George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey #12 Whiskey Review

[@JeremyGillard]

The Dickel 8yr Bourbon is the best product they make IMO and I was born and raised in Tullahoma!

[@donaldstone540]

Another big one you need to do is OGD 114

[@69CamaroSS]

^^^THIS!!!!^^^

[@cpea12]

..it is now George Dickel Signature Recipe, at least 6 year...😎and, a Dickel Original Recipe 80 proof and Dickel 8 year..beautiful distillery....my favorite Whisky✌

[@rescuethecows]

I feel like everyone who saw Wayne's World as a kid has the silent "two, one" thing ingrained.

[@TheWaltpin]

It's nice to see whiskeys you can find

[@jjy3k10]

Despite the misleading 12 on the front of the bottle I like the sour mash over the 8yo bottling. The sour mash is more sour/bitter (surprising) than the 8yo.

[@xiamengbaby]

The Dickel 8 year old bourbon and not the Dickel #8 Tennessee whisky. Dickel is making it a little confusing the way they're throwing 8s around.

[@leadguitarofmayhem]

my favorite whiskey with a cigar.

[@jeffstruck5481]

Nice!

[@sgtslippyfist6345]

Hell yeah!!! Gurkha ghost or CAO brazilia

[@ckeats2]

I have also fallen prey to the No 12. That said, I got a handle for $36 and enjoyed drinking it on the rocks

[@chrisb9478]

Dickel #12 is my best pick for the price for a good mixer. It’s a smooth whiskey. I’ve never noticed a pickle note or flint stones 😂

[@analogueoverdigital929]

Haven't been disappointed with any Dickel product yet. Their rye is my favorite. I also love wild turkey, michters and most 4 roses. Their small batch is 🔥. Not so small tho 😂

[@jessievasser6293]

I feel like that dill note that Rex is remembering is from the George Dickel Rye. Which oddly enough is just MGP rye that has been chill filtered, and it completely changes it compared to Bullit Rye.

[@MrEnigma1610]

Y'all are late! But glad you're here!

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

I need to get a bottle of Dickel No. 12 again. I liked it the one time I had it, but I've been so busy with new stuff and stuff I love, on a small budget, that I've not gone back. But this bottle was the first time I ever detected a nutty note in whisky - pecans in the finish. 🙂

[@doxnoogle5782]

Big fan of the rye tbh, similar to Bulleit which i think theyre the same distillery.

[@kellycottrell1674]

Great as always! I caught that 12 year thing pretty quick by reading the bottle before purchasing! I agree, ok for the price point.

[@davem6735]

I regularly see Dickel 12 for about 15 bucks. It's pleasant to drink especially at that price.

[@cherokeelaketennessee7895]

I've been drinking Dickel No. 12 for 20 plus years and I don't think you can beat it. I've got a bar full of good bourbons but on Friday night after a long week, white label is the bottle I grab. I drink it neat and I mix with a little Sprite,, depending on the mood, but I love it. I'm from east Tennessee so maybe it's a Tennessee thing.

[@dandy816513]

Dickel 12 is my “go to” sipping whisky. Very smooth, great flavors.

[@MA1776AGAIN]

I always got a bit of a off putting sour note on all of thier selections. Will have to see if it's the flinstone vitamin next time I try it.

[@sharkretired2358]

Speaking of cloudiness, I once left a bottle of wine in my car on a warm day for several hours and it got super cloudy inside. I thought it was bacteria or something and threw it away. But I’ve also put whiskey (80 proof) in a 2 liter barrel and aged it for 8 more months. And it got cloudy and had a musty smell. Can gross things actually grow in whiskey?

[@elitebirds]

Long time viewer and ex Chem major here. There isn’t going to be like a bacterial biofilm that grows in whiskey ,because the proof is too high, but there could be other weird/cool reactions happening between the wood and the chemicals in the whiskey.

[@tadpoleAcres]

Forgot to roll the clocks forward?

[@KillCoMentalMusings]

The Dickel note has been noticed by a lot of us out there, it makes me think of fruity pebbles too.. On an unrelated note... I remember opening up the Flinstones vitamins and eating them like candy as a kid. My mom was not happy when she caught me doing that.

