Comments on: Live vertical tasting: five straight vintages of Sazerac Rye 18 yr. old, this Wednesday on Twitter

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:00:27 +0000

Sazerac 18 is my favorite whiskey year in and year out. I wish I was able to obtain more of it.

By: John Hansell

John Hansell — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:51:19 +0000

Yeah, it was just a coincidence really. But I’ll tell you already, butephoto, that I have tasted the past five vintages of Sazerac Rye 18 y/o a few times already (and with fellow whiskey enthusiasts) and the 2008 vintage (Jim Murray’s whisky of the year), while still nice (I scored it an 87), was our least favorite.

In fact, my one friend who was tasting these whiskeys with me last Friday night (a seasond whiskey drinker) was really bummed after we went through the past five years of vintages. It turns out the bottle he bought last year was the 2008 vintage.

By: butephoto

butephoto — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:22:51 +0000

A good tie in with the release of the Bible there. Looking forward to this as I love Sazerac Rye, but don’t seem to get much of it very often.

By: John Hansell

John Hansell — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:19:50 +0000

Sam, no inert gas was used. And they finally did (last year?) move the whiskey to smaller SS containers. I’ll get more detailed when I post up my review of the 2009 (and compare to previous vintages).

By: sam k

sam k — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:51:30 +0000

John,

Have you ever determined if the whiskey was preserved by the addition of inert gas as the level in the tank was reduced, or perhaps by the successive use of smaller containers? I’m wondering if the perceived change is actually from the contact with stainless, or just a result of increased oxidation.