Originally Posted by
stimpy
As I got older I had to drop back down to 101 and ultimately 80 proof. Outside of America I usually have to settle for Jim Beam or in Europe they usually have Four Roses. But now in the BA F lounge at LHR they have Woodford Reserve which is nice.
And P.S., I agree. Jack is NOT bourbon. I try my best to educate bartenders and stewardesses around the world on this fact.
No, Jack Daniels, a "Tennessee Whisk(e)y" is not "Bourbon", but there are several comparable "Sour Mash" Bourbons of similar "yeasty" flavor and residual sweetness. The cheaper Evan Williams Black Label is a better buy and has a similar palate.
Four Roses, at least in its original formulation was not really Bourbon either, but an "American Blended Whisk(e)y", a combination of corn distillate and caramel blended with "Grain Neutral Spirits", alky from unidentified grain, at least not from the top of some PetroChemical Catalytic Cracking tower. Four Roses in my youth was only a modest step above "Carstair's White Feather", the stuff of shots taken with a short beer chaser in cheap saloons.
Today? I don't know. My taste buds shuddre at the thought. ....Better a tumbler of Anis del Mono, the breakfast of champions.