Grabbed this bottle last week. Not sure when I will crack it open. Your earlier review got me off the fence.

Thanks!

I know for a fact, that the law used to be (and may still be) that distillers were legally allowed to pour higher-value liquor into a lower priced bottles but not the other way around. I used to work in the industry (a LONG time ago) and have, many times, been in what was then National Distillery (now Jim Beam Frankfort) and have personally seen them run Smirnoff vodka into Smirnoff bottles, and then they ran out of Smirnoff bottles, but because it cost a lot to do a full change-over during a production run, they would just load Popov Vodka bottles thru the line (they used the same shape bottles, just different labels) and pour the EXACT SAME liquor into the Popov bottles. I bet the same thing still happens. That's why they would put a higher priced liquor into a lower priced bottle. Production schedules. Sometimes they just don't have as many of one type bottle as they thought before setting up the production run and make substations on bottles but not liquor.

1:28 wow $12 for benchmark???? It’s $6.08 at my winco grocery store.

Great Review, not sure if I saw this bottle while hunting. I haven't looked hard for Jim Beam products recently.

Great Video and Review! My wife and I just missed out on this bottle at KBF. We were about 40 people away when it sold out (we did get the HH18). Was very disappointing to say the least. Oh well, enjoy!!

All interesting stuff 👍

The power of suggestion most definitely is at play here. Gotta do it blind and try to pick out which one tastes older

Isn’t the correct blind a RR15 bottle vs the RR10 ll/me laser code? Why didn’t you do that test?

"You gotta have both" 😂 Thanks Sarah, so insightful!😅

Never knew with these labels. Learn something new every day! Cheers yall and Merry Christmas to my favorite bourbon duo!

Did a blind tasting of 3 Russell’s 10’s & Single Barrel. 1st - LL/ME laser-coded Russell’s 10; 2nd - LL/MA (Jan 2024 bottling); 3rd - Single Barrel (2nd & 3rd were close half point off); 4th - 2020 Russell’s 10, far behind due to possible oxidation (very oaky/tannic). Fun blind for sure. 4 tasters were in the blind.

I looked for one of these for years and finally got one this fall. incredibly disappointing. maybe the most disappointing of 2024 for me. maybe it will open up, but there's no way I would buy another right now.

Shouldn't this have been blind?

This would've been a great blind test! Sometimes your mind can play tricks on you when you think something "should" be better or different.

I've seen the 15 in stores for just under $500. I'd love to have one of these but not at those prices.

Great head to head! I found a significant difference in the LL/ME. It felt darker richer a.d for me a better mouthfeel.The standard is definitely brighter and more average than the darker profile of the LL/ME all while still be delicious and readily available. At the end of the day, to each their own. Cheers, guys! 🥃

Over all a solid review thanks guys

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WHISKEY CHEERS 😎

Doesnt 12 days of Christmas start after Christmas?

No one‘s doing these blind there should be a blind sample where you don’t know whether you’re using the newer laser code LME or your standard one blind sample three different tens see what comes out on top

No. It doesn’t. Full stop. I can’t cite my source either…out of respect for them.

You should blind those two. I did a blind with a group of people and the RR13 Batch 3 was the unanimous winner over the 15. Personally I'm glad I got to try RR15 before I bought a bottle. WT's pricing is getting out of control and $250 for RR15 is far from worth it.

A was super crushable for me probably killed it over the course of two weekends.

I have a Camp Nelson bottle of Kentucky Spirit. I absolutely love it, but bought a WT101 recently to try, and find it to be something I can not stand to drink.

Just picked up a 4 roses oesv 115 proof 9yr 2mos today here in michigan, another store has a different store pick coming in a few weeks and I'll get that one too 😬👍 Cheers 🥃 🎅

The local liquor store f’ed up… $16 a bottle. I got 3.

Math is Hard!!! Sorry the conversation about the banana cracked me up insert joke here!!!

Thanks for the video 🥃

I think I'd prefer to go to Four Roses and skip Jim Beam 😋

I’ve never had a 4 Roses pick. I’ve seen one in the last two years and it was 175 bucks:( on another note I think WT Rare Breed rye is very refreshing. Cheers!

WHISKEY CHEERS 😎

There's always a Four Roses Single Barrel on my shelf. Love'em 🥃⚘️

What is your favorite distillery to visit?

Have you had all 10 recipes? Whats the hardest to find, and whats your favorite?

Wow first sip of Guinness in Dublin. Thats awesome luv it

Just compared a 1910 from 4 years ago to a bottle we just bought. THe 4 year old Bottle was much better.......More complex and less heat.

Less than 60 total cases of Disco 12 made it to the entire state of NC.....😱

Just becareful i have a collection of older decanters some from some pretty popular distillers including Jim Bean, Willett, and others and have done my fair share of lead research with these type of decanters as i inherited like 30 of these things. But what ive seen or rather read has been that the folks who have gone out of there way to buy a lead test kit and send it in for results have been at far higher lead results then many of those folks thought itd come out to. Like dangerous levels even in limited amounts of drinking because it was 50 times higher then expected and many of those reports were of the 70s up to 80s and all of mine are as early as 1960 to early 80s. If anyone lives in California specifically towards San Francisco or Santa Cruz area and wants a killer deal on new old stock classic decanters of trophy animals to historical figures and American folk art, i am currently trying to sell them and willing to wheel n deal. Im too scared of the possible lead content to crack anymore then the two ive opened just to see if the juice was still clear and smelt fine which it did but one could buy and then test them with a lead test kit. Anyone curious just respond and i could drop an email and listings. Cheers 🥃

My favourite pint! I lived in Cork for a couple of years. Put on loads of gut with all the Guinness! Lol

Yeah!... discovery 12... completely disappeared from the retail market! ...Thanks.

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Love OBC Kitchen. Had our first visit this year after the UK-UL football game. Definitely on our go to restaurants list in Lexington.

ok, what about disco 2!?!?

Nice. Cheers 🥃

Unfortunately Bardstown is not offered in Iowa so have to live through you on these. Cheers 🥃

Costco is the best. I live in Connecticut. We don't have any Bardstown sold in our state or Green River or a ton of other brands I see on whiskeytube. My daughter is attending Louisville and while we are dropping her off we stop at Costco to get stuff for her dorm. I head to the liquor store and wow! The selection was nothing like we have in CT. So many amazing bottles. I probably spent just as much there as on dorm essentials in the main warehouse., What an awesome source for bourbon and whiskey

Both these BBC releases were awesome! Don’t forget D11 💯❤️

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