Single shot on the rocks. Another spirit drunk in my young years. Continue with that floral and fruity character but very soft and almost sweet on the nose. Less harmonious in the mouth and still sparkling, spicy, fresh and harmonious. Easy but appetizing. The dixie spirit, sweet and wet, in a shot.
Servida una medida con hielo. Otra bebida espirituosa de mis años mozos. Continúa con ese carácter floral y frutal pero muy suave y casi dulce en nariz. Menos armonioso en boca y aun así chispeante, especiado, fresco y armonioso. Facilón pero apetecible. El espíritu sureño, dulce y húmedo, en un trago.
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Vintage Bourbon, and Young Opus and D'Yquem on New Year's Eve: This was the first taste, neat, from a sealed bottle of 1970s era vintage Four Roses. Astor Wines had this in their Fine & Rare case. Purchased by them from a private collection. Americans didn't drink much bourbon in the 70s and most of it was sent to Europe.
Well is smells like bourbon! Somewhat mellow as there isn't much perceptible heat on the nose. Notes of warm caramel and butterscotch. Palate pretty smooth and doen't have the same bite a newer bourbon would have.
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Soft and sweet with vanilla, honey and sweet corn, balanced by some drier spices from the rye and some leather, wood, tobacco and wax, all coated in caramel. Some pepper, grass and vanilla in the finish. Simple, straight bourbon. Does what you expect and not much more.
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Four Roses Yellow Label Four Roses Bourbon USA - Kentucky
Prix: 28$
40% alcool
Floral Leger & Délicat
LCBO
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Un délice savoureux sur des notes de caramel. Simplement en ouvrant la bouteille, les agréables aromes vous invitent à partir immédiatement pour le Kentucky. Ce bourbon est si doux et délicieux qu'il vous sera impossible de vous en passer. Malheureusement, cet excellent bourbon n'est pas en vente au Québec. J'ai acheté cette bouteille lors de mon dernier voyage en Californie.
Basic taste trajectory: spearmint chewing gum trampled into the dust and marinated in a mix of caramel, vanilla and gasoline / solvent. Cheers !
Note 4/14/2015: in a desparate attempt to get rid of it by drinking a lot, I found out that mysteriously it gets a bit better if you have a larger amount in the glass. Pour 3 dram (maybe 0,06 l) into a wine glass and have it that way. Moves up a notch this way: 83.
The right application for this: 200 ml milk, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, 30 gr sugar (optional I think), 1-3 dram of this bourbon -> mix ! Source here. Or just pour it over your vanilla ice cream. Correction 4/12/2015: I just noticed that the vanilla ice cream is way better without this bourbon in it.
Note 3/31/2015: industrial solvent/gasoline note seems to have blown off slightly - on the nose, but not on the palate. Yuck ! Back down to 82.
Note 3/26/2015: it's funny, this really is a yoyo. Today it is an 85-86 again.
Note 3/23/2015: this is really bad. From 84 -> 82.
Next day 3/14/2015: Yuck, this has deteriorated ! Industrial solvent/gasoline note has become more dominant. Desperately looking for a cooking application now.
Slightly modified original note from 3/13/2015: A good introduction to what bourbon is all about. Glass almost the exact same cinnamon-amber color as the Bushmills Black Bush which I now (the day after) find to be of higher quality though. Here the nose is very warm, seductive, vanilla-laden, nutty, with heavy dark viennese nougat, and suggests a much higher quality at first. If you smell from the bottle directly, there is an element reminiscent of a red wine made of garnacha grapes with lost of fruit and cinnamon. Typical for bourbon: the cognac note - and I have been wondering before how it gets into bourbon whiskey. But it is a bit of a flash in the pan, soon the somewhat unnerving solvent note dominates. That gets worse once you flood your palate with it, kind of a let down. It cannot keep the nose's promise, there are metallic notes, and while I don't know what gasoline tastes like, for some reason that is what I associate with the solvent note in it, despite the spirit's desparate attempts to cover it with sweetness, more vanilla and some nice oaky notes. Also, don't let it sit in the glass too long, it deteriorates pretty fast. ... Two down, so on my quest for a cheap easy quaffing whisk(e)y, there is still one more candidate to go, the Bushmills 10 (will rewrite my tentative review there once I open my own bottle and take more time with it) before I write off cheap whisky altogether. Nutshell: probably good for its price (got it for 12,49 € / 700 ml). Yet won't buy again - can't see why one would want to drink this at all.
