http://www.bourbon-central.com/bourbon-reviews/wild-turkey-101-review/ Kentucky bourbon whiskey, the true American spirit! - reviews, news, cocktails, discussion Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:23:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.bourbon-central.com/bourbon-reviews/wild-turkey-101-review/#comment-214 Brbnizgud Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:17:23 +0000 http://www.bourbon-central.com/bourbon-reviews/wild-turkey-101-review/#comment-214 Wild Turkey. One of those old staple bourbons that you can count on. I've been drinking this particular bourbon for many seasons (I won't say how many...just trust it's been a while). While I've always liked Wild Turkey, my tastes lean toward the older variants when they were age stated. Unfortunately, as bourbon sales have increased over the years, the distillery's, in order to stretch profits and bourbon, have dropped age statements and proof on domestic brands. To the credit of Pernod Ricard (owners of the Wild Turkey brand), they have not dropped the house 101 proof offering while Russells Reserve did see a drop of proof from 101 to 90 a number of years ago. Jimmy Russell once told me that he feels the best aged whiskey is between 8 and 12 years old so you can assume that a bottle of Wild Turkey 101 will have some age to it. That along with the mashbill makes this a decent bourbon. Not great but certainly a good pour in a pinch. I would rate this 7.5/10. Wild Turkey. One of those old staple bourbons that you can count on. I’ve been drinking this particular bourbon for many seasons (I won’t say how many…just trust it’s been a while). While I’ve always liked Wild Turkey, my tastes lean toward the older variants when they were age stated. Unfortunately, as bourbon sales have increased over the years, the distillery’s, in order to stretch profits and bourbon, have dropped age statements and proof on domestic brands. To the credit of Pernod Ricard (owners of the Wild Turkey brand), they have not dropped the house 101 proof offering while Russells Reserve did see a drop of proof from 101 to 90 a number of years ago. Jimmy Russell once told me that he feels the best aged whiskey is between 8 and 12 years old so you can assume that a bottle of Wild Turkey 101 will have some age to it. That along with the mashbill makes this a decent bourbon. Not great but certainly a good pour in a pinch. I would rate this 7.5/10.

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