Old Forester 1920 (New vs Old) PLUS vs Rare Breed! - Drink This or That?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Some people have said the new label of Old Forester 1920 has more than just a new label. Has the whiskey inside the bottle changed, too? Once we determine our favorite between the two bottles, we put it up against other crowd favorite; Wild Turkey Rare Breed!
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Hats off for taking an episode headed straight for the bin and turning it into a standout. Great stuff! Meanwhile, I've never taken 1920 and RB head to head and wonder. I regard them equally, but they are very different...
I agree. Love them both, but ARE very different!
Really enjoyed listening to this! It reminded me of the first time I got high and had all these epiphanies, insights, and this sort of enheightened awareness. This clip reminded me of the Martha Washington scene for Dazed and Confused. It was great!
So excited to see this video bc these are my 2 favorite readily available burbons to date. I go back and forth between these 2 burbons a lot. Been through a lot of Rare Breed bottles and 1920 bottles so I have experience in both. Rare Breed to me has more spicy notes than 1920. It's a great burbon no doubt. If I had to pick between the 2 I would go with the 1920. My thinking on this is because I get a huge Cherry note on the 1920 and to me it's a Cherry bomb and I love it. The flavor profile has always been consistent as well. With my pallet, I don't get the dominant Cherry note on the Rare Breed like I do the 1920. Both great burbons and I love both just prefer 1920. Thanks for the video!
Just cracked a new 1920 tonight. So worth the money.
These are both in heavy rotation on my bar. They never disappoint...kinda like Chad and his low-key hip hop references (that Kanye throwback was nice)!
Love the trajectory of this video. Too much fun! We’ve blinded these two a few times and could probably flip a coin most days but so tend to gravitate toward the Turkey profile. Ultimately we all win with both of these on the market. Great video guys!
What a great episode! It’s so refreshing that you didn’t just tank the episode when you realized there was no change in the 1920. Great decision. I like OF but I am a Wild Turkey guy (in this realm anyway). Regarding Four Roses….no, not for me. Anyway, thanks. This was a fun episode.
You look much better without the bangs ! 👍🏻 I own both and it depends on the night as to which one I go with. Love them both.
As a new subscriber let me tell you that I'm loving your channel. I'm a bit late to the whiskey party, but learning fast and your channel is really helping. I wondering if you've ever spoken with Jackie Zykan from Old Forester. She is a great ambassador for them and she can speak to all of the nuances in the various blends. Last two things, I loved the dog appearance and Sara is right this time around. Sorry Chad!
I love the banana bread / banana fosters aspects of the OF1920 and can't believe y'all are pointing to it as a shortcoming. Different stokes for different folks.
You guys made me consume more than I wanted to tonight. I have to say I am on Team Chad on this one. 2021 has been a pretty dismal year for special releases and if you ask me what are the best bourbons I have had so far in 2021, Rare Breed is on the list. 1920 is not. I like 1920 and all with its candy factory explosion, but compare it to Rare Breed and Rare Breed is like a rickhouse explosion drizzled with caramel.
Rare Breed just has a bit more complexity and all of the things you want in a great bourbon, which is not a knock on 1920 at all, which is a great bourbon. But which would I rather drink on a given day? Rare Breed hands down. I like Nerds and all, but they aren't something I can eat every day. WT RB... any day of the week and twice on Sunday. That's all I'm saying.
Great comment Carter. There's no right or wrong, and the fact is, they are both figgen delicious and it just depends on taste which comes out on top for whom.
Never had the older but the new 1920 neat is freaking good !! One of my favorites
Hi Sara, Hi Chad, first of all I like your channel and the way of presentation. My favorite Bourbon is Rare Breed, I like all Turkey stuff. OF 1920 is very good but RB is a bit better. Continue with your channel like you did until now, it's great 👍😁
Greetings from Germany.
Great episodes guys!
Its depends on the day for me. That's how much I enjoy both of these
I'm with Sara on this one. I love OF 1920. I wanted and expected to love Rare Breed, but I just don't. RB is relegated to the cabinet while OF is on the bar cart. But I haven't tried them side by side, though. Now I've gotta see how that goes for myself!
To make this humorous and quick, you should make a splash page explaining the 'Four Roses Effect' with a funny music, like Baby Elephant Walk. And OMG, gonna have to do a blind. This will be EPIC! Good Episode.
1920 and Rare Breed are a special purchase in my house, I do like 1920 a little more. Drink WT101 frequently, have yet to try other old forester products.
