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Cracked this bottle for America's 250th🇺🇸🎆

Price: $150

Color: dark as motor oil

Mash bill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% malted barley

Nose: big, funk, oak, deeply warm, brown sugar, vanilla, dark cherry, baking spices, has a wine note, kind of a dark chocolate note. This nose is incredible.

Palate: big, instant sweet oak, dark fruit I'm assuming from the wine cask, orange zest, cookie dough notes, amazingly balanced, the proof intensifies all the flavors. Coats my mouth and can almost chew on it.

Finish: long, robust, oak funk, some soft tobacco, char, baking sweetness all around

Overall: WOOOOOOOOOOW. Just fucking wow. I've never had this brand ever in my life and if this is how they do their thing? I'm all in. Big, bold, finesse, sophisticated, deep rich flavors, the wine cask finish is phenomenal. Not overly proofed. It literally hits all the notes I love. It has this deep sweet and oak dance that isn't overly sweet, nor overly oaked. It's just...perfect.

Value: do you have to ask? Well worth $150 and would pay unreasonable amounts for this. Grab yours before I buy the whole stock.

Rating: 9.4/10

Price: $90

Mash bill: 95% rye, 5% malted barley

Nose: rye, kind of bright, some fruit, oak, baking spices. Clean comes to mind. Really pleasant nose on this.

Palate: medium body, rye, brown sugar, vanilla, oily, herbal, soft oak. Very balanced and kind of sophisticated honestly. It's very easy on the palate while giving me depth and some good brightness with the rye.

Finish: medium-long. Finish starts strong and starts to fade and left with rye and oak. The finish is really an herbal, rye, oak, tobacco finale that's really smooth. Little bit of bitter oak on the palate after it truly ends, but it's enjoyable if you like that kind of note.

Overall: this is really good. Lasso Motel has been my latest sneaky link. It's just so damn smooth and packed with a brighter rye which is not the thing I usually gravitate towards. I love rye and deep beefy notes are my jam, but this is really kind of silky. Just a smooth ass rye.

Design: the bottle design is 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼. Top 3 right now.

Value: well worth the price and would pay more for it.

Rating: 8/10

Price: $80

Nose: vanilla, brown sugar, rye, oak, cookies. Love the nose on this

Palate: vanilla, cookies, brown sugar, rye spice, carmel. Coats my entire mouth. Feel like I can chew on it.

Finish: long, oaky, rye, subtle char, some brown sugar that dissipates and let's the other characteristics take over. The rye really lasts and it's quite good and is welcomed finish after the sweet notes on the palate.

Overall: this bottle is very very good. It's a sweeter rye, but doesn't loose it's core purpose of being a rye. Feels like a bottle that could convert someone who isn't big on rye. From nose to finish, it's really good. Big flavor, big nose, long finish. Doesn't get much better imo at $80.

Value: a must get

Rating: 8.5/10

..and cheers to all who celebrate Her existence, and are blessed to be one of Her citizens.

As to the EW Single Barrel Vintage... it's tried and true EW... very HOT EW. Yeah, it's the first pour, so I'm hopeful that a little bottle breathing will calm it down a tad. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad at all. Just a bit of a cinnamon spice bomb.

Kind of appropriate for a holiday celebrated with fireworks I guess.

My lineup for today

I don't know if that Garrison Bros. is supposed to be a 250th commemorative bottle, but it sure does present like one. I might have to crack that tonight along with the Evan Williams. Happy Independence Day to all!

That's really not an easy shot to score all four points.

GLENFIDDICH XS 15 YEAR OLD

Finished in Oloroso Sherry Casks

Matured in American and European oak, then finished in indulgent Oloroso sherry casks, it balances green apple brightness with warming cinnamon spice. Layers of oak sweetness bring vibrancy and depth- a refined expression for every occasion.

GLENFIDDICH XS 18 YEAR OLD

Finished in Moscatel Sherry Casks

Double-matured in American and European oak before a finishing flourish in rare Moscatel sherry casks, this expression deliversvelvety richness and full-bodied depth. Fragrant caramelised fruit, treacle toffee and dried apricot evolve with every sip.

Single barrel win 2-0 for taste, 15yr won 0-2 nose..both are an amazing pour
Happy Birthday America

My wife might not understand but I needed this to add to my already out of hand collection. I need more friends to drink with lol

Hi guys. I just found this bottle in my liquor collection and am just wondering if this is a special edition Makers Mark. I noticed it's not in the usual bottle.

Thanks!