THIS is the one . . .
THE GREAT DUMBONI has been . . .
In Search Of.
Firstly, I finally have cleared up my own confusion regarding Old Potrero products. The one I tasted about a year ago and reported on here was then called Single Malt Spirit, and more recently Single Malt Whiskey, as with the bottle I recently purchased in error. It has now been reworded to read 18th Century Whiskey.
It's all the same thing. It is Old Potrero's version of early American Whiskey, 1700's style, not 1800's as I reported last year. Sometimes I get my year sequences confused with my centuries. The one I had last year was their minimally aged product stored in toasted, not charred new oak barrels. Although they state that this Single Malt Spirit, Single Malt Whiskey or 18th Century Whiskey, whatever you want to call it, has only been aged one year, the age statement in fact says it's more. On the bottle I drank from last year it said two years and four months. This latest bottle showed an aging of a few days shy of two years.
No matter, this is the one that I didn't like last year. A friend said it tasted like grappa. She does tell me that the bottle I bought recently has a different flavor, even on the sweet side. I'll have to try that bottle, since although it's the same product, it's obviously a different batch, and they may have a better tasting product this time around. This 18th Century Style Whiskey is made from a mash of pure rye malt and bottled at barrel proof, which is usually from 124+ to 125+.
I have always thought that I would like the other product, known definitively as I am now aware, as Straight Rye Whiskey. Although it does say Single Malt in small letters above this, if it doesn't say Straight Rye Whiskey in the main body of the label it is the 18th Century style. But this 90 proof 19th Century Style rye by Old Potrero is somewhat different than the weird, harsh, not quite what I was looking for type product I tried last year. Although I've only had one taste, it looks like the Old Potrero 90 proof 19th Century style Straight Rye Whiskey may win a place in my heart and on my Top 10 rye list.
The Bloofy, Doofy jury is still out on this one, but although it's got a bit of that nasty tang at the beginning, it develops into an almost sweet, very rye-like grainy taste at the end, which leaves a long, pleasing finish. This could of course be due to the extra water smoothing the whiskey out, although this one is aged at least three years in new charred oak barrels, according to the modern rules of aging rye and bourbon whiskeys. More to follow as further tastings ensue.
My walk-out price for this was $76.03 at a new hangout of mine, Astor Wines. There is a post on this store and my newly expanded availability and low prices elsewhere on this site.
THE GREAT DUMBONI has been . . .
In Search Of.
Firstly, I finally have cleared up my own confusion regarding Old Potrero products. The one I tasted about a year ago and reported on here was then called Single Malt Spirit, and more recently Single Malt Whiskey, as with the bottle I recently purchased in error. It has now been reworded to read 18th Century Whiskey.
It's all the same thing. It is Old Potrero's version of early American Whiskey, 1700's style, not 1800's as I reported last year. Sometimes I get my year sequences confused with my centuries. The one I had last year was their minimally aged product stored in toasted, not charred new oak barrels. Although they state that this Single Malt Spirit, Single Malt Whiskey or 18th Century Whiskey, whatever you want to call it, has only been aged one year, the age statement in fact says it's more. On the bottle I drank from last year it said two years and four months. This latest bottle showed an aging of a few days shy of two years.
No matter, this is the one that I didn't like last year. A friend said it tasted like grappa. She does tell me that the bottle I bought recently has a different flavor, even on the sweet side. I'll have to try that bottle, since although it's the same product, it's obviously a different batch, and they may have a better tasting product this time around. This 18th Century Style Whiskey is made from a mash of pure rye malt and bottled at barrel proof, which is usually from 124+ to 125+.
I have always thought that I would like the other product, known definitively as I am now aware, as Straight Rye Whiskey. Although it does say Single Malt in small letters above this, if it doesn't say Straight Rye Whiskey in the main body of the label it is the 18th Century style. But this 90 proof 19th Century Style rye by Old Potrero is somewhat different than the weird, harsh, not quite what I was looking for type product I tried last year. Although I've only had one taste, it looks like the Old Potrero 90 proof 19th Century style Straight Rye Whiskey may win a place in my heart and on my Top 10 rye list.
The Bloofy, Doofy jury is still out on this one, but although it's got a bit of that nasty tang at the beginning, it develops into an almost sweet, very rye-like grainy taste at the end, which leaves a long, pleasing finish. This could of course be due to the extra water smoothing the whiskey out, although this one is aged at least three years in new charred oak barrels, according to the modern rules of aging rye and bourbon whiskeys. More to follow as further tastings ensue.
My walk-out price for this was $76.03 at a new hangout of mine, Astor Wines. There is a post on this store and my newly expanded availability and low prices elsewhere on this site.
