Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2019
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Distiller:
Brown-Forman
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Bottler:
Brown-Forman
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ABV:
52.5%
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Age:
11 Years
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: SpiritSurveyor
- Excerpt: At retail price, I think it’s worth the horrible footprint of the bottle.
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- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: A lengthy finish hits with some heat up front, showcasing menthol, tannic oak, cedar, barrel char, cinnamon, and still more vanilla.
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- Raided Score: 93
- Publication: WhiskyCast
- Excerpt: The finish is long, slightly astringent, and subtle. Excellent!
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- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: Breaking Bourbon
- Excerpt: All around it’s a Birthday Bourbon edition that you’ll not only want to seek out, but make sure that you open up to enjoy. It would be a shame to keep collecting dust on a shelf as the whiskey waiting inside is well worth enjoying while you can.
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- Raided Score: 93
- Publication: Whisky Advocate
- Excerpt: The lengthy finish draws out cola, dark chocolate, leather, and pepper. Sip slowly; it continues to evolve in the glass.
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- Raided Score: 96
- Publication: The Whiskey Wash
- Excerpt: I enjoyed the higher proof, resulting in a bolder flavor profile. It is certainly a sipper, especially as your palate grows accustomed to the bolder flavors and other nuances emerge.
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- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: Drinkhacker
- Excerpt: While it’s unabashedly, aggressively sweet, the whiskey has enough dusky spice and earthiness to it to bring it out of the sugar bowl, at least for a little bit. The finish makes me think of a sweet tea… but, hey, not too sweet.
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- Raided Score: 90
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: This is pretty nice - certainly the best I’ve had in a long time from the Birthday Bourbon line.
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Intro:
This is an annual release from Old Forester in their Limited Expression line. Aged for 11 years, 120 barrels were distilled on Mar 15, 2008 and bottled in 2019.
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Nose:
Sweet cream, rich cherry and strawberry. Pungent pipe tobacco. Passion fruit, vanilla bean and werthers caramel. Nice oaky note.
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Taste:
Rich banana fosters, medium mouth feel. Some heat, honey, cherry and toffee. Excellent oak structure.
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Finish:
Short to medium in length, nice oak here with cocoa, toffee and strawberry. Bit of heat, but not bad.
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Overall:
This is pretty nice - certainly the best I’ve had in a long time from the Birthday Bourbon line.
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Score:
6
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources