Sazerac Rye 18 Year Old

Sazerac Rye 18 Year Old

On of the hardest releases to get this year. I was fortunate enough to taste this with a local club tonight. This rye was aged in warehouse K for 18 years and imo, it's the best of the 2013 BTAC. Nose: Brown sugar, herbal, perfume, bread pudding, cherries. Taste: It's rather light bodied but wow does this have texture. Rather velvety and just a...

Score 92/100

Sazerac Rye 18 Year Old

This review is an update and a supplement to my review entitled Old Saz 2010. It is an interesting and sometimes mysterious thing how the 'living things' that are whiskies have a life of their own and actively evolve after the bottles are open. Bourbons, especially, and rye whiskeys as well, frequently, usually, I would say, shift flavour profiles...

Score 91/100

Sazerac Rye 18 Year Old

I love rye grains in my whiskey, beer, and bread so when I seek out rye imbued products my biggest concern is that you know without hesitation that it is indeed RYE. The Sazerac 18 year old Rye delivers on all fronts and should NEVER be served cut with H20 in my opinion. (Note that the "baby" Sazerac does a darn good job on reflecting...

Score 95/100

Sazerac Rye 18 Year Old

Nose: Much like the William Larue Weller, we're welcomed by an explosion of banana bread. Of course this is rye rather than bourbon, however the Buffalo Trace distillery characteristics still come through, as do those of the rye - spearmint, cauliflower, white chocolate, candle wax and even iodine covered edamame beans. Taste: The beans are still...

Score 91/100