Eagle Rare 10 Year Old

Eagle Rare 10 Year Old

This is part 2 of my kind of H2H between Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare 10yo. Now, don't get me wrong, I have higher expectations for this. The only reason I'm having both tonight is because they are both BT mash bill #1, which is a low rye mash bill (10% rye?). Neat pour. Nose: Quite Oaky, reese's peanut butter cups, brown sugar. This and KCSB...

Score 83/100

Eagle Rare 10 Year Old

It's rich in color, but the viscosity is low. On the nose, it's a real sweetheart, with perfume-floral notes, vanilla, and cherry. Like most Bourbons, there is a slightly astringent and gluey aspect in the background that reminds me of building airplane models or applying lacquer to wood. On further nosing, spices emerge: cinnamon, clove, and...

Score 82/100

Eagle Rare 10 Year Old

My first bourbon review so please go easy on me my American cousins! I've picked this as a) it's open and will soon be gone and b) it's one of the best I've had so far. I hear this is a fairly well priced and available bourbon in America - over here one major supermarket stocks it for around £36 and it's available on-line. A tad expensive but in...

Score 91/100

Eagle Rare 10 Year Old

I decided to take a short break from sampling all those whiskies I picked up at the festival. And, since I was a bourbon virgin (meaning that I'd tried only Jim Beam and Jack Daniel's before - which doesn't count), I went out and bought a bottle of this baby here. And it rocks! NOSE: sweet, but not overly sweet, a little creamy and elegant...

Score 93/100