Watershed Distillery Bourbon (Batch 120) Review
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- A comparison through time of a superb craft Kentucky-style bourbon.
Big thanks to Isak Wilson for the bottle. Cheers ya M.B.!
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I think Daniel really broke Rex this time.... Love you guys and the chemistry you have
Back in the late 70's I was an intern at what was then Ernst & Ernst, now Ernst & Young, public accounting firm. One of our audit clients was a manufacturer of trigger controls for power tools, Lucerne Products, (no longer in business.). Every Friday, at 4:30 the office would congregate around the supply closet where the CEO would pour and mix cocktails for everyone, including us auditors.
When talking cocktails, I always love telling people that my favorite, by far, is the painkiller. The plethora of reactions I get always makes me chuckle.. after a sufficiently long enough pause, I let those unenlightened know what it is and what’s in it.. most often those initial looks of disapproval or genuine concern for my health and well-being (God bless ‘em) fade to wistfully imagining themselves with a glass of delicious pineapple and coconut-y goodness with a little umbrella (or as I like to call it, a flavor shader)
Live right down the street from their distillery in Ohio. Love LOVE their bourbon but dude, their actual restaurant is incredible too. They are killing it.
Watershed is doing some brilliant things. Wonderful people and great products. Their gin is my favorite. Columbus, OH is a sweet place to be with all of the awesome distilleries and breweries doing cool things.
I know you all have done it but Tom's Foolery is definitely the pride and joy of Ohio Whiskey. Their bottled in bond is just phenomenal
Facts
I live a few minutes from where Toms Foolery is produced. The locals in Mantua, Parkman and Garretsville have it on their shelves. I gotta say, I’m not a huge fan. Very “ethenoly” and bitter, (IMO) I’ll take a typical Balcones, or Wild Turkey. (But, I’m am honored and proud at Tom’s Foolery success. Cheers MB’s!
@@jdjohnson4058 I'm also NE Ohio. I bought a btl of TF, like 6 yrs ago - and it was hot/harsh firewater - as you describe (t's still on my shelf). Typical of new-producer under-aged bourbons. I appreciate that TomF is TRYING to produce a quality product, but .... do you think they deserve a 2nd chance, yet ? IIRC TF's magical back-story abt owning Booker Noah's original pot still - or whatev' - vanished in a lawsuit. No idea what their new still hardware at the new location is. My *OPINION* is that hot-harsh flavors always exist in any white-dog, but the amount is determined by the skill of the ferment-or, distiller, and the hardware.. The dissipation of these harsh notes is related to the barrel aging conditions (and an Ohio bbl warehouse might be quite acceptable - hot summer, dry cold winter).
Red Eagle, Geneva OH is another. I had one rather decent (not great) pour at their barn a few years ago. The btl I brought home was decidedly not the same => inferior to that served on-premise - barely fit for cooking.
Hate to say it - but OYO & Wateshed (both Columbus) ARE the premier OH distillers. OYO's MIchelone reverve has some delicate tasty brandy-like high-notes - odd but good bourbo (tho' $50/btl). I'm not a vodka-guy, but their rye based vodka's have a great candle-wax+spice high-notes too. IMO OYO's (Kothe?) still limits their volume and their bourbon quality. I've no problem using German(Kothe) stills for vodka & kirschwasser - but Germany s NOT a whiskey culture and Asbach( brandy) tastes liket he name sounds. Still hardware matters, and I *think* Watershed has figured out how to use theHeadframe system.
I seriously OWE Watershed a retry soon. The 2yo Watershed bourbon I bought (and finished) like 6yrs ago was decent; tho; not outstanding Clean and with a clear sense of what bourbon means,
Watershed and their now 6 year barrel has now set the Ohio standard.
Oh shit...I actually have a recent store pick from Watershed. I would say that the caramel vanilla not you get on the palate and finish is a pretty consistent flavor profile through their releases. The nose is always sweet and the nose and front palate from what I have tried is classic bourbon that starts out as cherry or orange smarties candy and then softens into the underlying fruit flavor on the 2nd sip. The recent store pick I found they labeled Dreamsicle, and if you could have a 120 proof creamsicle then this is what it would taste like. This is great stuff and you can still get the store picks for $60 which is an insane value for the proof and quality.
I have the Watershed BiB that they sell at the distillery, it has this waxy apple peel note that I've never found on anyone else's Bourbon. I love it.
I also have the limited release that is Nocino barrel finished Bourbon, and I love the nose, but the palate isn't for me. And I think this might be the proof (120s) but it burns every time I try it.
I love using their straight up nocino in a Manhattan!
I have the barrel proof Nocino finished bourbon you mention and it’s one of my favorites!
Today I just snagged their cask strength rye off their social media raffle, and grabbed a BiB bourbon while I was there. Can’t wait to crack ‘em open!
This is one of the amazing back and forth banter episodes….yeah poor Rex is broken now. Haha. Hye rum is really good, and great people over there….heading that way for my wife’s birthday in a few weekends. Excited to visit again!
Man, having a comment read on camera still makes my day. Thanks, lads!
So these are different mash bills. 102 is a three grain of Corn, Rye, Malted Barley. Batch 70 is a 5 grain of Corn, Rye, Wheat, Spelt and barley. The three grain is the current mash bill but the standard bourbon gets finished in apple brandy barrels for up to 2 years now. Gotta check out the Bottle In Bond that is out now too!
03:25. Daniel, my brother will be so happy to know you thought this. Look up Aaron Harris when you get a minute some time next week. Love to my brother and all ye Manificent Bastards.
I can get Watershed.
Takes me like 15 minutes to get to the distillery.
Great tour and restaurant.
Props to the wifey. She sent me there for my bday w a buddy.
