Each of the 2020 batches were quite special in their own way and I remember blinding them six ways from From some of the aforementioned blinds, I remember A120 was my favorite batch of the 2020 releases, and

Recently I was able to blind taste batch 12-18 of Stagg Jr and 2020 George T Stagg all at once (they Though I was blinded to which glass was which - I will be posting post-reveal as to not lead to unnecessary

@amongstthefernsco will be helping me to blind each pour. Each night over the 12 (or is it 13?) Doing these tastings blind will remove any bias I might currently carry towards or away from any specific matchup, there will also be a first loser recycling rule in effect so every recipe will get at least two blind I’m a bit surprised by the result here, but blind tasting never lies! Overall OBSO was made to feel a little bland in this comparison somehow.

I would love to blind this against a good 6-8 year 95/5 rye from MGP or Bardstown Bourbon Co.

some other powerhouse pours that have come out of Heaven Hill in recent years, this bottling is pretty bland

I had a blast documenting my own evaluation process, choosing to taste blind (on camera), resulting in

I had tasted this a few times in some pretty heavy hitting rye blind flights and it never rose to the

Nosing late in the glass offers a touch of earthiness that also comes across as bland and flat.

Another layer of fun is removing any label hype by serving them up mixed up & blinded by the lovely Brittany Coming from the same guy that identified a brand, proof and the fact it was a store pick correctly blind

TL;DR: A bland Irish whiskey that is slightly creamy in flashes but downright boring most of the time

Having recently explored a blind line-up of hyper-aged whiskeys , I'm excited to dive in and see what

For a distillery known for mind-bending, world-scale quantities of the global market's best-selling Old