Woodford Reserve Masters Maple Wood Finish

Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Maple Wood Finish

Intro: This is the 2010 release, bottling #5, in the Woodford Reserve Master's Collection of special release bourbons. Prior years have featured Seasoned Oak, Sonoma Cutrer wine barrel finish, 1838 Sweet Mash, and Four Grain bottlings. Woodford Reserve claims that this is the first bourbon ever finished in barrels made from sugar maple wood. No...

Score 89/100

Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Aged Cask Rye

Labrot and Graham Distillery doesn't make rye whiskey. Until now. Woodford Reserve Master's Collection has very recently released a set of two rye whiskeys, both from the same distillate, one aged in new casks and one aged in "aged casks". This is a review of the "Aged Cask Rye". "Aged cask" just means used barrels...

Score 82/100

Woodford Reserve

Batch 622, Bottle 02145. The 750ml bottle has a very interesting flatter shape. I drank this neat with a glass of water on the side. The nose is woody, sweet vanilla. Flavors I found were caramel, sugary maple syrup, nuts, and wood. I found this to be smooth overall but at times I had a slight burn going down. I was looking for something sweeter...

Score 82/100

Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select batch 20

Sample number 2 from @Nelom, who surprised me today with four of my sample bottles refilled with some stuff I don't have. I've never had Woodford Reserve before, and this one is the Distiller's Select batch 20, bottle 2931 opened August 2016 and poured (sample) Aug 28. As per my usual, I do not add water to my bourbons. Nose - Wow! Bright...

Score 85/100