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Crested Ten

Crested Ten has been around since 1963 and was the first Jameson to be bottled at the distillery when back when. It is a mix of 60% pot still whiskey and 40% grain whiskey. It is older than 10 years (a mistake often made due to the name of the bottling). Mildly creamy nose on loads of honey, citrus and heather. Some oatmeal. Lemongrass. Fanta....

Score 79/100

Jameson Crested Devil’s Ladder

A year after the release of the Crested Black Ball, Jameson ordered barrels again from the craft brewery Eight Degrees and then launched this Devil's Ladder, their blend finished in barrels of a typical Belgian Tripel style of beer. The result was bottled at 43%. Great nose on candy sugar and cinnamon with a hint of chocolate and dried fruit....

Score 86/100

Jameson Select Reserve Black Barrel

This expression has recently arrived at the LCBO (I think it was previously available only in NY for some reason). With this one, the pot still is blended with "small-batch" grain whiskeys (with a higher ratio of pot still), and matured in a combination of American oak sherry casks and flame-charred bourbon barrels. Information and...

Score 90/100

Jameson

I've been drinking Scotch, Bourbon, etc. for quite a while, but never sampled Jameson before. Crazy huh? Not until the Rihanna song came out -- "Cheers" -- where she references let the Jameson sink in, was I interested enough to try it. Well, I finally did. I'll say this...it's very smooth. Very easy to drink neat. Comparable in my mind...

Score 82/100