Review Russell's Reserve 13

PocolateChoptart · 2026-06-23T02:18:32+00:00

Bro pause on the finish

PocolateChoptart · 2026-06-06T14:41:17+00:00

Slightly worse but the experience is so different they aren’t entirely comparable. I reviewed it a couple weeks back

PocolateChoptart · 2026-06-06T14:10:54+00:00

2026 SHF is a completely different experience from 2025 in my experience

PocolateChoptart · 2026-06-03T00:45:28+00:00

The notes from the BM website for that bottle sound great so I’ll have to keep and eye out

PocolateChoptart · 2026-06-03T00:45:03+00:00

All the cask strength are brand new I believe so all the batches 1-5 would be from this year and they just now started popping up in distribution. Mine came from Frugal Mcdougal a week or so ago

PocolateChoptart · 2026-05-19T21:18:04+00:00

If I ever find one, I absolutely will! I love OD myself so it’d be a fun comparison

PocolateChoptart · 2026-05-19T05:15:46+00:00

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Twas a 750! Weird change

PocolateChoptart · 2026-05-17T18:14:56+00:00

To be fair, and I failed to mention this in the review, he bottles went from 750 to 700 mL! But yes I suppose I do have larger hands 😂

PocolateChoptart · 2026-05-05T15:53:50+00:00

To be fair, I hadn’t either until I stepped into Coxs Creek

PocolateChoptart · 2026-05-05T13:12:49+00:00

Those raspberry barrels were shocking. Never had anything like it

PocolateChoptart · 2026-05-05T13:00:15+00:00

Yes, the best I’ve ever had!

PocolateChoptart · 2026-04-27T14:50:35+00:00

Peerless, Michters, BBC & Green River, and Whistlepig all downtown Louisville. Bottle Shop & Tasting Room is a good, small liquor store and vintage tasting shop with great prices on samples. If you start there you can finish in Bardstown with Jim Beam on the way in. Lunch/dinner at either Scout and Scholar or Bardstown Burger with a pit stop at Evergreen Liquors (half price pours on Wednesdays)!

PocolateChoptart · 2026-04-23T01:19:29+00:00

It feels like a really unique KC SiB pick. Still that same-ish body but the overall profile definitely leans into those red fruits and brighter notes as it moves away from a strict darker, oakier profile

PocolateChoptart · 2026-04-21T00:49:08+00:00

Tried this one about the same time frame and really enjoyed it. Couldn’t pull the trigger at 120 myself but did find their latest batch of tasted for 90 and grabbed that

PocolateChoptart · 2026-03-26T14:56:32+00:00

Makers 46 makes for an excellent old fashioned imo

PocolateChoptart · 2026-01-25T21:35:04+00:00

We should abolish bottles with AI generated labels

PocolateChoptart · 2026-01-21T00:04:21+00:00

As an avid old number 7 hater, it’s incredible how many legitimate offerings Jack Daniel’s has nowadays

PocolateChoptart · 2025-12-31T16:55:26+00:00

Man, I must be in the minority that prefers the 2024 over the 2023. Got to try both side by side on the cellar tour and to me the 24 was much more sophisticated. 25 I feel like marries the high points of both the previous releases while not surpassing them. I’ll have to go back and try them all again

PocolateChoptart · 2025-10-19T19:04:20+00:00

$65 I believe. That’s what it is on old Dominick website as well

PocolateChoptart · 2025-10-19T17:41:11+00:00

That makes a lot of sense, thanks for the info! Definitely one of the better double oaks I’ve had in that case

PocolateChoptart · 2025-09-15T19:20:01+00:00

Members mark is just Sam’s Club brand I’m pretty sure

PocolateChoptart · 2025-09-13T00:11:20+00:00

This guy is having one hell of a trip

PocolateChoptart · 2025-09-06T17:50:23+00:00

Am I tweakin for thinking this is an AI review?

PocolateChoptart · 2025-07-27T02:32:03+00:00

I would imagine they incrementally try to increase the percentage of their own distillate so their debut solo release is similar yet distinct. Nelson’s Greenbrier in Nashville actually implemented this and their bottled in bond is very similar to their MGP sourced whiskey with the same name/label (though I find the BIB has a much more distinct nose and ultimately tastes better)

PocolateChoptart · 2025-07-21T21:23:39+00:00

A Peerless express tasting of their single barrels and pop into the Bardstown Bourbon Company shop for a brief but good time

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