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Finished the bottle on 7/29/14. Notes have been consistent throughout. Nice dessert-like aromatics. During this final tasting, I detected glazed donut on the nose for the first time. A very solid bourbon especially at $15. My final rating is slightly lower than my previous ratings but I've been tasting some excellent bourbons as of late. -90 points-
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Pleasantly surprised! On the nose, there is pine needle, orange, forest floor, bittersweet chocolate, tiramisu, and espresso. The flavor profile is butterscotch, spice, coffee, and sweet buttercream. Smooth and elegant with a nice lingering finish. Excellent price! -92 points-
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No detailed notes recorded during this tasting. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this bourbon considering a price of $14.99. I made the assumption that it would lack complexity, structure, and boldness but it far surpassed my expectations. -91 points-
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Smells like caramel buttered popcorn. Same on the palate with distinct corn syrup flavors - like liquid candy corn! Alcohol in check at 40% but a bit cloying sweet. An un-ironic American take on bourbon?
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8/5/2019 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:
Single shot on the rocks. Another spirit drunk in my young years. Continue with that floral and fruity character but very soft and almost sweet on the nose. Less harmonious in the mouth and still sparkling, spicy, fresh and harmonious. Easy but appetizing. The dixie spirit, sweet and wet, in a shot.
Servida una medida con hielo.
Otra bebida espirituosa de mis años mozos. Continúa con ese carácter floral y frutal pero muy suave y casi dulce en nariz. Menos armonioso en boca y aun así chispeante, especiado, fresco y armonioso. Facilón pero apetecible. El espíritu sureño, dulce y húmedo, en un trago.
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5/7/2019 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 87 Points
Wine Warehouse Spring Tasting, Nose of caramel, butter, and butterscotch, simple, tasty, easy drinking.
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12/31/2018 - 87tellub Likes this wine:
Vintage Bourbon, and Young Opus and D'Yquem on New Year's Eve: This was the first taste, neat, from a sealed bottle of 1970s era vintage Four Roses. Astor Wines had this in their Fine & Rare case. Purchased by them from a private collection. Americans didn't drink much bourbon in the 70s and most of it was sent to Europe.
Well is smells like bourbon! Somewhat mellow as there isn't much perceptible heat on the nose. Notes of warm caramel and butterscotch. Palate pretty smooth and doen't have the same bite a newer bourbon would have.
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8/26/2016 - Wolfe Tone wrote: 70 Points
Soft and sweet with vanilla, honey and sweet corn, balanced by some drier spices from the rye and some leather, wood, tobacco and wax, all coated in caramel. Some pepper, grass and vanilla in the finish. Simple, straight bourbon. Does what you expect and not much more.
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4/20/2016 - Drinker Diary Likes this wine: 90 Points
Four Roses Yellow Label
Four Roses Bourbon
USA - Kentucky
Prix: 28$
40% alcool
Floral
Leger & Délicat
LCBO
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Un délice savoureux sur des notes de caramel. Simplement en ouvrant la bouteille, les agréables aromes vous invitent à partir immédiatement pour le Kentucky. Ce bourbon est si doux et délicieux qu'il vous sera impossible de vous en passer. Malheureusement, cet excellent bourbon n'est pas en vente au Québec. J'ai acheté cette bouteille lors de mon dernier voyage en Californie.
