Bourbon Tasting IV

Attending? The usual suspects.. except Fuggles. He had better things to do, like chase mice. We were only going to bring four each, but John has too much bourbon. So two rounds of five and then a final round were he snuck in yet another one!

As usual, we did this as blind as possible. John and I brought four unknowns. Marya poured. Then I mixed them up. Didn't know what anything was until it was all over.

The Lineup

• Breckenridge Bourbon [2]
• Col. E.H. Taylor Single Barrel [3]
• Ezra Brooks 90 Proof from the 90s
• Four Roses LE Single Barrel 2013 [4]
• Hancock's Special Reserve [5]
• Larceny [6]
• Old Rip Van Winkle [7]
• Poor Man's Pappy [8]
• Prichard's Double Barreled [9]
• Weller 12 [10]

Round One

Ryan 1. Poor Man's Pappy 2. Larceny 3. Hancock's 4. C.H. Taylor SB 5. Breckenridge

John 1. Larceny 2. Breckenridge 3. Hancock's 4. Poor Man's Pappy 5. C.H. Taylor SB

Marya 1. Larceny 2. Poor Man's Pappy 3. Breckenrdige 4. C.H. Taylor SB 5. Hancock's

Larceny and Poor Man's Pappy moved on.

Round Two

Ryan 1. Old Rip Van Winkle 2. Weller 12 Year 3. Poor Man's Pappy 4. Ezra Brooks 5. Prichard's Double Barrel

John 1. Ezra Brooks 2. Old Rip Van Winkle 3. Poor Man's Pappy 4. Weller 12 Year 5. Prichar'ds Double Barrel

Marya 1. Ezra Brooks 2. Old Rip Van Winkle 3. Prichard's Double Barrel 4. Weller 12 Year 5. Poor Man's Pappy

Ezra Brooks and ORVW moved on.

Winners' Round

Ryan 1. Old Rip Van Winkle 2. Four Roses LE SB 2013 3. Ezra Brooks 4. Poor Man's Pappy 5. Larceny

John 1. Four Roses LE SB 2013 2. Old Rip Van Winkle 3. Ezra Brooks 4. Poor Man's Pappy 5. Larceny

Marya 1. Ezra Brooks 2. Old Rip Van Winkle 3. Larceny 4. Poor Man's Pappy 5. Four Roses LE SB 2013

The Winner

Well, we were all over the place on this one. Guess the winner would have to go to ORVW. Personally, I liked the Four Roses LE SB 2013 better, but since I knew what I was tasting wasn't in the previous rounds, I knew I couldn't pick it number one in the last round! Not fair to sneak it in... but it was only a sample so I guess we didn't have enough...

Summary

I think the surprise for this round would be the Ezra Brooks from the 90s that John had. Oh, and Poor Man's Pappy isn't too bad. Also, you can't tell from rankings, but most of this stuff is pretty good. Sometimes, it's a toss up to which one is better.