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Kurt and Trent, I had an idea for a episode. A blind tasting with bourbons that have the name "old" in their title. (ie: Old Forester, Old Grandad, Old Fitzgerald...etc.) You can call it "OLD" Timers Day. Love the show, your honest opinions and reviews. Keep up the good work!
I just ordered a bottle of Westward Cask Strength from the distillery and made sure to let them know you recommended it. Can’t wait to try it! Thanks guys!
I'm a big Turkey fan. I bought a bottle of Wild Turkey 101 Single Barrel. I thought it tasted just like WT 101 but, cost about twice as much. Would like to see a blind of the 2 with 4 glasses. 2 of each & see if you can tell the difference.
Westward is awesome and the Cask Strength is my favorite. Bitter sweet others are going to find this hidden gem. Might have to pick up another bottle before it takes off. Great video as always.
I would love if y’all reviewed the Hooten Young 15 barrel proof… I have seen next to no reviews of it and it’s one of my favorite sips. I would like to know what the pros think!!??
Westward cask strength is great stuff. I have a bottle. For what it offers, it isn't too costly. Another single malt that is dessert-like in a roughly similar way is Paul John Mithuna, from India. It is intense and complex. Unfortunately, its available is spotty, and it is rather expensive. Still, I'm glad I splurged on a bottle - I have been enjoying it. I also have a bottle of J.T. Meleck, but it is a cask strength single barrel pick. It's good too. Maybe the next time I get into my whisky, I should taste all three of these side by side.
I absolutely love the father/son, good natured "clowning" dynamic that you two have for each other. Kurt, you seem to have a damn good kid there, and Trent, I can tell that you are a product of great parenting. Not trying to get all sappy here on you guys, but I just wanted to complement the relationship that you two have. You see, on May 28 of this year, I lost my father to a stroke, and sorely miss the similar back and forth banter between he and I. So Trent, you hang on to that old fart for as long as you can.
Yes, Hooten and Young are veterans, they were in Operation Gothic Serpent, or as a lot of folks know it as, Black Hawk Down, or the Battle of Mogadishu. They were some of the main characters featured in the movie
The JT Melecks are outstanding if you can get a cask strength store pick. I live in New Orleans and have been able to grab seven different store picks. I have been sharing the brand with coworkers while I am in Ohio for work.
I almost never comment on RU-vid videos and I am a long-time fan of the channel. Being out of Portland, it's great to see Westward gaining more popularity as they are a fantastic team and an awesome distillery to go tour. I have most of their bottles, but you two NEED to get your hands on their Sourdough Whiskey as it is such a unique experience of a pour. My personal favorite of all their offerings.
I love going into that distillery to get bottles. The Cask Strength and Rum Cask are my favorite so far. I keep hearing good things about the Sourdough one..and the Sauternes was tasty
I second this, I also toured the distillery recently, and tried five or six of their offerings, and the bottle I came home with was the Ken’s Artisan Pizza collaboration made from their sourdough yeast strain. It is phenomenal!
@@jasonleavitt2559 I'll definitely have to try it. I'm looking forward to the Cognac cask. Westmoreland Liquor has a Pinot Noir cask strength store pick for $120 that I've been wanting to grab for some time
I live in Louisiana and JT Meleck QUICKLY became one of my favorites (not only is it local but it isn't bad like most other local whiskeys/bourbons that are made here). Price is great, taste is phenomenal, couldn't ask for more
This was great. Great to see rice and barley on the bartop. My dad and I were just lamenting the import tax on Scotch. We just aren't going to pay $60+ for 750ml bottles of whiskey.. we can't. And it would be so exciting if American Single Malt was coming up as a domestic barley whiskey option for regular folks, but it's not. They're charging $60+ just like the imports, yet without the import tax in the equation. So, yeah, no, American Single Malt. IIf you want more American customers, charge American prices, not prices that are same as imports from Scotland.
Balcones Distilling has several barley whiskies. The only one I've had is the Lineage Texas Single Malt, which is $40 here. It's not an American version of Scotch - it has the fruitiness of a 100 barley mash bill, but the aromas and flavors are intense and dense and forceful. It has both dark notes, and bright tropical notes, plus the distinct "Balcones touch" that comes from the combination of toasted barrels and the Texas climate. In my judgment it's worth $60, and I'm glad it isn't, because $40 is usually the upper end of my budget.
My tastes run between both Kurt and Trenton and I was looking for a change so I tried the Westward Single Malt Cask. I was blown away by how smooth it was and it did not drink at 125 proof. I was so impressed that I got he Rum finished single malt (100 proof) also. It is just as impressive. Thanks for brining this to my attention.
Living in the great Pacific Northwest, I am really familiar with the Westward line from Oregon- phenomenal!!! I still feel like its relatively unknown, Check out the stout version!
My uncle was very bald...and "hair" are a couple of his quips... Grass doesn't grow on a busy street...so for those of you with hair on your head...traffic must be sparse! Can you comb your hair with a wash cloth? I can God only made a couple of perfect heads...on the rest He put hair.