Oeil: Ambré
Nez: Caramel - Miel - Poire
Bouche: Vanille - Fruits - Caramel
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Dégusté le 20 avril 2016
http://www.encoreenboisson.com/#!Four-Roses-Yellow-Label-90pts/cgla/5726147b0cf26b6d6847fe5e
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3/13/2015 - Soteriologist Does not like this wine: 83 Points
Basic taste trajectory: spearmint chewing gum trampled into the dust and marinated in a mix of caramel, vanilla and gasoline / solvent. Cheers !
Note 4/14/2015: in a desparate attempt to get rid of it by drinking a lot, I found out that mysteriously it gets a bit better if you have a larger amount in the glass. Pour 3 dram (maybe 0,06 l) into a wine glass and have it that way. Moves up a notch this way: 83.
The right application for this: 200 ml milk, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, 30 gr sugar (optional I think), 1-3 dram of this bourbon -> mix ! Source here. Or just pour it over your vanilla ice cream. Correction 4/12/2015: I just noticed that the vanilla ice cream is way better without this bourbon in it.
Note 3/31/2015: industrial solvent/gasoline note seems to have blown off slightly - on the nose, but not on the palate. Yuck ! Back down to 82.
Note 3/26/2015: it's funny, this really is a yoyo. Today it is an 85-86 again.
Note 3/23/2015: this is really bad. From 84 -> 82.
Next day 3/14/2015: Yuck, this has deteriorated ! Industrial solvent/gasoline note has become more dominant. Desperately looking for a cooking application now.
Slightly modified original note from 3/13/2015: A good introduction to what bourbon is all about.
Glass almost the exact same cinnamon-amber color as the Bushmills Black Bush which I now (the day after) find to be of higher quality though.
Here the nose is very warm, seductive, vanilla-laden, nutty, with heavy dark viennese nougat, and suggests a much higher quality at first. If you smell from the bottle directly, there is an element reminiscent of a red wine made of garnacha grapes with lost of fruit and cinnamon. Typical for bourbon: the cognac note - and I have been wondering before how it gets into bourbon whiskey.
But it is a bit of a flash in the pan, soon the somewhat unnerving solvent note dominates.
That gets worse once you flood your palate with it, kind of a let down. It cannot keep the nose's promise, there are metallic notes, and while I don't know what gasoline tastes like, for some reason that is what I associate with the solvent note in it, despite the spirit's desparate attempts to cover it with sweetness, more vanilla and some nice oaky notes. Also, don't let it sit in the glass too long, it deteriorates pretty fast.
...
Two down, so on my quest for a cheap easy quaffing whisk(e)y, there is still one more candidate to go, the Bushmills 10 (will rewrite my tentative review there once I open my own bottle and take more time with it) before I write off cheap whisky altogether.
Nutshell: probably good for its price (got it for 12,49 € / 700 ml). Yet won't buy again - can't see why one would want to drink this at all.
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8/2/2014 - maderay wrote: 84 Points
OK. Light bodied, harsh, hard edge, alcoholic
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7/29/2014 - Jwolfer Likes this wine: 90 Points
Finished the bottle on 7/29/14. Notes have been consistent throughout. Nice dessert-like aromatics. During this final tasting, I detected glazed donut on the nose for the first time. A very solid bourbon especially at $15. My final rating is slightly lower than my previous ratings but I've been tasting some excellent bourbons as of late. -90 points-
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5/14/2014 - Jwolfer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pleasantly surprised! On the nose, there is pine needle, orange, forest floor, bittersweet chocolate, tiramisu, and espresso. The flavor profile is butterscotch, spice, coffee, and sweet buttercream. Smooth and elegant with a nice lingering finish. Excellent price! -92 points-
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5/9/2014 - Jwolfer Likes this wine: 91 Points
No detailed notes recorded during this tasting. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this bourbon considering a price of $14.99. I made the assumption that it would lack complexity, structure, and boldness but it far surpassed my expectations. -91 points-
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9/10/2013 - neilemc wrote: 87 Points
Smells like caramel buttered popcorn. Same on the palate with distinct corn syrup flavors - like liquid candy corn! Alcohol in check at 40% but a bit cloying sweet. An un-ironic American take on bourbon?
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