If you remember, I did a personal tasting of Eagle Rare 10 Year Bourbon about a week ago. The whole article and video can be found here.

So I wanted to do a little experiment. What would happen if I tasted the same bourbon (literally the same bottle) with a group of friends. Would my opinions change of the bourbon? Would I find something a little different? Would the other drinkers have the same opinions as me?

My tasting notes are similar, but I did drink this neat instead of on the rocks. I think it brought a little more flavor out of it than if it was iced down. We also went down a few rabbit holes while we were talking, so you are in for a treat!

After having a tasting of Garrison Brothers Straight Bourbon Whiskey, our friend Tom pulled out a bottle of Three Boys Distilling (aka Whiskey Thief) and decided we should all take a taste. I’ve been down to Three Boys before, but I haven’t tasted it in years.

The favorite of the night for me, this one was packed full of flavor. It was interesting to see the responses from the rest of the Bourbon Council as we all had a little different opinion on this one.

In terms of tasting notes, it had the following:

1. Heavy cinnamon and oak on the nose.
2. A boozy start to the taste followed by some serious cinnamon throughout. Lots of hints of oak and caramel.
3. A finish of almost straight cherry. Really really tasting.

I really enjoyed this tasting and I thought this was a killer bottle.

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I’ve had a bottle from the Garrison Brothers a few years ago and loved it. So I was excited to get a chance to try this when I heard there was one nearby.

This bottle was sent as a gift from my father-in-law’s college roommate (Kurt – Thanks for the bottle!) and he was gracious enough to share it. So we decided to do a tasting of the bourbon after our weekly dinner.

I sat down and did this tasting with my Bourbon Council. If you haven’t met the Bourbon Council, you are in for a treat. Dave, Mike, Chris, and Tom are a few of the members and they have sat down this evening to taste a bottle of Garrison Brothers Small Batch Texas Whiskey.

Each of the Bourbon Council members brings a different perspective on their tasting and bourbon overall. None of us are right on everything and we always talk about the bourbon and other random topics. If you would like to be a member of the council and want to join, you can find out more information here: https://www.patreon.com/indianabarrelpickclub

As for the Garrison Brothers Small Batch Texas Whiskey, the video can give you the opinions of all of the people who tasted it. My personal opinion, the bottle was a little young and had a real strong corn taste. This used to be one of my favorite tastes as it had a lot of sweetness, but I’m starting to shy away from the strong corn flavor. I got a little bit of oak, but I was looking for more. I think I could sit there and drink this with the best of them, but I’m not sure I would spend the money (around $90) to get a bottle. I would default to other bottles in a heartbeat. I appreciate the taste, but I’ll be a little trigger shy with Garrison Brothers in the future. I’ll side with their older products.

Here is the full video of our tasting: