Name: Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
Color: Copper
Nose: Corn, malt, vanilla, oak, caramel
Taste: Corn, vanilla, wood, caramel finish
Woodford Reserve comes from Versailles in Northern Kentucky and is officially titled Labrot & Graham Distillery. It was founded in the 1830’s and it has changed ownership over the years. It is considered a premium Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon and over one million cases per year are produced.
The Double Oaked expression is richer, darker, and smoother tasting than the regular Woodford Reserve Bourbon. It is bottled at 46.2% abv and finished in two barrels with one that is deeply toasted and then lightly charred. The bottle shape, along with the price, are different that the baseline expression. Overall, this bourbon is very good and smooth to drink.
Woodford holds a special place in my heart as it was my first introduction to good whiskey and distillery tour. I visited in 2007, or as I like to say, about three weeks before Madmen became the cultural phenomena. I was living in Florida at the time and no one was drinking whiskey in bars. A week after Madmen aired on AMC, everyone was drinking and Old Fashioned and Manhattans. Luckily for me I switched from my gin and tonics just before!
Other expressions: Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, Woodford Reserve Straight Rye Whiskey, Woodford Reserve Straight Malt Whiskey, and Woodford Reserve Wheat Whiskey. There are also limited releases and many of them are associated with the Kentucky Derby.
Priced around $65 and worth the money and would make a great holiday or party gift.
If you like it, drink it! – Chris
If you like it, drink it!
