Practical Whisky: Review Data

#365 Ridgemont Reserve 1792 Straight Bourbon American

This cost is what I found the likely shelf price for a 750ml bottle to be, based on an average of costs throughout the USA. Your price may differ significantly. This is not an advertisement of sale, this bottle is likely empty by now anyway Cost

$30⁰⁰

00-09:	Horrid
10-19:	Awful
20-29:	Unpleasant
30-39:	Poor
40-49:	Below Average
50-59:	Average
60-69:	Recommendable
70-79:	Very Good
80-89:	Excellent
90-99:	Fantastic

Taste Score

The whisky's score as weighed against the cost of a bottle. Adj. Score

ABV

40%

Awards

Tasting # 397: How about a bourbon to break up the Macallans (07-OCT-2009)

Notes

Seeing as how we've been all over the high dollar Scotch and are a bit Macallan-ed out, let's try some more bourbon! Well, wait.. you might want to skip this one.

1^st
Impression

Um, it's a fair bottle I suppose.

Smell

Meh and meh and burning in the sinuses. Lots of caramel color and caramel scent, not much of those great BBQ flavors I hope for.

Taste

Tastes like it smells: cheap bourbon in a nice bottle. Really harsh in the front, lots of alcohol and sharp charcoal that leads to a syrupy, caramel infused top. Tiny bit of redemption late, but it all gets washed out by the finish and really you don't want to bother. I'm not happy with this. Understand that I'm on a limited plan as I raid this guy's fantastic liquor cabinet. I'm anticipating a long afternoon of water before a drive home. So every sip I take of crap like this is a sip of some wonderful Scotch or great bourbon that I've missed out on. Plus I've now had two tastings of this drek so as to give it a chance. Unpleasant and harsh. Below 50.

Tasting Score

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