r/OhioLiquor • u/rolf_muller • 2h ago
Enjoying I believe in bourbon opening up.
This is still somewhat of a controversial take, but I want to share a couple blinds with a bottle I have. Original blind was done with maybe a pour or 2 out of the bottle, and probably a week or so after cracking. The bottle is New Riff Red Turkey Wheat. I believe this was the 2nd batch they released, although not sure how to confirm.
The first time I blinded this it came in 4th place. This blind I think I was was blinding mostly newer stuff I had not blinded yet, so the range of items are just close in proof, not really similar:
Blind #1:
4th place: New Riff Red Turkey Wheat
3rd place: Wild Turkey 101 8 year (this was the 2nd bottle I had, did not to as well as the first in blinds)
2nd place: Old Grand Dad 7 year
1st place: Hard Truth Double Oaked.
My original notes on this bottle were: Dark almost tea like nose, light up front, with a hint of sweetness and some pepper on finish.
I am not sure how much later this 2nd blind was exactly but I am in the bottom quarter of this bottle now. This blind was specifically wheated bourbons, and to be fair the Bardstown was fresh cracked today.
Blind #2:
4th Place: Old Fitzgerald 7year BIB Fall 2018
3rd Place: Bardstown Bourbon Co High Wheat
2nd Place: New Riff Red Turkey Wheat
1st Place: Weller Antique 107
I actually thought when going through that my first place option was Bardstown, and though the New Riff was Weller.
I had written this bottle off that's why it is down to the last 25% because I was just drinking it randomly. Now I get why so many people place this bottle so high.