Great show....nice review. I have gone crazy trying sooooo many different Bourbons and I have really like the OF products. 1910 and 1920 are my favorites. I love the charred flavor of these OF whiskeys. 1920 especially, I make an Old Fashioned with them and instead of a simple syrup I use real maple and OMG. Best ever. DASH o bitters with a teaspoon of dark amber real maple syrup, and Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherry and a drip o the juice with a chunk of clear ice....boom. Best OF Old Fashioned ever.
Just purchased OF 1920. Will now have to do a side by side with the WT Rare Breed.
I think I just found my new favorite channel! Love the 1920, but yet to get me lips on the RB Wild T. Saw the new 1920 label in Vegas at Total Wine and thought wtf? Nice episode. P.s. Total Wine had some nice additions available, stocked up, looked like a criminal at checkout; Four Roses Small Batch Select, Russell's Reserve Single Barrel, ...and then across the pond Brunichladdich Laddie (OMG), Deanston 12, and Compass Box Hedonism, after loading up had to walk away from the large variety of Tennessee's Belle Meade, which if i saw first would have done me in straight away.
Nice one. I just made my first review of a bourbon. Never had a bourbon in my life so it was very interesting to see the difference between scotch and bourbon. I am hooked. Want to learn more. So like your channel. Cheers
Thanks! And good luck on your channel!
Depends on the day, mood and planetary alignment. I love both, no questions asked. When debating which is better I feel like the real winner is ME! Having the opportunity to have both of these is the true blessing of the bourbon Gods.
You forgot to mix them together in the end. Need another episode. 😂
I bought a bottle of Rare Breed in Glasgow, Ky. 3/28/23. $62 bucks! The price keeps going up.
Some days I'm in the mood for an apple. Other days I'm in the mood for an orange. I love them both, but find it next to impossible to compare them. And if I was forced to compare, like you said, I would probably pick different winners on different days. Definitely a tough one. I've recently had a leaning toward 1920.
I'm truly entertained because I love both bourbons. At first the Old Forester 1920 was better, but over time, I really decided I liked the WT Rare Breed just as much. Rare Breed is a little better value for the proof and now I just rotate both and never put them up against each other since they are both wonderful just different.
SOLID!!! I mean...honestly there isn't a wrong choice. These are the episodes that make me re-think...why chase the taters and the allocated stuff. I did the side by side and tonight, it was the Rare Breed. Side by side, Rare Breed just had that deeper richer body, total butterscotch and cream with that musty oak nose. Great stuff!!!
I found this review amazing. I was tasting right along with you and and so in LOVE with OF1920. I already LOVE WT Rare Breed but when mixing them (going back and forth) it was a disaster just like you found out! I will not be doing that any more - ever. They are both too damn delicious to screw up in this way!!
can't wait to do a side by side of these 2 favorites. I'm hoping i get syrupy banana cherry vs nutty grain instead of ketone fake banana medical vs musty thinness ethanol
If "each one points out the flaws in the other", then you should try mixing both & trying it :)
Finally! About time guys!
I've been trying a bunch of bourbons. I'm not crazy about the watery ones like the 80 proofs. I only like the 100+. I drink it straight with large whiskey cubes as to not water it down but get it cold. So far, the 1920 is the best whiskey I"ve been able to find at any price point. But it's a little out of my budget for a daily drinking so I roll with OF 100. But I added Wild Breed to my spreadsheet to try and evaluate. Appreciate other peoples take on stuff even when it's different than mine. Taste is subjective. Maybe I'll like the RB as well and save a few dollars. Don't know.
The 1920 is rich and sweet . The rare breed is hot and spicy rye notes.
Yep. Rare Breed is all about the spice for me. Prefer 1920.
I would certainly drink the rare breed, only after I was sure there was no old forester anywhere. I feel like I would drink the better stuff first, and save the rare breed for the, you know later. Rare breed is great, I just feel it is too, loose. The OF is tighter and I taste everything equally. I am never going to pretend to taste all the different weird flavors. I always felt the turkeys, all of them, sat around, with one melted ice cube, and then somebody poured a splash more of the whiskey in. It just isn't as tight for me. Cohesive. I am goofy, and I know it. But I do very much enjoy rare breed. Maybe I had a bad bottle, but it was off enough to not buy another one to find out.
I would like a 1920 please, too. I’m with Sara on this one.
Drinking 1920 as I'm watching this. By the end, I had zero idea what you all are talking about 😂.
