376: Jack Daniel’s 2026 Aged Series & The Pernod-Brown-Forman Merger Rumors

Three bottles of Jack Daniels 10, 12, and 14 on staves.
Three bottles of Jack Daniels 10, 12, and 14 on staves.

376: Jack Daniel’s 2026 Aged Series & The Pernod-Brown-Forman Merger Rumors

LOUISVILLE, KY (March 25, 2026) — In the latest must-listen episode of the Bourbon Lens Podcast, hosts Jake and Scott dive deep into a “perfect storm” hitting the whiskey world: the highly anticipated return of the Jack Daniel’s Aged Series and industry-shaking rumors of a potential merger between Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard.

While collectors are scouring shelves for the new 10, 12, and 14-year Jack Daniel’s batches, the Bourbon Lens team argues that the real story lies in the corporate boardroom. This episode explores whether a $30-billion “merger of equals” with a global giant like Pernod Ricard risks diluting the American authenticity of iconic brands or if it opens a global floodgate for Tennessee and Kentucky spirits.

“This isn’t just about whiskey; it’s about safeguarding a cultural icon,” says the Bourbon Lens team. The episode provides exclusive tasting notes on the Jack Daniel’s aged series. While offering critical insights into how corporate moves could reshape the bourbon landscape for the next decade.

The full episode is available now on all major podcast platforms and at BourbonLens.com.

