{"id":4175,"date":"2022-11-08T08:19:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thegentsplace.com\/?p=4175"},"modified":"2022-11-08T08:19:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:19:11","slug":"a-review-of-the-gents-place-blaize-brooks-cask-strength-single-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thegentsplace.com\/a-review-of-the-gents-place-blaize-brooks-cask-strength-single-barrel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Review of The Gents Place Blaize &#038; Brooks Cask Strength Single Barrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago we told you about our exciting partnership with Blaize &amp; Brooks and gave you all an opportunity to grab one of the limited run of bottles. Today we wanted to share a review of one of those bottles by one of our members, Russ Kempton.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know Russ already, we&#8217;ll give you a bit of an intro. He&#8217;s spent over 35 years in sales, marketing, and management in the alcoholic beverage industry. These days he&#8217;s running Grapes and Grains, LLC, which is all about educating, entertaining, and consulting on all things alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>That includes hosting tastings for your company or organization (Russ pivoted and offered virtual tastings during the pandemic, mailing bottles to people and then walking them through the spirits on a video call) and even trips to taste these spirits at their source, whether that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thegentsplace.com\/know-liquors-tequila-vs-mezcal\/\">tequila<\/a> in Mexico or <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thegentsplace.com\/gifts-for-the-gent-a-scotch-encyclopedia\/\">scotch<\/a> in Scotland. With over 800 events under his belt now, Russ definitely qualifies as one of the most &#8220;spirited&#8221; speakers on alcohol in the country. If you&#8217;d like to talk to Russ about hosting an event or traveling, learn more on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speakingofgrapesandgrains.com\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of scotch, Russ has spent more than two decades teaching scotch to students at the University of North Texas who are working towards Hotel Restaurant Management degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center size-20\">So, knowing all that, we were still a bit nervous about sending our bourbon to Russ to drink. We had no doubt that Cara and her team had put together something amazing for us, but it&#8217;s always tough to go before experts, and worse, someone who judges fairly frequently. Russ has been a judge at the <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskiesoftheworld.com\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whiskies of the World Competition<\/a> multiple times and that means he&#8217;s hard to impress.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we were over the moon when he told us we had scored 95\/100! Here&#8217;s what the breakdown looked like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Appearance \u2014 5<\/li>\n<li>Nose \u2014 35<\/li>\n<li>Palate \u2014 35<\/li>\n<li>Mouthfeel \u2014 5<\/li>\n<li>Finish \u2014 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Appearance<\/strong> is fairly straightforward: how does the bourbon look, both in the bottle and in the glass. The bottle itself is also judged.<\/p>\n<p>Russ found &#8220;<em>bold, roasted Thai pepper<\/em>&#8221; in the <strong>nose<\/strong> as well as &#8220;<em>rich stone fruit<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>fresh cut vanilla bean<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what his notes said on <strong>palate<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>Corn sweetness is prevalent but not overwhelming. The cask strength tames the sweetness with dark pepper spices lingering on the back end of the palate<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another way of saying <strong>mouthfeel<\/strong> is &#8220;texture.&#8221; Words that are sometimes used to describe mouthfeel include delicate, or silky, or velvety, or creamy.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the <strong>finish<\/strong>, Russ said, &#8220;<em>the wood tannins, fresh vanilla, baked caramelized sugars and baked fruits continue to linger and are very slow to dissipate<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For a bit more context, Russ used a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thegentsplace.com\/drink-like-gent-knowing-difference-whiskey-bourbon-rye\/\">few drops of water<\/a> for his review of our 121 proof bourbon, and for the record he was tasting out of Batch 19 and Bottle 88.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re thankful Russ enjoyed his taste of our first collaboration with Blaize &amp; Brooks and look forward to hearing from those of you who haven&#8217;t had a chance to crack into your bottles yet!<\/p>\n<p><em>We&#8217;ve got fewer than 40 bottles left! If you want to grab yours click <a href=\"https:\/\/buy.stripe.com\/aEU9AN6Cn54mdeo5kS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago we told you about our exciting partnership with Blaize &amp; Brooks and gave you all an opportunity to grab one of the limited run of bottles. 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