I’d like to thank ByrnePR and Lux Row for providing the review sample and photo of Blood Oath Pact 7 with no strings attached.
I am very much a guy that likes to do it myself. If I have a choice between learning to do something and doing it well or paying someone to do it perfectly, I will take the opportunity to learn a new skill every time. I do most of my own repairs around the house. And sure, at first it was just because I didn’t have the money to pay a repair person. But eventually it was because I knew I could do a job. I just didn’t know how to do it yet. And with all the world’s information at my fingertips, learning is just a Google search away.
Of course that doesn’t mean that I don’t occasionally pay an expert. Any plumbing job more complicated than installing a dishwasher or faucet goes right to the experts. These folks know what they are doing and are much less likely to cause damage to something else in the house than I am.
One of the other things that I tend to turn to the experts for is blending up a tasty bourbon. While I dabble in blending on an amateur basis, and while my efforts are unlikely to cause damage to the house. I do find that most of the folks who do this for a living do it better than I do. And tonight we are looking at a bourbon from one of the best blenders in the business: Lux Row Master Distiller John Rempe. I’ve been a big fan of almost every one of his premium (and many not so premium) releases from Lux Row.
Tonight we are looking at the seventh edition of Blood Oath to come from Rempe. Blood Oath Pact 7 was created from three bourbons that use rye as their flavoring grains: a 14-year-old, an 8-year-old, and an 8-year-old that was finished in Sauternes casks. Sauternes is a sweet white wine from Sauternes, France, a town in the Bordeaux region.
Blood Oath, Pact 7
Purchase Info: This 200 mL sample was provided by the distillery for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $99.99.
Price per Drink (50 mL): $6.67
Details: Blend of 14-year-old Bourbon, 8-year-old Bourbon and 8-year-old Bourbon that was finished in a Sauternes cask. 98.6° proof.
Nose: Vanilla, bubblegum, a savory herbal note, and oak.
Mouth: Caramel, apricot, honey, cinnamon, and oak.
Finish: Medium in both length and heat. Notes of cinnamon, oak, and stone fruits.
Thoughts: Good, not great. I like it, but not as much as I have previous Blood Oath releases. I probably won't be buying this one if I run across it. But that is mainly due to price. It's a good whiskey, but whiskey needs to be something really special for me to drop $100 or more on a bottle. At half the price it would be a no-brainer pick-up. As it is, it really depends on your bourbon budget.
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