Category: Wild Turkey

Whiskies distilled at Wild Turkey in Lawrenceburg Kentucky

Wild Turkey Longbranch

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Paid: $36 for 750 ml

Distilled/Owned by: Wild Turkey / Campari

Region: Kentucky

43% ABV

Mashbill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% barley

Aged For: NAS, stated to be around 8 years

Cask Type: New charred oak

Chill Filtered: Filtered with charcoal made from oak and Texas Mesquite

Color: Light amber

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn.

Nose: Cinnamon, chili oil, cherry, toasted oak, caramel, and redhots candy

Mouthfeel: Light bodied

Palate/Taste: Vanilla, oak, cinnamon, fruit, and sweet corn

Finish: Light warmth and medium length, mellow corn, oak, and spices with a hint of fruit

Thoughts: It’s a lighter more fruity version of Turkey that is aimed at the Gentleman Jack crowd, in that respect it is a success. However, for my own palate it is a bit light.

Score: 78 out of 100

Wild Turkey 101 8-Year

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Price: Discontinued

Distilled/Owned by: Wild Turkey / Campari

Region: Kentucky

50.5% ABV

Aged For: 8 years

Mashbill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% barley

Cask Type: New charred oak, Char #4

Chill Filtered: No?

 

 

Color: Brass

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn

Nose: Vanilla, oak, cinnamon, toffee, butterscotch

Feel: Medium body

Taste: Vanilla, oak, cinnamon, spices, caramel

Finish: Warm and dry, long lasting, vanilla and oak with baking spices

Thoughts: Its everything you know and love about regular 101 with some of the rough edges smoothed away making for a delicious simple sipper.

Score: 85 out of 100

 

Old Ripy

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Old Ripy

Price: $50 for 375ml

Distilled/Owned by: Wild Turkey / Campari

Region: Kentucky

52% ABV

Aged For: Min 6 years

Mashbill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% barley

Cask Type: New charred oak

Chill Filtered: No

 

 

Color: Amber

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn

Nose: Baking spices, oak, coffee, caramel, and pepper

Feel: Medium body

Taste: Oak and vanilla with a fruity sour tinge, caramel,

Finish: Light warmth and medium length, oak and herbal notes, corn and fruit notes.

Thoughts: Not that great, especially for the price, not a fan of the sour fruit and weak finish.

Score: 75 out of 100

Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit

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Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit

Price: $40 for 750ml

Distilled/Owned by: Wild Turkey / Campari

Region: Kentucky

50.5% ABV

Mashbill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% barley

Aged For: NAS

Cask Type: New charred oak, Char #4

Chill Filtered: No

 

 

Color: Copper

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn.

Nose: Spicy oak, caramel, vanilla, pepper, and tobacco

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, slightly dry

Palate/Taste: Oak and cloves with pepper, cinnamon, and chocolate

Finish: Slight warmth, pepper, oak, and dry rye spices

Thoughts: The weak finish make this not much better than your average Wild Turkey 101

Score: 80 out of 100

Wild Turkey Rare Breed 112.8 Proof

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Rare Breed 112.8

Paid: $15 for 375ml

Distilled/Owned by: Wild Turkey / Campari

Region: Kentucky

56.4% ABV

Mashbill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12 % barley

Aged For: NAS

Cask Type: New charred oak, Char #4

Chill Filtered: No

 

 

Color: Copper

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn.

Nose: Oak, caramel, cinnamon, black pepper, corn, vanilla, and char

Mouthfeel: Medium body

Palate/Taste: Dry, cinnamon, pepper, clove, tobacco, oak, and vanilla

Finish: Medium warmth and length, oak and spices with vanilla.

Thoughts: Dry, sweet, spicy vanilla. This is how I like my turkey.

Score: 85 out of 100

Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Decades

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Wild Turkey Masters Keep Decades

Paid: $130 for 750ml

Distilled/Owned by: Wild Turkey / Campari

Region: Kentucky

52% ABV

Mashbill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12 % barley

Aged For: Between 10 to 20 years

Cask Type: New charred oak, Char #4

Chill Filtered: No

 

 

Color: Copper

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn.

Nose: Old oak, rye spices, caramel, vanilla, and a sort of aged bourbon smell

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with dry spice

Palate/Taste: Oak, vanilla, caramel, spice, clove, leather, and tannins

Finish: Medium warmth and long lasting, baking spices, oak, tobacco, leather, cinnamon, caramel, and dry sweetness.

Thoughts: I liked this much more than the Master’s Keep 17, I like the dry spice and oak flavor. Most older bourbons become too lopsided with oak, but I think having 10 year juice in here balances it out.

Score: 87 out of 100

Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Rye

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Russells Reserve SB Rye

Price: $60 for 750ml

Distilled/Owned by: Wild Turkey / Campari

Region: Kentucky

52% ABV

Aged For: NAS

Chill Filtered: No

Cask Type: New charred oak, Char #4

 

 

Color: Deep tawny

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn

Nose: Fresh cut sugar cane, eucalyptus, spearmint, floral, and lavender notes

Feel: Intermediate

Taste: Rye, cinnamon, pepper, herbs, fresh grass, seasoned oak

Finish: Medium, with oak, tannins, brown sugar, molasses, flowers, and coconut water.

Thoughts: It was very herbal, but not my type of herbal, curious as to what the barrel variations are like with this.

Score: 81 out of 100