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Episode Transcript
Jake Lewellen (00:01.154) Welcome back to another episode of the Bourbon Lens with your hosts Jake and Scott. In this week’s episode, we are going to be talking about 2026 Jack Daniels aged batches. So sit back and buckle into the latest episode of the Bourbon Lens. Scott, we don’t normally do this. This is about the closest thing to a live podcast that we might do. And that is we are going to record on a Sunday and drop this on a Monday. So how do you, how do you feel about that? You know, this is kind of, Scott – BourbonLens (00:27.413) like a news reporter breaking breaking news Jake Lewellen (00:32.14) It is kind of breaking. We saw a really epic meltdown by the Duke Blue Devils, which, you know, as Kentucky fan or, and just a fan of college basketball, everyone appreciates. And you know what? It’s good that they got Christian Leitnerd. You know, I’m just happy for them. Now they can feel the heartbreak. Scott – BourbonLens (00:47.168) Wow. So I was just making the comment earlier today. I was like, it hasn’t really been madness. But that’s maddening. I mean, that’s that’s crazy. I mean, the 20 point the 20 and 30 point blowouts that just unexpected. Jake Lewellen (00:58.924) It has. Jake Lewellen (01:04.462) Besides the fighting a line, know, really battling those hawk eyes in the region, in the south region, which was interesting. But you I know, right? You’ve got UCONN you’ve got Illinois, Michigan and Arizona. So we have a two, a three, and a one, and a one. All right, brackets are out the window. Mine busted a long time ago. Who you got here? Scott – BourbonLens (01:14.23) Come for two Midwest goals. Scott – BourbonLens (01:33.428) Well, I had Duke. I was like, I got a chance here because nobody else in the in the league picked Duke or, you know, that’s that was kind of left at the top. And I was like, all I need is Duke not to forget how to play basketball. But apparently that didn’t work out. So I don’t know. I mean, it’d be crazy to see. Yeah, I mean, it wasn’t there, Lana, like if wouldn’t have you wild. Jake Lewellen (01:40.557) Yeah. Jake Lewellen (01:58.275) Yeah, it’d be crazy. It would be very interesting. think it’d be cool to see Illinois. I think it’s going to end up being UCONN. I’d say Michigan, but I think Michigan is slightly better than Arizona. But Arizona’s got some dogs. So we’ll see. I think whoever wins the Arizona-Michigan game wins the national championship at this point, but we shall see. Scott – BourbonLens (02:26.134) seem crazier things, right? Jake Lewellen (02:27.608) Correct, but On On Illini or whatever their song is. But you know, I teased this at the beginning. We’re gonna be talking about the Jack Daniels new batches that was just released last week actually, this news. But the bigger news that really kind of triumphed or like kind of trumped that was very simply Pernod Brown Foreman, merger, question mark. What’s your thoughts on talking about this? One, because obviously there has been an issued statement, so it’s okay, it’s a fair game to talk about, but what do you think about this as an impact to the spirits business, to the city of Louisville, to other things? Just curious on what your thoughts are. Scott – BourbonLens (03:07.603) Yeah, I my initial thought was this might suck for Louisville. mean, it’s, it’s a major employer, long standing employer, long standing family, you know, family relationships dating back 200 years. it would be interesting to have Jack Daniels owned by I mean a foreign company. I mean obviously they’ve got US based subsidiaries and things like that but it always felt like Jack was just a little bit different. Jake Lewellen (03:46.957) It always felt like Old Forrester was a little different too, right? And the brown form and name, especially with all the stuff with King of Kentucky, has always felt like the bourbon side of things, the whiskey side of things, has been true to the United States of America. But having a combined entity that features Jameson and Jack Daniels, two of the most iconic bar back things that you can find, That would be absolutely insane from a, you know, just owned perspective. Scott – BourbonLens (04:24.946) Right. But then I also give it some thought like, you know, with these mergers and things like that, that sometimes it becomes so big, and then they end up spinning off businesses. So like what might get spun off, you know, like the audio and you know, they still own a lot of brands, they still own Guinness, but they could set they could spin off Guinness. And Jake Lewellen (04:41.976) Yeah. Jake Lewellen (04:53.198) True. Scott – BourbonLens (04:54.229) somebody else could buy them and then there and there’s no like connection. You know, I always felt like there’s a connection between Woodford, Old Forrester, Jack Daniels. Maybe that’s just because we’re whiskey nerds, but maybe the average consumer doesn’t see that. But I kind of do like it’s it’d be kind of weird if like Old Forrester and Jack Daniels weren’t part of the same family anymore. Jake Lewellen (05:09.763) Yeah. Jake Lewellen (05:18.936) Yeah, it seems like historic brands with an historic ownership group just kind of makes sense. And I don’t know how Pernod is received worldwide, right? Because we’re not worldwide. We’re US based, we’re Louisville based, we’re the most local to the local. my mom’s first cousin who was her maid of honor, her father-in-law was high up at Brown Foreman. And I talked about him and asked the question while we did the luncheon for the small batch. did you know Jack Davis? And they were like, yeah, like, my gosh, he was a legend. And it’s like, you know, all those things might go away. And that changes and like, has an impact people like Chris Morris and, you know, Elizabeth and all these things. And even like the Derby sponsorship and all of the things that are associated with the brand. you know, Pernaud just launched, what was it? I forget what the bourbon whiskey conglomerate that Cave’s heading up here. North American Distillers, I think this is what, yeah. And