![]() Thanks to Bourbon, I learned some things about Dad I never knew. ![]() Had some great stories which I had never heard all the way back to the late 30s up thru 1960. The other funny thing about this gentleman I had never met before is that he went to school with my father who passed away in 1999. Is it up there with BT? Nope! Is it as bad as April made it out above so many years ago? Absolutely not! Definitely a bottom shelf bourbon worth trying. Well we discussed bourbon for about 30 minutes and he talked me into trying Ezra so I bought a bottle. Last night I was in a PA Liquor Store looking over the bourbon selection and a Young man (87) walked in and grabbed a bottle of Ezra and asked me what I drank. As someone said above, when in a bar, it is almost always Maker’s Mark as that’s what most bars carry. BT is sometimes hard to find so I occasionally go with Evan Williams BB which I was surprised with the first time I tried it. It is up to you to decide the worthiness of a bourbon not some website or even a friend. The world of bourbon has a bottle for ever palate. If this is too much to bare, do not fret. The notes are subtle, and must be coaxed from their hiding place. Ezra Brooks is an acceptable cheap bourbon with a respectable proof. All that remains is the burn of the alcohol a reminder that we bourbon connoisseurs savor our swill not throw it to the back of our throats to spare us a most undesirable gag reflex. And, when chugging it down, like a shot of cheap vodka, (heaven forbid), the flavors are lost. ![]() The only difference is that younger bourbons have less to show. As with all bourbons, their notes are there. You must swish the brew in your palate for a spell and the subtle yet familiar flavors will show themselves. BIB and the Ezra Brooks must be found in tiny sips from a very shallow sample. Both are heavier in the alcohol plum you get when nosing the glass. It seems to compare with Evan Williams BIB. I have tried Ezra Brooks a few times in the past. The label also claims it is for those with a rugged spirit…I say it’s more for those with a rugged palate.Įzra Brooks may not be the bottom of the barrel, so to speak, but it is keeping a spot warm for whoever is! actually drinking it) these flavors are held back by the dominant sour burn.Ĭontrary to the label this is not a whiskey to be savored – this is one to get through quickly and never look back. However, during normal tasting actions (i.e. if you don’t actually drink it) you can discover the sweet citrus undertones lying there. It was found that if one allows it to just sit on the front tip of the tongue (i.e. Since there is no age statement to be found on the bottle I can only assume they put it in the barrel, shook it up and poured it right back out. The charcoal, which did not mellow out this bourbon, hits first with an instant burn that finishes lightly on the tongue but continues to be caustic the whole way down to the belly and stays that way through the next day. The taste is more astringent than sweet with a hint of the sour mash coming out hard at the end. This is where the pleasantness ends and the distastefulness begins. Ezra Brooks is filtered through minimal amounts of charcoal (not necessarily sugar maple charcoal at that) after aging.Įzra Brooks has a deceptively pleasing color of a pale amber tint and a fairly mild nose. It is charcoal-filtered to try for a mellower flavor, what Jack Daniel’s refers to as “charcoal mellowing.” The difference is that Jack Daniel’s filters through sugar maple charcoal before aging, a procedure known as the Lincoln County Process that serves as the legal basis for Tennessee Whiskey. The spirit produced is then aged in new charred white oak barrels. DSC later became Luxco, Inc.Įzra Brooks is an authentic 90 proof sour mash, meaning it uses the prior batches yeast to ferment the new batch in a never ending procession. After being bought and sold several times it landed in the hands of the David Sherman Corporation (DSC) of St. Ezra Brooks has changed hands many times in its history with it first being produced in the 1950s by the Medley Distillery, which was first established in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1901 and is now Terressentia’s O.Z.
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