Finally got to 1920. Milk chocolate, banana pancakes with maple syrup, and just a touch of cinnamon. 🍫 🍌 🥞 🍁 It drinks like a younger version of my Sam Houston 15. Very delicious, but there is 0 cherry in 1920.... if you say cherry I'm going to say you are just raddling off random tasting notes
It's almost like different people have different palates
Buy both bottles. They are both excellent. However, Rare Breed is not thin at all to me. But I love both. Flip a coin.
Great ep You guys are just fun
I've been loving 1920 for a few years now....
Try other bourbons but always go back..
Next on the list will be rare breed, always pick it up but never walk out with it..
Both of those bottles reside in my cabinet of goodness, so don't beat yourself up, it's a difficult choice that's only fixed by choosing them both.
Wanna try something difficult to choose?
Old Forester 1910 vs. Woodford Reserve Double Oak.
Both sweet, lower proof and readily available.
Have a virgin 1910 here, been sittin on for a little while. Looking forward to opening. Been a 1920 fan for about 3 yrs./ 3 bottles.
Literally the same price here $60 Southern MA. But only Rare Breed Rye...
I’m with you Sara
Rare breed is good, but I really like the Kentucky Spirit.
I just picture the after video being very tense. Going to separate parts of the house to think about your life choices. Haha
I love this episode ! Both are so good and obtainable. I am definitely going to do a side by side tonight. 🥃
I do love 1920 not to disc Rare Breed but 1920 is better IMO and Chad quir reading..... yes quit 1910 is better also. LOL
Both are great RB has more rye spice
I love them both!
I kind of disagree though that they highlight eachothers flaws. Given how expensive bourbon has become these two prove really good bourbon can be had for 60 and under and I don't feel there are flaws they just taste how they taste
“Flaws” wasn’t the right word, I think we eventually course corrected to personality traits or quirks. Both amazing bourbons and your typical bourbon drinker wouldn’t normally be in this situation where you’re trying to analyze them and compare them against each other and report back about it. At the end of the day, they’re both great values for the experience you get.
I'm confused about why Sarah is so shook. I haven't seen *all* of your videos, but I had the distinct impression 1920 was pretty much her favorite bourbon. She still picked it over Rare Breed. What's shattering the earth here?
Need to do a blind!!!!!!
Oh wow! What a great ending. Perfect bottles to have in a blind. Cheers!
+1 Rare Breed... Cheers y'all!
Not the ba-yangs the Bayangs ?!
Y'all often get excited about old bottles of bourbon. Do you know if 15 year old (175 months) Jim Beam juice from 1973 is in anyway distinguished? Or is it just standard (but old) bottom shelf Beam...in a fancy decanter? (I'm hoping the cork isn't rotten).
Wooo
Love 1920 and 1910, can't drink rare breed without adding something to it. To me it's nasty tasting neat.
so funny...i love Rare Breed as a weekly go-to drinker. I can't stand OF products at all.
I don't know why ON EARTH anyone would choose between these two and not simply stock BOTH. Both get you about 90% of the way to bourbon nirvana for a reasonable price. Drink what you're in the mood for.
It’s a toss up between 1920 and 1910
Is there enough difference to MAKE a difference…….you be the judge!
Sara. Loyal gal.
She loves Batman.
Well that settles it once and for all !
Nice to see pretty women for a change.
I choose OF 1920
That bangs haircut was fire! Seriously. :)
ADHD, did this a year ago...he went 1920...whereas I love RB, if the price is close I go 1920
I prefer Rare Breed to OF 1920 but both are still two of my favorite bourbons.
My parents went to the wild turkey distillery a few years ago. They were the only 2 that signed up during that time slot and were giving a private tour by the master distiller who signed a bottle of rare breed for them.
Was it Jimmy or Eddie Russell? I also have met them both at different
tours, plus Jimmy signed a hat and bottle for me.
9 out of 10 times in blind flights with these two, I pick Rare Breed. But, man is it close. You can't lose with either.
These two need to blind these two.
Heck no.....old label 1920 is VASTLY different than new label 1920. Period. Hands down
This episode got me to subscribe. Loved the cutting off of the first version of the episode 😃.
Thanks and welcome aboard!
SARA is correct! Rare Breed is thin! God forbid, but that TOO is my critique of EHTaylor Barrel Proof. Both full of flavor, but they are NOT luscious and oily.
You want the truth ? YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!
Chad is sleeping on the couch tonight.
I wonder if you would get the same result now. Bought a new 1920 yesterday and compared it to the old label. Difference was very clear.
