4 Roses Premium American Whiskey (blended) Evaluation

Within the late Nineteen Fifties, Seagram’s stopped promoting 4 Roses Bourbon within the USA and as a substitute began promoting this: 4 Roses Premium American Whiskey (blended). Earlier than Seagram’s purchased the model in 1943, it was one of many best-selling bourbons in America. Why they determined to alter it to a rotgut mix within the USA and ship the bourbon abroad is anybody’s guess.

Although, nobody has ever accused the individuals who ran Seagram’s (into the bottom) of creating good selections. The as soon as large drinks big fell extremely fast and its company corpse divvied up by the opposite massive drinks firms of the day. Now, let’s get to drinkin’!

4 Roses Premium American Whiskey (blended) – Particulars and Tasting Notes

Whiskey Particulars

Model: Blended (American)
Area: USA
Distiller: Seagram’s
Blender: 4 Roses

Mix: GNS and bourbon
Cask: New charred oak & used cooperage
Age: NAS
ABV: 40%

4 Roses Premium American Whiskey (blended) Worth: NA – Public sale, Specialty Retailer or Non-public Vendor

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4 Roses Premium American Whiskey (blended) Tasting Notes

EYE
Gentle amber

NOSE
Banana taffy, steel, stale spice, paint thinner and Peeps.

It smells worse than I described… why did they do that?

PALATE
Tastes like a musty model of the aroma. Precipitated a right away spit take. That is foul.

FINISH
Quick -> Musty banana Peeps

BALANCE, BODY and FEEL
No steadiness, skinny physique, and a watery really feel.

4 Roses Premium American Whiskey (blended) – General Ideas and Rating

It is a true rotgut whiskey. The most effective factor I can say about it’s how mercifully brief the end is; this isn’t a taste you need lingering. It’s so unbelievably unhealthy, I’ve a tough time considering there’s any 4 Roses bourbon in right here in any respect. I’ve had pre-Seagram’s 4 Rose bourbon and it was good, and I can’t detect any of that goodness on this.

Sitting right here, forcing my approach via a small glass of it for this evaluation, I can’t assist however surprise in regards to the actual thought course of that went into the choice to modify from Bourbon to this? Within the court docket of whisky, this was against the law in opposition to bourbon. Against the law Seagram’s has positively paid for. Its loss of life was somewhat swift and spectacular all on the identical time and lots of the whiskey manufacturers they as soon as mismanaged went on to have nice lives below completely different homeowners. Like 4 Roses being introduced again to life by Kirin.

Getting again to the whiskey, the 4 Roses Premium American Whiskey (blended) is a foul-smelling and tasting rotgut. Among the many worst I’ve had, however should you get the prospect to attempt it positively do. It’ll make you much more grateful for the 4 Roses gracing our cabinets in the present day

SCORE: 0.5/5 (so unhealthy it doesn’t deserve a score ~ “F” | 0-59)