Best age for bourbon

bedlamborn · January 31 2017 at 2:56PM

@Carlton
Been drinking more Buffalo Trace now and I have to say that it would do with a higher ABV. It is only 40% here in Europe. Would need like 45-46% to be better. It is still good but misses something.

[Deleted User] · January 31 2017 at 9:48PM

@bedlamborn

That stinks that you get a 40% abv version. It is 45% abv here in the US.

Is Eagle Rare 10 Year Old available in Sweden, and if so at what abv (it is 45% abv in the US)? Eagle Rare is the same distillate as Buffalo Trace but with a couple of extra years of maturation.

bedlamborn · February 1 2017 at 9:01AM

@Carlton
No Rare Eagle in Sweden. In the UK it is imported from the USA so it has the same ABV.

SlàinteMhath · February 1 2017 at 9:44AM

The availability of bourbons is also quite limited in Norway and many come at a low ABV of 40%.

I was able to source a Knob Creek 9yr and a Rittenhouse Rye from whisky.de while I was on a visit in Berlin last year. However, it's not that easy to get 'the better stuff' when it comes to bourbon and you are not living in the US.

bedlamborn · February 2 2017 at 11:31AM

@SlàinteMhath
The good stuff is hard. It is quite sad that when I go on a Finland ferry, that they have better Bourbon than the alcohol monopoly in Sweden.