Old Forester Old Ripely 114

Pros

• I love OGD 114. It and the regular BiB version, as I have never had the 7-year, will always have a place on my shelves.
• The 114 is one of my fav, can’t wait to try this one.
• I prefer OGD 114 to the bonded, but they are both solid pours.
• Parent context: It's been a while since I've had 114, but I remember it being more flavorful and robust, likely due to the higher proof. Since this has an age statement, I hope it means an age-stated 114 is in the future Reply: Yea. I wa...
• Will just hug my usual bottle of ogd 114, tell it its good enough for me, and live vicariously thru people dropping mad cash on bottles.

Cons

• The first 114 I had I sort of liked but the second one was a cinnamon blast and I didn't like it at all. I like cinnamon...just not *that* much
• The 114 is *good*, but it's a sledgehammer of a bold bourbon and you kinda gotta be in the mood for that.
• For the cinnamon I would say it’s spice. I find it to follow through the sip and balance it out quite well unlike OGD 114 and the fire extinguisher it could use.
• Everytime Ive had OGD114 I get blasted by the red-hot taste and I’m not a fan…
• Some cinnamon on OGD 114 fades into chocolate on the OGD7. There's a nasty bitter young wood flavor I put up with on OGD114 that goes away on this bottle. It's better than OGD 114 which is my go to but by how much? Depends on how you dri...