[@potatoradio]

If I remember right, they were basically on the way out - closing, then the whole bourbon explosion happened like 6 - 8 years ago. So they then re-started production so they are essentially catching up with production still. Getting the back stock. - true aged 12-year whiskey as they sold before. (I think)

[@Fusion-ed1pv]

It's really good whiskey. Very happy with it.

[@inf0phreak]

If there's one thing the SWA (Scotch Whisky Association) does right regarding regulations, it is that if you put a big number on the label it can ONLY be an age statement.

[@umami0247]

I enjoy Dickle I was in the service with a guy who's dad worked there and he gave me some of the secrets. This was back in the late seventies. And yes the number isn't a bad statement. I like this over Jack however they could up the ABV. I have always enjoyed higher %.

[@cpftank09]

Have you guys tried Aerstone? It’s a single malt scotch where the batch is the same but then they age half seaside and the other half on land. It’s cool to see the difference in each bottle knowing they came from the same batch. Also it was $26 per bottle when I found it too.

[@lonestaronestar1845]

Am I miss-remembering or did they use to have a rye?

[@shuboy05]

Still do. I just saw it at Total Wine.

[@magickmarck]

Yep still do. Very much has a dill/pickle note. Almost overwhelming.

[@lonestaronestar1845]

I use to perfer there rye to there sour mash

[@jeffstruck5481]

I've been enjoying Dickel 12 since our trip to the distillery 5 years ago. The proof holds up to a rock and the flavor is smooth and sweet with it's high corn mash bill. Also, the price is around $25 which is in my range because I choose to drink it every day. I enjoy all Tennessee whiskies and Kentucky bourbons too. Thanks for reviewing Dickel 12, it was interesting.

[@ctfddftba]

If you were to add rice (or other intact grains) to an unaged whiskey, would it be similar to charcoal filtering? Would there be any noticeable difference? What about an aged whiskey?

[@neutron5000]

Does the tour of the Alamo include the basement

[@MatthewSmith-cp3hu]

would the tannins break down aged in the bottle

[@WhiskeyVault]

No, once whiskey is in a bottle it's permanently stable, unless the seal breaks in someway

[@robviousobviously5757]

GOOD MORNING YOU MB'S.... 🥃

[@waderiggs629]

This whiskey is actually only 6-8 years. This is their #12 recipe.

[@CastBlastCamp]

Thank you, I was about to make this comment.

[@xiamengbaby]

They mentioned that a couple of times in the video that it's 6-8 years old.

[@theprettybond159]

They literally said that

[@passengerpigeon20]

Diageo recently removed the fake age statements; this whisky is now called the Signature Recipe and the entry-level black label bottle is the Classic Recipe.

[@normlang1994]

Always enjoy the content guys. I think it would be VERY interesting to the Tribe, to see you compare bourbons with the same mashbill, but in drastically different bottles. For instance, Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star and Blanton's, which are both BT #2 mashbill.

[@jeremyreed7210]

Funnily enough, you have to look for the age statement on their BiB releases which ARE north of 12yo consistently -- and extremely well priced

[@alanwright1257]

Totally agreed. The only inexpensive Dickle I drink is the BiB

[@matthewmorin7016]

Your minions are slacking. Fix your title to #12 and not 12 years.

[@McNuggets88]

But what if it is the slacking minions' shenanigan to anger the MB's?

[@berkleycumbie6359]

Does Dickel make any whiskey that’s any good ?

[@joejones8689]

I like this #12 along with the 8 year bourbon, the bottled in bond and the rye. I thought #8 was just okay or average. I did not like the 40% abv 15 year but I've heard good things about the 15 year that is at or over 50%abv.

[@nicholassmith9051]

A daily pour in Montana still fancy by BV standards...$25 easy at almost every decent liquor store here..I like the Rye too..

[@BrianHebben]

Do you have the same problem with Jack Daniel's using #7 that you seem to have with George Dickel using 12?

[@WhiskeyVault]

Yes

[@Koskantero1]

If one's finger nails are too short to rip the aluminum wrap of a wiskey bottle, are they less whiskey hipster? Asking for a friend.

