Tasting notes - Old Forester 1920 prohibition style bourbon.
In the video I share my notes on the Old Forester 1920 prohibition style bourbon.
Welcome back to the WhiskeyJake YouTube channel. My name is Jake Clements, and today I want to share my tasting notes for Old Forester's 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon.
Now, these are just my personal flavors that I picked out. Your experience with this whiskey may vary greatly. And that's kind of the fun thing about whiskey, is that everybody gets something different, and every whiskey or bourbon is something different to everyone else.
Also, if you're just getting into it, don't feel intimidated. People start throwing around a lot of tasting notes. Sometimes really the best thing to do is just pour a glass, sit back with a friend and enjoy it. But also, there's so many different factors that go into how we smell and taste different whiskeys on different days, that there are times with this whiskey that one day I got nothing but solid oak in the nose. And then another day I got all this orange and mint and chocolate, so it just really varies.
I want you to keep that in mind, that your palette's going to change. Whenever I'm providing these tasting notes, this is just from a generality over several days of trying it and writing down and taking notes. So I'm going to refer back to my notes.
But the 1920 Style Prohibition is made up of a mash of 71% corn, 18% rye, and 10% barley. It's 115 proof. That's going to be important. And it's aged at least four years that we know of.
So like I said, one day on the nose, I got nothing but this really big oak. But then the other days, I got your banana and sweet vanilla honey. Now on a side note, banana's something I typically get in a lot of Old Forester products on the nose. It's what I smell, anyways. Other days I got baked goods, and then leather, right? So your experience may vary.
So those are notes, but today, that the banana and vanilla are coming in strong. Now keep in mind, it's 115 proof, and it's going to have a presence, especially there at the very beginning. But as that goes away, you're going to get some oak. You're going to get some citrus. I think that certain days I get orange, mint, and chocolate. Other days I get more oak and tannin, but overall it's a very well done bourbon, in my opinion. Now the finish is a little bit more consistent in the fact that it's pretty long and there's a spice to it. That spice is going to be cinnamon or kind of a black pepper to it. Then there are days I get a little bit more butter and banana in that finish, but it is about a medium to long finish with some spice to it.
Like today, that banana, honey, and vanilla. Now there's a little bit of leather in it today. How bourbon can even change for you on a daily basis is one of the super cool things, or what I find fascinating about it. Just because you try a bourbon or whiskey one time doesn't mean just immediately toss it off to the side. Give it a day or two, come back to it. Give it a few tries before you immediately say you like it, or you don't like it. And also keep in mind that the more you get into whiskey, the more your palate is going to evolve and change, and what you did like you may not, and what you don't like, you may like.
Until next time. Cheers.
