Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon Gift Set

Woodford Reserve Gift Set

Hi from Becca Boo and Yer Man!!!

I bought Yer Man a nice little Valentine’s gift from Sainsburys (£20), a Woodford Reserve gift set which contained a 200ml bottle of Woodford Reserve Bourbon, a cut glass whiskey glass and a 60ml bottle of Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned Syrup.

First things first… This gift set - Would You Buy It Again?

Becca Boo:

Hell yeah! I’d buy the set again to get another glass! I really like those glasses.

I’d buy the WR again, I think it’s one of my favourite whiskeys.

I’d buy the syrup again, I loved the syrup, I think it compliments the whiskey, it’s an easy way to make a fancy drink without doing a lot of work

Yer man:

Oh aye! I really like the glass. We’ve been on the lookout for decent sized cut glass whiskey glasses or ‘Rocks glasses’, as they’ve been labeled here, and these are pretty hefty and a good size, so I’d buy the gift set again for that.

I love Woodford Reserve. The first time I had it was on a flight from Boston to Dublin in 2018, it was the only bourbon on offer (international flight so it was free too haha), it was delicious.

We have a Woodford Reserve gift set that includes a 200 ml bottle of Woodford Reserve Kentucky bourbon, a cut glass whiskey glass and a 60 ml bottle of Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned syrup…

The Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned Syrup was a bit sweet for me in the ratio suggested but it was very tasty. 10/10 would buy it again.

So, on to the actual review… Yer Man: Becca Boo: (trying an Old Fashioned made from the gift set) Ooooh, Oh My God! YM:

I’ve just made an Old fashioned following the recipe on the back of the box and, as you can probably tell from the noises in the background, Boo likes it a lot.

BB:

Oh My God! Yum! This is Fan-F***ing-Tastic! Miiiiiaow!!!! Mmmmm! Oh, it’s delicious!

YM:

That’ll be nice to sit in front of an open fire with.

BB:

(making himself an Old Fashioned) 2 splashes of this (the Woodford Reserve bourbon). I thought the one I made you was a bit sweet even though, due to logistics I didn’t put the recommended amount of syrup in, so I’ll put less in this one.

This is really, really nice!

YM: BB:

What? No make this one with the right proportions of everything and you can have mine. I want to taste it made with the right amounts of everything.

YM:

OK! I’ll make it with the right amounts. So it’s 50 ml of bourbon and 10 ml of syrup but I don’t have a 50 ml measure, it’s 35 so I put 70 ml in the glass. The 1 teaspoon measure actually says 1Tsp/4ml so that’s balls as well and I couldn’t be bothered to work it out exactly hahahah so you’re getting 12 ml of the syrup.

BB:

Why do you say it’s 4?

YM:

It says 4 ml on the measure.

BB:

A teaspoon is 5 ml.

YM:

Yep, but that one says 4 ml.

BB:

No!

YM:

That’s what it says.

BB:

Let me taste it, so that has the proper amounts in it?

YM:

Yep, just letting the ice cube work it’s magic.

BB:

You’re not having this one, you’ve already drank half of that one hahah!

Here, do you want yours back if I’m having that one?

YM: BB: No I haven’t, I’ve had one wee sip. YM:

Well I didn’t have the proper measures, I did it approximately. Ewwww! Too sweet But Oh My God! The whiskey’s nice, the whiskey is nice.

Aye right!!

BB:

Babe, you said you were making that one with the proper amounts.

YM:

BB:

It’s soooo good!!

YM:

Yes! I have to say, (swapping glasses with BB) I like this one better, it’s not as sweet. Can you buy that Old Fashioned Syrup?

BB:

I’m sure you can, let me google that for you hahah! I want that, then you don’t have to do anything, that’s your drink already made. It’s simple and f***ing delicious!! Ooooh, I’m in love!

YM:

(speaking in his posh voice to google assistant on phone) Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned Syrup.

Google Asst:

Mmmm brandy!!

According to wikipedia the old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters, adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, and garnishing with a twist of citrus rind.

YM: BB: I’ll google it. I’ve had a Woodford Reserve cherry bitter that you would use on… YM:

I would give up all my other drinks and drink this, I’m a bit afraid of the syrup though, anything ‘syrup’ has a lot of sugar in it.

Here it is 16 fl oz $16, how many ml in 16 fl oz

BB: 16 oz is like 480ml YM:

We can, we will!

Awesome! We should get one of those. BB: YM:

So, let’s see, Woodford Reserve $36.99

That first taste of the first drink was the best. BB: YM:

Yeah, that’s what I meant when i said the first drink was the best, I could taste the whisky and orange.

(Rattling ice in an empty glass after taking the last swig) After this I’ll be reviewing the Woodford Reserve on it’s own.

BB: Oh My God! Is that all that’s left? Oh no! YM: There’s other whiskey there. BB:

I think it’s amazing.

I know but I’m soooo disappointed, the smokiness of this is superb, do you get the smoke on the back side? YM: BB: YM:

I love that glass, that’s the type of glasses I want for our house

Yep, I was pretty happy that time on the airplane when the free bourbon was Woodford Reserve.

OK, the neat Woodford Reserve has been sitting in a glass with a large ice cube, chilling and getting slightly diluted just to take the edge off, jeez that smells nice. This glass previously had the old fashioned in it, it’s a nice glass.

BB: YM: (Drinking) Oh man!! BB: Oh My God! I love this whiskey, how did I not know I love this whiskey? YM:

The taste is just f***ing fantastic. It’s a lovely sipping whisky, I don’t want to put anything in this. I like the syrup…

It’ll be interesting to try this versus a bottle of Michter’s (Rye), we’ll do a shoot out between them

BB:

I just like, it’s not sharp, you don’t make a whisky face, it’s smooth and it’s got this smoke on the back side of it that is soooo nice.

YM: You feel like a grown up when you drink it, it makes you think you should be discussing foreign policy or something hahah BB: YM:

Hahhhaha, well that takes care of the question would you buy it again.

Maybe we should use that with a different whiskey? BB: The whisky alone is just fantastic. (Almost whispering) it’s soo nice. YM:

(offering the glass) Here, finish that off.

BB:

No, I won’t , it’s your gift, and I’m putting in an order at the liquor store hahahahah.

YM:

Hahhhaha, well that takes care of the question would you buy it again.

It was a definite YES!!!! From both.