[@blaineburns1917]

Believe they were a commissioning sponsor for the USS Tennessee SSBN-734.

[@jaime_hi-meh_not_jay-mee7095]

Whisky Lock did a video on chill-filtering. Of course, not exactly the industrial-level chill-filtration, but it was interesting.

[@chromdom9301]

As coincidence has it, I bought this bottle yesterday. Haven't tried it yet, but am now worried it will be ruined by Flintstones vitamins and a little bit pissed off that it's not 12 years old...

[@elitebirds]

I own this bottle from a few years back. I don’t get a whole lot of vitamins but I was angry that it’s not 12 years old. Still perfectly drinkable whiskey though, I’m not mad at it, and I’m happy to have some Dickel in my collection

[@jkf9167]

It's good stuff, tho. Most people like it.

[@dannyfrog]

My late father was an adamant fan of the old #12 white label. When I became of drinking age I could not stand it no matter how I drank it.

[@ctfddftba]

You should make a “signature cocktail series” for the alcohol you produce and name them after all the random ‘legal and technically true’ you’ve run into dealing with whiskey. 6-8 yearish can lean into the flinstone vitamins, etc

[@johnkempf90013]

From experience I found that if you add water to a bottle of whiskey it gets cloudy. My dad did not appreciate me doing that to his whiskey.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

I like Dickel occasionally, but it’s too weird and pungent to be a regular for me. It’s the best for a whiskey sour though! Especially the 14yr bib!

[@davidjohnston4345]

The dickel bonded is fantastic

[@CastBlastCamp]

@@davidjohnston4345 Wonderful TN whiskey best TN whiskey imo

[@davidjohnston4345]

@N/ A as far as charcoal mellowed tn whiskey is concerned, I agree. But whiskey that is made in tn? I think chattanooga is the best dist in the state

[@stephenanthony8711]

G Dickel is not a bad buy here in AU as it is sold in the USA bottle (750ml not our standard 700ml) and of course the proof is still the same (45%abv ) whereas most mid price Bourbon like Buffalo Trace is reduced to 40% abv I do not know how or why they do this but it bugs me. Btw I like this sweet bourbon.

[@censusgary]

They’d probably sell more of this stuff if they advertised it as tasting like Flintstone Vitamins.

[@wyrdangel7]

It's not just the label. I suspect people do a lot of exaggerating when numerically describing their "Dickel".

[@FollowingGhost]

Live about 15 minutes from the distillery.

[@rhoadsvnivek]

They dropped the 12 and it's now just Signature Recipe. The number 8 is now Classic Recipe.

[@luvdacurvyones]

🤔good to know

[@InfernalBanana]

7:58 Daniel, the word you were looking for was “flocculants” or “flocculate”; when something precipitates out of solution in the form of small flakes

[@gitargr8]

I mean, Makers 46 is guilty of this too. But I suspect most buyers wouldn't expect a 46yr old whiskey.

[@clumsyoctopus5614]

Maker's actually just redesigned their label for the 46 recently specifically because they noted that the 46 was misleading on the old label. The new label has a very prominent "No. 46" rather than just the "46" from the old label. Dickel should take a page out of Maker's book on their #12.

[@JD-im4wu]

the new version got rid of the #12 hmmm... either way it was the best whiskey i had for the price!

[@justinbor8031]

why did dickels stp making the #12??

[@AdamPFarnsworth]

I saw that 12 and got annoyed, then was happy to see Rex upset by it too!

[@MatthewSmith-cp3hu]

honey is the note i most noticed

[@dominicmancilla974]

you guys do hit the big brand bottles but it ends up being their more expensive bottle, not the easy to find/ purchase bottles lol

[@Backroad_Junkie]

So, is Jack Daniels No. 7, 7 years old? No?

[@elitebirds]

It’s not lol

[@jeffstruck5481]

Exactly!

[@cheapphish]

The Dickel tickle😳

[@timvassberg9502]

Now you are pithing me off. Don't like the flintstone vitamin flavor... not even in the 13 yr BIB or in any blends with Dickel... However, Dickel distillate aged in Memphis, TN by Blue Note is great at every release, but especially uncut unfiltered. Love the regular juke joint, really like the Crossroads, Uncut unfiltered for the win!!