New label 1920 tastes like young oak, light, spicy not the beautiful banana honey syrup of the OG OF 1920.
Great episode. 2 of my favorites. I lean slightly toward the 1920 but it really depends on the day, particularly since their flavor profiles are so different.
Tasting them side by side I like them both for different reasons so I'm not sure if I could pick one or the other. 1920 is rich and bakery with more oak presence and Rare Breed is fruity with tobacco and leather. If someone offered me either or both at the same time my response will be "yes please" lol.
I’m team Chad here with the Rare Breed for the win. It’s got complexity with its sugars, spices, and oak… it’s always, and I mean always, on the shelf (whereas, I have to go looking for 1920)… and it’s $15-$20 cheaper.
(Also, I often get heartburn and my stomach acids start reacting to immediately to OF 1920, but I don’t have that same affect with RB. But that’s just me.)
To me, this is a quintessential brand competition! Love both, but OF is currently in a slight lead for me, even with the pricing. Love the "Four Roses effect" comment. Maker's Mark is the classical Four Roses effect for me, even losing to Four Roses (Single Barrel vs. Barrel Proof).
Yes, the square bottle of Small Batch FR is really good! A favorite. Around $$45-50 for 100 proof is expensive though.
The proof of these bottles destroyed y'all's ability to speak haha
Good vid.
With these two, it's a win-win either way. Love em both but I'm a sucker for bananas soooo, 1920 is my lean.
1920! Chad you the man and you are wrong! Get use to it!
I liked the bangs Sara. They were not as bad as you think
This may be the best episode you ever did. I am a "compare everything" against rare beed guy. Rare Breed's extra woody oak notes blow OF1920 out of contention for me,
Wild Turkey is my favorite distillery but 1920 is in my top 3 bourbons ever. I also love Rare Breed of course but head to head OF 1920 is more complex in my opinion. Both are amazing! Cheers!
I’m really happy Rare Breed stumped you, as Old Forester refuses to introduce anything but a crappy 80 proof in the Australian market (Jackie’s response to my query, perhaps Australia should buy more Old Forester, referring to the crappy 80 proof), at least Wild Turkey looks after the Australian market. Thanks Wild Turkey! 🇦🇺
It's the same for pretty much the whole of Europe, Woodford Reserve is readily available at MSRP however Old Forester is scarce and sold at ridiculous prices.
Rare Breed is one of my go too’s but 1920 is a little more complex and a step above in my opinion.
I guess I am the guy with the tuba shouting how good rare breed is, sorry, hahaha. I love OF 1920 also (keep both on my shelf at all times), but give me my rare breed. I can't ignore the viscous mouth feel, love it
Nice work. My profile usually aligns more with Sara, but I’m with Chad on this. Actually probably because of that musty note… gives it character.
I get RB for 40 and 1920 is 60. No brainers for me but do enjoy 1920, the only OF I like. Love all things Turkey
I get RB for 45-47 and 1920 for 54. They’re equally good in my book. Since I prefer the 1920 the extra few bucks don’t matter to me. Even if RB was 40 I’d still prefer the 1920 at 60. Just because I like it that much more. I drink four bottles a month. So that’s just my preference. And I’m weird like that lol. If I wasn’t me, I’d get RB every time.
I disagree completely. The new label has a lighter mouthfeel, a shorter finish, it is sharper and overall lighter in flavor. It is good but there is less charm.
100 percent agree this and evan b.i.b are not the same whiskies nothing wrong with new 1920 but i prefer the 1910 and old forester 100 proof more.
Mix them together and see what you think...
Y'all are great, love all the videos, reviews, etc. Wish I was closer and could connect with a barrel pick adventure. I truly appreciate the "drink this or that" concept, but think it would benefit from a blind setup just the like flight fight videos to help alleviate any partiality, just a thought. Thank you, keep up the wonderful work!
Great. Now I have to do this. I like both. 1920 is my jam though! Rare Breed is a little too much Cinnamon for me. But back to back blinds might change my mind?
Battle of the readily available Proof Kings.
1920 > Rare Breed, but I think it all comes down to what your palate craves. The Old Fo banana note just does it for me.
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Great Episode - I freak'n love BOTH of these badboys & always have multiple bottles on my shelf... (FYI: In San Diego these are both available at Costco for under $50 - WOOHOO!!)
Soooooo weird. I love Rare Breed 2 cubes of ice. Never had 1920 but JUST walked out of the liquor store with both of these. Great video