I tried Bannack in a mini, I allways try to buy minis of I can, I dont want to waste a lot of money on something I dont like, that being said, Bannacks Scotch smelled great, really fruity, When I tasted it, it tasted like mud how can people drink this stuff .
I concur..Uncle Nearest is just awful for me. Oh and Trenton..the name of that grass and stuff that grows up out of the ground...are classified as "grasses" :)
SLB Classics 0:03 Kurt takes a turn struggling with words 1:09 Fun Mom blind!! 3:00 Sticky note to the rescue 4:49 Trenton tasting face 5:23 Trenton makes some poor food eating choices before tasting 6:27 Trenton might eat a brick at the next livestream 6:45 Burning kent about being “bald” 7:47 A very surprised Trenton tasting face 9:22 Kurt likes to say fudgy his own special way 10:38 Trenton wants to make a prediction 11:38 Kurt can’t read Trenton’s chicken scratch no matter what 12:03 Trenton really wants to make a PG13 episode 12:29 Trenton and Kurt turn into crabs with their hands 13:08 Story time with Trenton 17:44 Trenton goes from a wet log smell to loving it 19:22 Trenton is going to need to eat a brick 21:42 Kurt guesses for Trenton and Trenton guesses the bourbon, and they’re both wrong 23:47 Trenton is about to tap a barrel 24:10 there was no sticky note so the price didn’t make it 25:43 Trenton imagines being a cow drinking whiskey 26:15 great grammar and nod (single)
Trent if you want to try a great drink with heavy cream try this sneaky Bev. 2 oz whiskey 1 oz kahlua 1/2 oz baileys Irish cream Pour over ice and stir Then top with 1/2 oz heavy whipping cream Gently mix Cheers 🥃🥃
I wish my nose was half as good as either of you. I can pick up thr proof but not much more than Carmel notes. Sitting here watching you while sipping Cedar Ridge Bottled in Bond Rye, which is excellent!
J.T. Meleck Distilleries is about three hours away from Kiln, MS. It is worth the trip to visit Crittenden Distilleries and do a tour. Please consider it and try their bonded bourbon. At least look for it while in LA and give it a review. It's a non-sourced, local, craft distillery. The first bottle they released was a four year that super good for a small company.
This is a tough call on whether or not Trenton has to eat a brick. I suppose it depends on how pedantic you want to be. Nowhere on that bottle is the word bourbon, as far as I'm aware. It is a Tennessee Whiskey as deemed by the producer. However, all Tennessee Whiskey technically qualifies to be bourbon and is so considered bourbon by NAFTA. I think, on technicalities, Trenton has to eat a brick! 😂
Y'all are in for a blast with the folks at jt Meleck. Enjoy your pick! Be sure to go to Social Southern Table and Bar if y'all come a little further east to Lafayette! Wont regret it at all
Got a question for y’all (maybe a good video idea?) Does temperature affect the smell and taste of bourbon? Like just above freezing, room temp, or even like warmed up?
Uncle Nearest 1884 - is it a tobacco leaf note? I grew up in Owensboro and my grandfather had tobacco, so I can remember the smell but I know most people would have no idea about green tobacco. And being covered in the sap during harvesting. But those tobacco worms were juicy and delicious! 😝
Great episode- Thank you so much Rebecca! These types of episodes get the guys and me and my husband to step out of our usual go to bourbons. After Trenton’s reaction to the Westward American Single Malt we found it at a great liquor store near our son’s in San Jose, California (Royal Liquor). Anyway Trenton you were 💯 on the chocolatety-malty taste! I never would’ve bought this on my own without this Vlog- thanks again Rebecca, Trenton & Kurt, great find! Fruit forward first with a super unique chocolate-malt finish and nice Kentucky hug at the end. Great new edition to our collection!
Glad you are coming to visit Still Austin here. Hopefully run into you guys and give you a sample of this years Monster Mash release that came out last week!
I'm in Louisiana and JT Meleck is good. Still Austin and JT barrel picks from you guys are sure to be great! Si that something your viewers would be able to get or are they spoken for already?
I covet that Westward Cask Strength!! Sits on my top shelf. I also own that J.T. Meleck but as a single barrel called Rice, Rice, Baby! A favorite pour to drop on my bourbon drinking buddies who are always surprised by rice whiskey
I live about 40 minutes from the JT Melek distillery. I have to say they make a fantastic whiskey. I do have a single barrel cask strength of it and it's turned up quite a bit. Phenomenal whiskey.
Tennessee whiskey being filtered through sugar maple charcoal is a subtractive process, not additive. It is, in essence, activated carbon, so it acts much like a filter does.
Trenton, that note you found on the Uncle Nearest 1884 would be something I'd describe as "vegetal". Not quite earthy, but having that plant-like chlorophyll note to it.
I have a Binny's Store pick of a Westward American Single Malt finished in Deschutes Stout Barrels for a year. It's 126.1 proof, and it is fantastic. Westward is putting out some hitters!
