The Whiskey Club returned to the Valero Texas Open once again—an event that continues to be one of the highlights of the year. Set against the backdrop of the 3rd oldest PGA TOUR tournament, this experience brings together great whiskey and an unbeatable setting overlooking the 18th green.
If you aren’t familiar with what the Blind Bottle Tasting Experience is all about be sure to read about it in the link (⬅). If you missed out this time, be sure to make a point of participating at our next event. Below, you’ll find the results of the experience.
As always, if you forgot to cast your vote, be sure to remember next time – just place a wooden star in the voting jar that corresponds to the color of the blind bottle that you liked the most. In any case, the voting results are not what is important. This is something that we do to help you remember which one YOU liked the best. What is important is what you remember about each of them and which one you liked. Now, you get to find out what was in each of the blind bottles.
THE RESULTS
At this year’s Valero Texas Open Whiskey Club event, the blind bottle tasting delivered some unexpected results.
Blind Bottle: Red
Rabbit Hole, Boxergrail, Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, 95 Proof
MSRP $56 at pretty much any “big box” liquor store in San Antonio
7 votes
Blind Bottle: White
Colonel E.H. Taylor, Straight Rye, Bottled in Bond, 100 Proof
MSRP $80 but difficult to find. Secondary market prices range from $150-$250
0 votes 😯
Blind Bottle: Blue
Sazerac Rye, Straight Rye Whiskey, 90 Proof
$27 at pretty much any “big box” liquor store in San Antonio
5 votes
If you missed the Valero Texas Open Whiskey Club event, it’s one worth planning for next year.
The next meeting we will feature three new whiskies for the blind bottles. One blind bottle will contain an allocated whiskey, such as (but not limited to) Colonel EH Taylor Small Batch, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, or other hard to find whiskey. The other two blind bottles will contain a carefully selected, very good whiskey, that can easily be found and at a reasonable price, with one being under $30 and the other being between $40 – $60.
