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🥃Review #83: Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select - Mini Bottle Review

A property of spirits giant Brown-Forman, Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select (the standard Woodford offering) is one of the few remaining bourbons to use a triple-distillation process from its copper pot stills in Woodford County that is then batched with the more common column distilled spirit from the Shively campus in Louisville. Woodford acknowledges five sources of flavor : Grain, Water, Fermentation, Distillation, and Maturation and highlights how they differentiate at each point in the production process. Woodford ferments its mash for six days, a longer and slower process than most, allowing the formation of additional flavor compounds from its proprietary yeast strain, internally designated as 72B. They still use Small 7,500-gallon fermenters made of Cypress wood in lieu of more modern steel vessels, the porous wood also aiding in ester formation. This review is from a 50ml mini bottle so will not have the benefit of additional fine tuning sessions. 🛒 Sourced:  Free...

🥃Review #5: Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon Whiskey

📚 Background : A recurring Reddit favorite, Brown-Forman's  Woodford Double Oaked  (often abbreviated as "WRDO") owes its name to its double barrel aging process. The first barreling is done in standard new charred white oak barrels, while the second barrel has been specially prepared with a deeper toasting and light charring after their first use to help draw out additional flavors. As such it would be fair to call this a "toasted" bourbon, though they stick with the "double oaked" branding. Beyond Reddit, this bottle has been awarded numerous times, including a Double Gold rating at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.  🛒 Sourced:  $47.99 Costco, GA - 750ml 🧪 Proof: 90.4, 45.2% - 90 proof is my mental minimum for bourbon and finished whiskies like this one will have an outsize amount of flavor for the proof. Barrel entry proof is Woodford's Standard 125. 🥔 Mash Bill: 72% corn, 18% rye, and 10% barley. No age statement but the ...