Old Charter 12 Year Old

Old Charter Charter 101

Charter 101 is produced at the Buffalo Trace distillery. Buffalo Trace calls this a "rye recipe" bourbon, which, in their language, means using a higher rye content than they use in their standard line, exemplified by Buffalo Trace bourbon. The colour is very impressively dark, and, frankly, beautiful. There is no age statement. This...

Score 92/100

Old Charter 8 Year Old

Old Charter is a 19th century brand of bourbon which was purchased by Buffalo Trace in 1999. Like 95% of bourbons it is a rye mashbill bourbon. Nose: sweet caramel, honey: all high and some middle notes Taste: bass and middle notes of wood are what you experience most in the mouth, but not in the nose. There is still caramel, and some vanilla,...

Score 80/100

Old Charter 101

The Old Charter 101 is distilled at Buffalo Trace, who uses the so-called #1 low rye mash recipe. This means that there is less than 10% rye in the mix. The bourbon goes back in history to 1874 but today it is part of Sazerac, who took over the brand from Diageo in the late 1980s. The 101 refers to the proof, which translates into 50,5% ABV. The...

Score 84/100