![]() batches I will certainly buy, when I find them at or near msrp-I would say around $70 is the top price I’d be willing to pay. It makes no sense, either financially or experientially.īut, I did buy it. That alone makes me not wish to buy the Colonel E.H.Taylor Barrel Proof again. These whiskeys are so similar that both the packaging and price difference seem an almost cynical joke on consumers. bottles I might have picked up for the same price. in a taller, skinnier, more brightly labelled bottle, I’d have preferred the two or three Stagg Jr. But the rich caramel and chocolate are recognizable from the Stagg. In fact the Taylor is now significantly lacking in the cherry and apple notes it too had at uncorking. The Taylor has developed a distinctive herbal note I didn’t catch at uncorking, and this dry element now distinguishes it from the fruitier Stagg. The Stagg is now less hot than it was at first, and has continued to lean into its cherry and chocolate aspects. With three weeks to take a bit of air, these two bourbons do taste more distinct from one another than they did at their uncorkings. ![]() comes out more often and at significantly less cost. It’s good but I can’t see a reason to spend the money when Stagg Jr. STAGG – Can’t, except maybe on the secondary market and then I wouldn’t want to pay the inevitable price. TAYLOR – For similar reasons I understand why this is sought after, but the price is a big big turn off STAGG – I absolutely understand why this batch was so admired and hunted it’s rich and decadent TAYLOR – caramel, chocolate, oak, and a sprinkling of the dry herbal element, with a spikier pepperiness than the Stagg despite Taylor sporting a lower proof STAGG – chocolate and cherry with a nice fine tingle from the peppery proof, all lingering a long, long time… TAYLOR – also good, but with a slight herbal twist to the rich caramel that greets the palate up front, then chocolate, some rich coffee, and finally oak-a notable absence of the fruit elements STAGG – so good cherry and caramel right up front, a peppery edge but very smooth for the proof, and then a nice clear and rich chocolate note on swallowing ![]() TAYLOR – dusty oak, more cherry up front than apple, then the apple, ground black pepper, rich caramel, an herbal element like dried straw or long stemmed grasses, after some time the apple receding a bit more behind the cherry STAGG – apple juice, dusty oak, caramel like on a caramel apple, faint sweet cherry pie filling, after some time the apple and cherry coming more into balance STAGG – a nice clear “bourbon” orange, very autumnal like lightly roasted pumpkin, with hints of dark brass Bowman Pioneer Spirit Single Barrel to warm up my palate, given it’s sourced from Buffalo Trace and shares the same mash bill as Stagg Jr. Both were tasted in traditional Glencairns. Batch #12 and one pour into the 2019 Colonel E.H. Barrel Proof Barrel Strength Barton Belle Meade Benchmark Ben Holladay Black Label Blended Whisky Bottled-in-Bond Bottled in Bond Bourbon Brandy Brown-Forman Buffalo Trace Bulleit Canada Canadian Rye Canadian Whisky Cask Strength Cognac Company Distilling Craft Whiskey Crown Royal Delord Diageo Discovery Dusty Elijah Craig Evan Williams Finished Bourbon Finished Whiskey Four Roses France Fred Minnick Frey Ranch Heaven Hill Holladay Distillery Indiana Jack Daniel Jewish Whisky Company Jim Beam Jim Rutledge Johnnie Walker Joseph Magnus Kentucky Knob Creek KSBW Larceny Light Whiskey Limited Edition Maker's Mark MGP Michter's Missouri Nancy Fraley NCF Nevada New Riff New York Old Forester Peerless Port Wine Finish Private Selection Rye Rye Whiskey Scotch Scotland Seagram's Single Barrel Single Cask Nation Small Batch Soft Red Wheat South Carolina Tennessee Tennessee Whiskey Washington Wheated Bourbon Whiskey Whisky White Label Wilderness Trail Wild Turkey Wood Finishing Series Woodinville X.O.So here we are, about three weeks after uncorking, four pours into the Stagg Jr. ![]()
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