Bourbon (and Rye) Tasting VII

Finally, we're outdoors again! Yeah, summer! I now fully embrace high-proof ryes for tastings because we have a tendancy to pick them. Although, personally, I'm still not convinced I like rye.

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Finally, we're outdoors again! Yeah, summer! I now fully embrace high-proof ryes for tastings because we have a tendancy to pick them. Although, personally, I'm still not convinced I like rye.

Attending: John, Ryan, Marya and Fuggles!

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

The Lineup

Alberta Dark Rye
Black Saddle Bourbon [2]
Collingwood 21 Year Canadian Rye
Michter's Barrel Strength Rye [3]
Smooth Ambler Contradiction [4]
Stagg Jr. 132.1 [5]
Temperance Trader Chinato Barrel Aged Bourbon [6]
Willett 8 Year Rye [7]

Round One

Ryan

1. Smooth Ambler Contradiction [4]
2. Collingwood 21 Year Canadian Rye
3. Black Saddle Bourbon [2]
4. Michter's Barrel Strength Rye [3]

John

1. Collingwood 21 Year Canadian Rye
2. Smooth Ambler Contradiction [4]
3. Black Saddle Bourbon [2]
4. Michter's Barrel Strength Rye [3]

Marya

1. Collingwood 21 Year Canadian Rye
2. Smooth Ambler Contradiction [4]
3. Michter's Barrel Strength Rye [3]
4. Black Saddle Bourbon [2]

Collingwood and Contradiction moved on.

Round Two

Ryan

1. Willett 8 Year Rye [7]
2. Stagg Jr. 132.1 [5]
3. Temperance Trader Chinato Barrel Aged Bourbon [6]
4. Alberta Dark Rye

John

1. Willett 8 Year Rye [7]
2. Stagg Jr. 132.1 [5]
3. Alberta Dark Rye
4. Temperance Trader Chinato Barrel Aged Bourbon [6]

Marya

1. Willett 8 Year Rye [7]
2. Stagg Jr. 132.1 [5]
3. Alberta Dark Rye
4. Temperance Trader Chinato Barrel Aged Bourbon [6]

Willett & Stagg Jr. moved on.

Winners' Round

Ryan

1. Smooth Ambler Contradiction [4]
2. Collingwood 21 Year Canadian Rye
3. Willett 8 Year Rye [7]
4. Stagg Jr. 132.1 [5]

John

1. Collingwood 21 Year Canadian Rye
2. Willett 8 Year Rye [7]
3. Smooth Ambler Contradiction [4]
4. Stagg Jr. 132.1 [5]

Marya

1. Collingwood 21 Year Canadian Rye
2. Smooth Ambler Contradiction [4]
3. Willett 8 Year Rye [7]
4. Stagg Jr. 132.1 [5]

The Winner

Surprisingly, an 80 proof Canadian Rye won. It has an amazingly floral nose. Very distinct. Personally, I may have picked the Contradiction over it because I thought it was the Stagg, Jr. (which I had brought). Also, stay away from Michter's.

Summary

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	What Fuggles really thinks of our tastings! Yawn!	Tasting notes. Note, brands written after the fact...
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Links:
[1] https://www.pancake.org/node/855
[2] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/unknown/black-saddle-bourbon/
[3] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/unknown/michters-barrel-strength-rye/
[4] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/mgp-ingredients-inc/smooth-ambler-contradiction/
[5] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/buffalo-trace/stagg-jr/stagg-jr-3-132.1/
[6] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/unknown/temperance-trader-bourbon-chinato-barrel-aged/
[7] https://www.tawbars.com/distilleries/unknown/willett-family-estate-single-barrel-rye/willett-rye-8/
[8] https://www.pancake.org/node/850
[9] https://www.pancake.org/node/851
[10] https://www.pancake.org/node/852
[11] https://www.pancake.org/node/854
[12] https://www.pancake.org/node/849
[13] https://www.pancake.org/node/856
[14] https://www.pancake.org/node/870