Columbus Oh on the effing whiskey map.
LETS GO BUCKS!!!
GOOD MORNING YOU MB'S.... 🥃
Miss Johnson's 2nd grade craft class, must have designed the label 🤪😃😝😜
I think Daniel lies awake at night trying to think of casual comments to throw out and make Rex lose his composure. He must like high pitched whiney Rex. I love it!
Went to Puerto Rico recently and they make Old fashions with dark rum instead of whiskey and they are quite tasty, if you're looking for more rum experiences. Making it with Ron del Barrilito rum, if you can find it, is especially nice
Watershed makes an apple brandy with 100% ohio apples and then a bourbon that was finished from those apple brandy casks and they are both fantastic
They just released a barrel strength 6yr finished in their apple brandy barrel . Haven't cracked mine open yet . Was a limited release.
🥃 Cheers
Thanks for the video 🥃
Love and light whisky to you all. Batch drift is a big thing. I’ve had it a lot in balcones releases. Makes you keep going back to see what else you can find in there.
I've only had their gin and it was amazing so this is exciting.
Cocktails? Gold Rush, Daiquiri, Sazerac… so many tasty cocktails.
Their BIB is amazing. I also love getting the their nocino and making a Manhattan with it!!
Morning Glories.
Any Gin notes?
I'm pretty sure wheat as we know it is derived from spelt, spelt is an older grain which bread was traditionally made from a long time ago
Found a bottled in bond version of Watershed recently. Haven't tried it yet but I'm curious how it differs
Worked a bourbon tasting in Grove City(suburb of Columbus) and I was pouring their selections. The BIB in very tasty but the single barrel barely topped it. But people constantly came back for their premixed old fashion.
@@suburbankillaify Watershed does make a nice old fashioned
Thanks for the review! I also really like this one, but a lot of my Ohio friends don’t. I was curious as to what your thoughts were on it. Slainté!
This is my go to budget must keep in my stash.
Watershed has the best Gin . I really need to go take their tour of the distillery.
Great video
Rex and Daniel is the best cocktail I can think of. The DRex? Luv u guys, keep making us laugh through the shit show of the world at the moment.
We will be traveling to Ireland in October this year. What distilleries and breweries do y'all recommend we visit?
Hum nice 🤠 one love it
Funny, I was coincidentally listening to Opeth's album "Watershed" when I went to play this video.
Bottle says, "102". not 120...
Nice move with the "Miss Ohio" reference again
She’s running around with her rag top down.
@@patrickmoore6798heck yeah. If you haven't heard yet, Blind Pilot has a great cover of it.
Painkiller is a fantastic cocktail
And a sick metal album
Margaritaville in the whiskey vault when?
I fully expected regression to childhood from Rex when the subject of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came up, but not from Daniel. Let's see more of that.
5:34 I found the trading of backwash disturbing at this point of the video. Still wish I could get this bourbon where I live though.
I *believe* that Watershed has a Headframe continuous still in recent years. They may be part of the diff.
They run bourbon on the column still. They have both column and pot, but mainly use pot for their gins. The difference between the batches the boys are tasting is, the earlier one is 5 grain mash bill the other is 3 grain.
Has anyone had the Watershed Barrel strength? I picked up a bottle this past winter and was waiting for a nice occasion to open it.
I purchased a bottle of this about 6 years ago, it was nothing like you guys have described. The only thing I remember good about it was it had a sweet corn aftertaste but the green grass and hey was not very pleasant to me...
They’ve gotten better
Give it another try, they completely did a turn around, new label and all.
To be fair anyone would have lied as well to avoid custom cocktails with Rex^_^
Rum and Gin are worth exploring if you are into whiskey and want a palette shift
Dark Rum, ginger beer and a twist of orange. My fall mixed drink go to…till I found whiskey.
6:15 Answer: With the intensity of a thousand supernovas.
Question. I have a few bottles of bourbon. I discovered today a couple of bottles had 1 or 2 flies in them one bottle is somewhat old but not that old the other is only a couple months old. I always keep the tops on. I pour and close that's it. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I don't have flies in the house and the second bottle with one fly was opened in winter. Thanks
I appreciate everyone's kind responses. Thank you all so much for the advice.
So is it 102 or 120? Title is labeled 120
Bottle says 102, so the title is wrong...
@@Backroad_Junkie Thank you.
TURTLE POWER!!!!!! COWABANGA!!!!!
The "PWEEBLE"!
If you're gonna make a rum drink, the Painkiller is the way to go.
How much of the epic Rex meltdown did Dan cut out of this episode?!
Cocktailmageddon begins at 7:55. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
We need a Rum Vault and Tequila Vault!
Grate fresh nutmeg on the painkiller… it’s a thing
I'll have to look at mine later for the batch number, I didn't dislike it, but, I didn't like it either. It seemed boring.
O-H!
I-O!
Someone please clip 10:05-10:13 ( Rex being told Daniel likes cocktails). I need to be able to send that clip to people when they say something absurd.
I got their BiB last time I went to Ohio.
What the Heck Peter.....oops I mean Daniel. Fancy Drinks...lol
What is that chain😂
How about tequila? I've had some amazingly tasty añejo...
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I-O!
@@mgreco712 Go Bucks!
Hail to the Victors! (I can BARELY say that this year lol)
Hate the label, but they rep Ohio very well!
That needs to be a shirt! Manifocent
FIRST
wtf you forgot to welcome me to the Whisk[e]y Vault. I feel unwelcome now. Plus I forgot your names.
That is a very large but equally unpretentious label
Vodka???
Clear alcohol are for rich women on diets.
-Ron Swanson
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, heroes in a half shell!
Wait, is that like oysters in a half shell?
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