Bourbon Review: Wild Turkey Masters Keep Voyage
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Finished in rum casks 5 to 6 weeks, 10 year wild turkey in an appleton rum barrel
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I piked up this bottle for $205 at Costco, score of the year.
For $275, in my honest opinion since I’ll probably never see it where I live, I’ll just mix a splash of Appleton Estate 12yr with some Rare Breed, close my eyes, and imagine I’m on a beach where an actual bottle of Voyage floated up on an island shore right between my sandy feet 🤙 would love to try this, but ya know…control state(s).
5 to 6 weeks seems like a short amount of time. Must have been a wet barrel to get that much influence. Glad you love it. I can't justify that much for a bottle so I'm just happy there's a platform like this to try it vicariously.
Just picked this up at retail at a lottery. Seemed a little high at $279 but I love Jamaican rum and I love good Wild Turkey whiskey. So glad to hear your review is good.
I too am a huge bourbon and rum fan. I have a spot on my shelf for rum finished whiskeys. These kinds of bottles aren't common up in the midwest, but if I see one, I will purchase it!
Damn you Fred!!!! I was hoping to get a low review. The price is not budget friendly. Hope I find this bottle.
Nice review. Its the only way il see this experience. Way above my pay grade.😂😂😂 🥃🥃🥃love wild Turkey. Loving your channel Thanks from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Love Appleton. Love Wild Turkey. Don't love this. $275? Didn't cost Campari one cent extra for those barrels being that they own Appleton so let's not hear the typical explanation about the finishing barrels being expensive 🎣 🐋
Yeah agree completely one of the most blatant ripoffs in a while 10 yr bourbon and then only a 5 to 6 week finish is crazy. Hell Sagamore finishes their rye for sometimes years in secondary barrels and costs usually 80 or less
Since when are barrels free? Even if they are owned by the same company the barrels could still be used to age rum a second time.
@@steveno7058 when you own the barrels you OWN the barrels!!
It would be fun to see you do a review of Sagamore Spirits rum cask finish at some point. I'm drinking a lot of rye right now, and that one has been on my list. Might be a good alternative for those not wanting to pay upwards of $275.
All I can find is the sherry, don't get me wrong, the sherry is fantastic, I just want to try the others
I actually have Funky Cold Medina and Wild Thing on vinyl. Flea market find. 😂
This is probably the one bottle I will really hunt and be willing to pay slightly over retail.
Looking forward to getting the Wild Turkey 12 Year I ordered for $175. 🥃
Brother I'm apologetic that you're having to pay even *that for it. My local convenience store has it for ¥6400, or about $46. Kanpai!
* it's worth it.
I likely won't see one of these, and if I do, I won't be able to afford it. Still I highly appreciate your review so at least I know how it tastes, cheers Fred!
Mr. Minnick since we’re on rum or rum finish try Angostura 1919 rum in the square bottle with the rounded shoulders it’s deliciously decadent 😋🤩🥳
Thanks for the amazing review. I'm a huge fan of the Wild Turkey Master's Keep lineup and respect your reviews. Thanks Marine
That color is pure rum color it looks luscious 🥳.
See you have an OSU cap, you from OK? Loving your videos!
Yup. Born and raised. Plus, an OSU alumni
Wild thing with wild turkey 👍
Oof, they couldn’t drag out at least some 12 or 13 year casks for that price? I’ll have to stick with my Redemption rum finish rye for $49.
Just cracked it and its right up there with the Masters Keep 17.
So excited for this one. Will get it as long as it is in my budget. 😂
Love the old school brand OSU hat. Looks just like one I had back in the 90's when I was in Stillwater. As far as the Masters Keep goes, thanks for the review. I doubt I will be able to find that, but maybe I can get lucky and get a pour somewhere.
Only 114° here today.
Hasn't hit Texas yet but at that price point it'll probably last a week or so. Any idea how many bottles? Nothing on the internets out there.
Fred Rules! Thanks!
Msrp is 204 by me. Still pricey and not a rum guy.
For 275 I rather add a bit more and get a Redbreast 21.
Curious how Wild Turkey gets away with $275 on a 10-year finished bourbon, but people gripe about the price of almost all other bourbons. Russells SiB's are 10-year 110 proof bourbons (ok 9, but usually somewhere between 9 and 10) and those are $80-$90. This is a 10-year, 106 proof bourbon with a finish on it and this comes in at $275, which implies that the barrel finish alone is worth basically $200/bottle? There's even other distilleries (fourgate, bardstown) that have rum finishes that sell for cheaper and they have to pay the price of sourced whiskey. It just feels like every distillery gets heat for their prices going up but somehow Wild Turkey gets away with it and I'm interested to know your thoughts.
limited runs are much more expensive to produce than a main line product like Russel's.
They're offering a very special product. it's made of the finest barrels they had, I'm sure of it. If you think that $275 is expensive, I'll introduce you to Scotch.
Thanks for the tasting! I am imagining that taste as you describe it! Now if I can just win some lottery somewhere for the cash to buy one…if I see one… beside in my dreams…🥃🤠
@@dronepocket325 I guess that’s my point though. They are sourcing and somehow they can offer a cheaper product while also having to pay a premium just to obtain the whiskey. It’s cheaper to produce your own than to source, and these distilleries that are sourcing are still able to offer a comparable product for cheaper.
