each mash bill were used (B being 60% Corn, 35% Rye, 5% Malted Barley & E being 75% Corn, 20% Rye, 5% Malted Barley) we would arrive at something like 67.5% Corn, 27.5% Rye, and 5% Malted Barley Proof: 114.2° Age: NAS on the bottle (but it is listed as a blend Rating: 4/5 (Really good; I want one of these on my shelf.) on ranking nose over palate, but if I did have to rate this on just nose alone it would easily be a 5

Will we see 5 batches in 2025? I hope not. TL;DR: Another quotidian, mid-tier release that fails to live up to past successes Rating:  3/5 ( Middle

: Batch 1: 134.5° (2012) Batch 2: 135.4° (2013) Batch 3: 129.0° (2014) Batch 4: 127.2° (2015) Batch 5: TL;DR: A quotidian blend of Kentucky bourbon from Buffalo Trace Rating:  3/5 ( Decent. It has moments of glory in which I was considering a 4 out of 5 score, but ultimately, with several tastings