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| Bottling Name | Four Roses Yellow 'New Label' | | Bottled By | Four Roses Distillery LLD Lawrenceburg,KY | | Type | Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey | | Alcohol content | 80 Proof | | Availability | US: Available Japan: Available Duty Free: Not Available Europe: Available | | Age | 0 | | Views (since 20080612) | 2950 | | Bottling Info | |
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Review from gillmang (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 998, Created:20080122175855, Updated:20090610205104) View discussion on this review.
| Purchased at: | | | Purchased for: | $18.00 | | Info on this bottle: | Just bought in Bardstown, the new, darker yellow label with top edge serrated | | Proof Of this Bottle: | 80 | | Nose: | Toffee. | | Taste: | Rich and sweet, the toffee enveloping however other, more distillery-oriented flavors such as fruit gum and strawberry. | | Finish: | Quite long for an 80 proof with complexity evident. | | Overall: | Superb product. Clearly, as per rumor, the bourbon in this new label design also was reformulated. Best 80 proof out there today and beats half of the rest of the competition. Perfect for neat sipping. No one makes whiskeys with the finesse of this product other than Four Roses. |
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Review from bourbonv (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 858, Created:20071014132636, Updated:20090610204953) View discussion on this review.
| Purchased at: | Four Roses Distillery | | Purchased for: | 18.95 | | Info on this bottle: | The new design Yellow label | | Proof Of this Bottle: | 80 | | Nose: | Caramel and spice - nutmeg and cinnamon, with some floral tones - violets or lavender, or some other sweet smelling flower, in the background competeing with the spices. Oak wood is also in the mix but only very lightly. | | Taste: | Caramel and vanilla with some sweet corn and spicey rye. Not as thin as I expected with a good mouth feel and very little alcohol burn. | | Finish: | The finish really makes this bourbon take flight. It is long and unexpected. The taste is so sweet that the spicey flavors of cinnamon and pepper mixed with the oak tannins of the finish, really makes you do a double take. I think this may be one of the best finishes on a bourbon I have experienced in a long time. | | Overall: | Al Young was saying they re-formulated the yellow label when they changed the label design. He said he liked the new version quite well, so I bought a bottle to see if he was right. I am in agreement with Al. They changed the formula to give it a bit more flavor, but for me that extra flavor really comes in the finish. The initial taste is very similar to what I remeber as Yellow Label Four Roses, but the finish is far superior to the old formula, This going to become a great value bourbon and I think it would go great with a mild cigar. |
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