The majority of NULU finished products (just 1 example) are in the $150-$200 range and most of that stuff is in the 4-6yr range. I dont love it either but inflation was nearly 9% year over year til the FED stepped in. Bardstown Foursquare is $160 MSRP and from the reviews its not even close to this.
Great song!
Damn, weren’t the master keeps only $150-$170 a couple years ago or am I mistaken. I feel like I got the 17 yr BiB for that.
$175 last year. So up $100 for this. It will sell out, but I ain't looking for it like I normally would be.
Damn I was just looking at this bottle an hour ago good timing my man.
worth it. go back!!
where did you see it?
Great content, thank you.
Keep it coming and stay cool.
Please don't let folks know about Appleton. Let them think Foursquare is better. Give a bottle of Jamaican rum over Barbados any day of the week.
How do you feel about st lucian rum
@@FredMinnick I don't have any chairman bottles but I do have a Hamilton st Lucia 9 year. And it reminds me more of Caribbean/ Latin style. Kinda like a better version of rum from Belize. When it comes to funk nobody beats Jamaica, gayana, Haiti.
Appleton is great. Just wish they released more stuff with higher proofs with good age on it
@@steveno7058 they do. Just hard to find and not cheap. My dreap is their 15 year at cask strength. That would be amazing.
One I plan to acquire :)
Would like to get into the world of Rum (best for cocktails, best neat/on the rocks, best special occasion, etc.); do you have a playlist of Rum reviews?
Go check out my book, rum curious
@@FredMinnick Just ordered! Cheers🥃
lol I just heard that song a few days ago.
This pricing is a real sham. 275 for 10yr old bourbon that was finished in rum for 5 to 6 weeks has to be the biggest rip off I’ve heard of
Where did you get your time line from? What I found suggests 5 to 6 months so interested in your source.
In the video description it says 5 to 6 weeks.
@@mrchilli5618 Fred literally mentions he asked and it’s in the description
Forget the fancy packaging and bring the price down to $150 Wild Turkey 🙄
What a wild coincidence that WT teamed up with Appleton. I'm not staying til the end but you should have mentioned that, hopefully you did.
damn, now I need to hunt this...
I can promise you this is not better than WT 12 YR. Ain’t no way
No color or flavors added to Jamaican though.
Lmaoooo “is it worth 275 dollars? Yes” yeah ok buddy…
Sounds outstanding but that price likely puts me out. Likely…😂
"i wOuLd nEvAr pAy TweEHundeD dOlaRs foR TiN yEEr wiTh ruM fIneSh!"
*puts purple foil on top of the bottle and names it something silly like jingle bells on a cat's ass*
"sHuT uP aNd tAkE mY mOnAAY!"
Doubt it will ever be found at $275 and it's hard to consider any Bourbon a value once we get to the pricepoint. "Worth it" is relative, even if you can afford it...🙂
Got it for 259 on the shelf. Helps to know what days trucks come in to smaller stores that don’t hide behind the counter.
My store charged 299…with 275 msrp I wasn’t really going to argue
Grabbed one at MSRP in Ohio today.
Fred, how long will a bottle of bourbon last after it's been open?
Decades. As long as you keep it out of direct sunlight and the bottle is at least 1/3 full
@@steveno7058 appreciated Steve
Fred, I just passed on this an hour ago. Before I go back, is it overwhelmingly rum forward, or more of what you'd expect from Wild Turkey with some additional notes? Rums sometimes have an almost sharpie marker taste that really throws me off.
So this is super balanced. I don’t think you will have an over forward rum note
Good grief 😂
Any other rum finished bourbons you would say is good that might be available?
I really enjoyed the Redemption rum finsuh
Unobtanium for the common man.
I get that, but i still gotta review them and sometimes this unobtainble ones stink. I certainly say so if they do. I do try my darndest to do reviews of obtainable ones. thanks for commenting as always!!! cheers!
This is 400 as of now
What’s the retail on this one? I scored the Cornerstone bottle 3 weeks ago for 171.99 in Dallas. At $275, that’s excessive for a masters keep IMO.
$275 is MSRP
Just found one in RI. $274.99. Store got 6 in this AM. I turned it down. Bought Rebel 10 year instead for $95.
Isn’t this rye?
What are your thoughts on privateer rum?
Huge fan!!!
$400 in Jersey
White horse liquors in Absecon, NJ for $270.00 they had a boat load of them last week.
$275 for wild turkey anything....um...no. thanks. Will stay with my wild turkey 101
Contender for the Best Bourbons of the Century list?
Little too early for that. haha
$300 out the door for a 10 year finished bourbon smh, no thanks.
@@dronepocket325For MSRP?
@@dronepocket325not MSRP
Yeah, idk. I think that $275 it's too much for what you get.
@@dronepocket325That’s not at MSRP my man.
I totally agree with you. No thanks
$300? Really I’d spend that on a 21 yr old scotch but never a bourbon.
And after this review it will be unattainable for anything short of 500 +. Prove me wrong. Again it’s great to see these matches but the MSRP isn’t friendly for most consumers. Just another bottle I’ll never see or be able to buy.
The preferred drink of George Clinton lol.
You, sir, win the Funk award!
@@FredMinnick I'm honored!
Aren’t the lyrics, “funky comma demon?”
Look, let’s try something…… @fredminnick, could you just review stuff like this and say that it is terrible so that the plebes like me can find one close to retail????? 😂🥃🦃
Haha.