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Liquor Acquisitions 2023, 2024, 2025

NewGuy said:
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Might as well try this one as well.
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NewGuy said:
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Might as well try this one as well.
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The e grain bill is a more typical bourbon recipe with less rye that the other you bought. The k yeast strain produces spicy and caramel flavors.

Unlike pretty much every other bourbon maker in KY, four roses changes its grain bill and yeast strain to create most of their flavors. They do not use massive six story rickhouses that move the barrels around over time and vary aging times. Their rickhouses are single stories with the barrels stacked four high and a fairly uniform aging time give or take a month here and there.
 
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A friend brought it back from Mexico. Can’t wait to give it a try!


UPDATE: Poured myself a glass the other night - neat - and it is as smooth as silk. Very nice agave notes, without the heavy fire of regular unaged blanco tequilas. Not like an aged tequila with the smoky notes, but it is a very refined tequila! Which is fascinating for me (matches my thoughts) because the distiller said it's "...twice distilled and aged to perfection for 18 months in American white oak barrels, then carefully charcoal filtered to restore the crisp agave flavor found in Blanco Tequila" I would say they are spot on - smooth like an anejo yet "crisp" like a blanco without the raw alcohol fire.
 
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Acclaym said:
Fortaleza just sat on the shelf with the rest four years ago. Moved to GA and haven't seen a bottle in 3. Not even in the local liquor "museums".
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Yeah same out here in CA... I mean, we can find them for ridiculous prices, but I won't pay that. A buddy found my bottle at a local grocery store for retail - they let him get two so he picked one up for me.
 
Always worried about whiskeys like this - seems to be gimmicky. But - a very nice malt whiskey (scotch like). A nice toasty oakiness and a great long warm finish. Not bad for the price! Well made.
 

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CBoukal said:
Holy shit, we don't need Three Floyds... @SKYDIVNEKD
is it Local?
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At our local Binny's (north of Chicago) I found the Warsprite (straight malt whiskey) and their Wight Vvitch Gin. I saw empty shelf signs for their Bloodforge (Bourbon) and Bubblegum head (Bottle in Bond Malt Whiskey). Would love to try the Bloodforge - knowing the edginess of Three Floyds. I was, though, pleasantly surprised at the Warsprite - not as edgy as I'd thought, and certainly nothing at all like Dead Guy Ale Bourbon. I expected the Warsprite to be finished in Three Floyds barrels, but I do not detect any hop notes at all in the whiskey. I have to say - it is well crafted! Looking forward to finding a bottle of Bloodforge!
 
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At our local Binny's (north of Chicago) I found the Warsprite (straight malt whiskey) and their Wight Vvitch Gin. I saw empty shelf signs for their Bloodforge (Bourbon) and Bubblegum head (Bottle in Bond Malt Whiskey). Would love to try the Bloodforge - knowing the edginess of Three Floyds. I was, though, pleasantly surprised at the Warsprite - not as edgy as I'd thought, and certainly nothing at all like Dead Guy Ale Bourbon. I expected the Warsprite to be finished in Three Floyds barrels, but I do not detect any hop notes at all in the whiskey. I have to say - it is well crafted! Looking forward to finding a bottle of Bloodforge!
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Their Zombie Dust IPA is great George. I'm betting you already know that!
 
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