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The latest release from George Remus is Series 5 of their Limited Edition Remus Repeal Reserve Bourbon. These are my thoughts and first impressions. Support the Channel on Patreon for Exclusive Hangouts and Early Video Access: http://www.Patreon.com/BourbonBytes Join the 'Byte Club' to get access to Live Chat & Gaming Perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXTTc9CfXlCnni816ZPdqOQ/join Join the Whiskey & Gaming Lounge Discord Server: http://BourbonBytes.com
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Could this be the best MGP release yet? Stay tuned to find out
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Hey everyone, welcome to Bourbon Bites. I'm Clifton, and today we're reviewing Remus Repeal
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Reserve Series 5. This is the 2021 release of the George Remus Limited Edition. They release it
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every single year. Of course, George Remus is the house brand of MGP out of Indiana. They make a lot
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of whiskey that's sourced by a lot of different brands, but this is their own stuff, and they put
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this out once a year. MSRP on this is $90, but it's actually their oldest release yet
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So it's made up of a blend of five different bourbons, which I'll put a chart up here telling
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you, but the youngest one in this is 13 years old. In fact, it's almost 70% 13-year-old
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and it only gets older from there. 24% of this is a 15-year-old bourbon, and 9% is 16 years old
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So when you look at the scheme of age and pricing in bourbon, $90 seems like a pretty good deal
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especially for MGP. Some older single barrels for the brand go for crazy prices. There's even like a
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secondary market for it Um but for them to release their own stuff yes it is a blend and yes it proof down to 100 proof but for 90 bucks I think you know hopefully it a winner already Now I also tried Series 4 which came out last year and
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I remember really loving that one, but this one's even older than that, so my expectations are really
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high for this one, so I hope it lives up to it. So let's go ahead and get into it. Huh, that's
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surprisingly light on the nose. It's more in like the nutty, like the fruit, like trail mix kind of
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note compared to what I expected. It was, I expected an oak bomb with this, but on the nose
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it's not really giving me too strong of an oak flavor. It does remind me of like, you know
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the trail mix that has like the chocolate in it, the nuts, the raisins and things like that
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It has a little bit of like a cherry note as well. Definitely not as oak forward as I thought
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but it's still a really lovely nose. So let's go ahead and give it a try. Cheers guys. Wow. The first thing that hits me isn't necessarily a flavor. It's more of the mouthfeel
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This is very thick, it's very viscous, and that's probably due to the older whiskey in here
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But it completely coats the mouth, and I'm enjoying that quite a bit because these flavors are right up my alley
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Again it doesn hit me up front with the oak that comes a bit later on it towards the finish but it still hitting me with a nice creaminess with that mouthfeel Still nutty and still fruity not necessarily cherry as much as I was getting on the nose It more of just a very nice warming baked good kind of note
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And the age definitely shows itself with that finish. The oak is there
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It's not overwhelming. Again, I thought with something being so old, there's going to be a lot more oak
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It's actually balanced really nicely with the sweetness, the fruitiness, the nuttiness
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at the front of the palate. It gives it a nice, well-rounded experience. especially with the finish because that's usually what I like the oak to linger a bit. Some older
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releases like from Knob Creek I enjoy that the most about it. This gives me those vibes that
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really rich dark dark very old saturated oak but thankfully up front it's definitely sweet and got
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that spice so it's definitely balanced and well-rounded um all together. Finish wise for 100
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proof this actually is really long. I definitely would have guessed that this is higher proof if I
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hadn't known that it was 100. I think it gives you the experience of a cast strength whiskey
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but at that lower proof. And usually that happens when you have an older release
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because the older a whiskey is, the chances are the natural castor is probably gonna come down a bit especially with Kentucky bourbon or in this case Indiana bourbon So I think this 100 proof isn a negative sign at all I think this is actually maybe it even benefits this whiskey
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although I always like to try thinking of cast strength, but at 100 proof, it actually is really
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really solid. So now the question is, is Remus Repeal Reserve Series 5 worth the buy at the $90
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price point? For me, this is an absolute winner. Dare I say one of the best whiskeys I've purchased
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this year. Some really interesting and complex flavors that only come through with older stock
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A lot of brands aren't releasing that anymore like they used to. So this is a nice, nice little
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you know, supplement for lacking some older stock from other distilleries because this
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this is just fantastic. I'm actually super surprised to see this in Southern California
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It's actually the first Remus product I've seen out here. So let me know if, is this more available
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in your area this year than previous years or is it just us? So thank you all so much for watching
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Make sure to hit the like before you leave. And if you want to see more videos like this, make sure you're subscribed too. So this has been Bourbon Bites Whiskey Reviews with a gaming twist
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I'm Clifton, cheers, and I'll see you next video
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