Elmer T. Lee Bourbon
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Pros
- Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. I don’t know why it gets some much hate. Reply: I agree. The overpricing of it on the secondary market is the problem. It’s no...
- Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. I don’t know why it gets some much hate.
- It had some classic Buffalo Trace sweet-fruit notes and a minimum of rye spice... ETL isn’t a world beater by any means, but it was plenty good in this blind, and its positive features helped highlight some elements of Single Oak Rye Bou...
- I liked ETL about the same amount that I always do (maybe a touch more, given its comparative lack of sharpness here). ETL isn’t a world beater by any means, but it was plenty good in this blind, and its positive features helped highligh...
- 6.5 | Very Good | A cut above Elmer T. Lee (6.5)
Cons
- Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. Reply: It's just not that good compared to so many other bottles that cost less than half its price plus carry way more comple...
- Elmer taste like cherry syrup to me very over rated hype bottle for its price is my opinion
- These two are probably BT's two most overpriced/overrated products
- I would never buy another bottle of ETL even at MSRP. For my palet, it's absolute trash.
- Personally, I don’t mind Blanton’s, but I’m not a fan of of Elmer T Lee.
Sentiment
14 positive (50%) · 4 mixed (14%) · 10 negative (36%)
Trust + time weighted score: +15% · raw score 14%
What redditors said (10 of 28)
Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. Reply: It's just not that good compared to so many other bottles that cost less than half its price plus carry way more complex layers of flavors
Elmer taste like cherry syrup to me very over rated hype bottle for its price is my opinion
Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. Reply: I think it’s just thin and smooth and easy and boring. I don’t think it’s bad, I just don’t get the hype. I’d be happy to buy it at $40 to keep for cocktails.
Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. I don’t know why it gets some much hate. Reply: I agree. The overpricing of it on the secondary market is the problem. It’s not a $300 bottle. Most aren’t. But this is a solid bourbon.
Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. I don’t know why it gets some much hate.
Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink.
These two are probably BT's two most overpriced/overrated products
It had some classic Buffalo Trace sweet-fruit notes and a minimum of rye spice... ETL isn’t a world beater by any means, but it was plenty good in this blind, and its positive features helped highlight some elements of Single Oak Rye Bourbon that I didn’t really enjoy all that much.
I liked ETL about the same amount that I always do (maybe a touch more, given its comparative lack of sharpness here). ETL isn’t a world beater by any means, but it was plenty good in this blind, and its positive features helped highlight some elements of Single Oak Rye Bourbon that I didn’t really enjoy all that much.
I would never buy another bottle of ETL even at MSRP. For my palet, it's absolute trash.
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