[@WilliamGM3rd]

The force beats all three

[@carchariasspartania3958]

"The base Dickel."

[@tbjtbj4786]

Look i was drinking gd 12 before the government said i should. Even then i knew it wasn't 12 years old. Read the bottle don't guess

[@thomaselmer9728]

Someone didn't reset their clock.🤣

[@XxCzechmafiaxX]

Is it bad I get a dog food/dry kibble note on the nose?

[@jquinlan]

When you forget to adjust your clock ⏰️ ⏰️⏰️

[@BigPawTivald]

Dickle rye has a ton of dill notes.

[@JimmyLeg]

Dickle 100% Rye is a bottle of dill pickles.

[@bourbonandbeard9721]

I love to pair this with BBQ

[@jj9363]

Classic Wayne's World countdown

[@davidmarshall8628]

Old Charter used to be 8 years old, now it's Old Charter Old No. 8 Brand. Google up the labels and see what they're doing.

[@WhiskeyFancies]

Title should be updated to no. 12 not 12 year old. Thx

[@BiffStrongo]

The recipe number thing happens all the time. Jack Daniels number 7. Benchmark number 8. WD40!

[@PorscheSpeedster-kz6nc]

Floculants. Not to be confused with flatulence!😂

[@valiantabello]

Not 12 Years Old

[@RitualETX]

Not 12 year lol. They even say it in the clip

[@StarSurfer55]

Do you mean flocculants?

[@drillsgtlangdon]

Up front, I am not a fan of dickel whiskey. Not a fan! However..... If there were ever a "decent" to "good" dickel, I have to say, Dickel Rye isnt bad. Def the best from the dickel line that I've tried. lol... Sorry, but thats all I have here for the Pickled Dickel w/ Flintstones show :D

[@bozekag]

It's the only thing I taste in dickel products it's that mineral note. Taste like rocks.

[@michaelturner4320]

Crowded barrel Single M.O.M recipe #69...

[@lonnyleblanc3354]

Smarties candies

[@MatthewSmith-cp3hu]

daniel looks like the john wick weapons dealer

[@CrimeVid]

6-8 months, if you keep it too long you can’t run your truck on it any more !

[@camodown]

Team: Keep Dickel out of my blend

[@michaelturner4320]

The particles are floculation

[@-RONNIE]

👍🏻🥃

[@StephsSpooky]

✌️🥃🥃

[@Mose2305]

Ah hah, the Lincoln County Process strikes again, probably making a very drinkable whiskey less so I am guessing.

[@D3monicus]

just wanna say... daniel's explanation for the E in whiskey is not accurate... he said previously that "countries that have and E in the name spell it withe the E and vice versa"... amErican Whisky... no E on the label... Just be honest Dan the Man... nobody knows why 🤣

[@AdamPFarnsworth]

Generally it's accurate, and they've shown plenty of exceptions to the rule. That said, it's like comparing color and colour. It's the same word.

[@69CamaroSS]

I DESPIZE Dickel….however, they do offer an 8 year BOURBON that’s pretty damn good, costs around $35 (here) and DOES NOT have that disgusting mineralogy Flintstone’s Vitamin flavor. Also, Kentucky 10 also plays this game of place a LARGE number “10” on the label, yet never mentions it’s actual age anywhere on the label….should be illegal!!

[@gregwegler1332]

Drop the man bun, it’s silly.

[@nicholassmith9051]

Flocilizatation

[@iamno1864]

Flocking ( flocculation) is yeast settling out..that’s unfiltered, poorly crafted crap I’d expect from my home brew, where gravity and time I rely on to make a great brew..could be a good thing..could be just nasty..how did it taste to you?? That’s all that matters

[@brokentillman4346]

It's whiskey gravy. No! Not the gravy!

[@jaygilbert4546]

It should be "Special Recipe #7 (give or take)". Or maybe "# -4 to -6".

[@BrianHorton1]

You lost me at man bun.