that has Jeffersons and Rabbit Hole and TX and Smooth Ambler. So it’s really interesting. Those brands seem a little hodgepodgey compared to the iconic brands that Brown Forman owns. Scott – BourbonLens (06:26.684) Is it them? Yeah, North. Yeah, an AD or yeah. Scott – BourbonLens (06:44.788) Yeah, maybe it’s a little bias for us too, because those are kind of like large craft. And if we’re just thinking like heritage type brands, but then again, Woodford Reserve, we think of it as like a heritage brand, but Woodford was really late 90s. So, I mean, it’s yeah, I mean, it’s a historic property. It’s a historic, you know, county in Kentucky, but really it’s not that old. Jake Lewellen (07:01.474) Yeah, mean Chris Morris’ baby. Scott – BourbonLens (07:14.555) And you know, at one time Jack was not owned by Brown Foreman. was 50s. Yeah. So, I don’t know. It’s, it’s just interesting all around and, and at the end of the day, it might not happen. You know, there might be regulatory things that come into play that block it or, you know, it might not just be worth it. Yeah. It seems like they’re, they’ve been exploring it for a while. Jake Lewellen (07:19.17) by the Matlos. Jake Lewellen (07:34.103) Yeah. Jake Lewellen (07:41.942) Yeah. Scott – BourbonLens (07:42.446) I don’t think the news would have broke if they just were like, somebody had a board meeting and said, maybe we should look into this. Jake Lewellen (07:49.134) Yeah, I mean, it’s absolutely true. You know, these things don’t just pop up. That news doesn’t just get leaked. And they don’t confirm it if it’s not somewhere in the realm of possibility. So it’s definitely interesting. We shall see. But speaking of interesting, Jack Daniels has continued to, I’ll say innovate, but continued to really connect with the bourbon and whiskey consumer, right, with these batches at 10 years old. 12 years old and 14 years old. So we didn’t get to see an age extension. We do know that that is on the horizon sometime down the road, but we do get batch five, four and two respectively of each of these. And so we’re gonna kind of taste through these, give you all what our thoughts are on these. Again, these are priced appropriately at SRP. The 10 year is under $90, the 12 year is under 100, and the 14 year think is under 150. And I’m not going off the press releases off the of my head, so I feel like I’m in the ballpark on that. But people are seeing these, yeah, people are seeing these all around already at twice MSRP. So. Scott – BourbonLens (09:05.265) There’s a good website they can check it out. Scott – BourbonLens (09:14.083) Of course. Jake Lewellen (09:15.993) Somebody’s gotta make money, might as well be the liquor stores. And I know guys, I know, it’s their liquor store, they can do what they want, and know, margin and blotty, blotty, blotta. I get it, I know how the three tier system works. But if they say you should sell it for $90, sell it for 100. Just make 10 bucks extra. Like good lord, you bought it at a wholesale price anyway. Anywho. Scott – BourbonLens (09:43.291) Yeah. Jake Lewellen (09:46.756) So the 10 here comes in at 97 proof, really nice proof point. Here, I’ve seen you taking a few sips. What’s your just kind of initial like fly by the seat of your pants nosing and tasting notes? Scott – BourbonLens (10:02.597) I mean, first off, it’s it’s to me, it’s cherry cola. Like it’s got a lot of like soda, like sugary, but it’s got like this nice, like cherry note that I don’t usually get from Jack. I’m like trying to find, you know, the typical Jack Daniel characteristic banana note that everybody talks about. And I’ve experienced numerous times, but I don’t I don’t really get that. Jake Lewellen (10:31.703) No, this does have that cola, cherry. It’s definitely fruitier than most. I think it’s, you again, the extended age will do some of those things with their yeast strain. Their yeast strain is supposed to be very fruity. The isoamyl amylate is the thing that shines the most of it, but I think when you let it age longer, the compounds change and do different things. But there’s a nice like… Scott – BourbonLens (10:46.703) Right. Jake Lewellen (11:00.323) like artificial caramel that’s like, really sweet in there. It’s, you know, it’s kind of hard to pinpoint. It’s like, Like the caramel you put on top of like a cheesecake almost right like it’s kind of like drizzled over there It’s it’s a great smelling nose. I’m just Approachable at 97 proofed in a lot of ethanol or anything like that either Scott – BourbonLens (11:27.426) Okay, so I lied. On the pallet. It’s… there it is. Scott – BourbonLens (11:37.369) Quite a bit of oak though. Like, Jake Lewellen (11:39.352) It is okie. Scott – BourbonLens (11:43.12) Not bitter-earing, but kind of dries out your tongue a little bit. Jake Lewellen (11:47.798) Mm-hmm I get I can I can get behind that there’s a nice chocolate note like banana nut bread It’s kind of what I get on Or like a spice like a spice cake like a fruit cake and I hate to say that because there’s that fruity note that does shine there but Banana nut bread with some chocolate chips in it This would pair very nicely with that combination Scott – BourbonLens (12:06.778) Mm. Scott – BourbonLens (12:10.896) Yeah, so the cherry doesn’t really… doesn’t really carry through for me. Jake Lewellen (12:17.079) No, the cherry goes way off the nose. But it is fruity. See, last year, I remember the 10 being just exceptional compared to the 12 and the 14. And everybody loved the 14 because it was the higher proof and everyone’s like, it’s uncut on filter, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Okay, get it, understood. But the 10 was exceptional. I think that 10 year age statement on Jack Daniels is just nice, just in general. Scott – BourbonLens (12:49.936) Yeah. And I do feel like it benefits from a lower proof. Like Jack sometimes scares me. No lie. Like 140 whiskey. It’s a little scary. Jake Lewellen (13:08.495) Are you talking about 10 yard heel? Scott – BourbonLens (13:10.703) Tanyard and Coyhill and whatever else is to come, but I like Jack Daniel’s ad that that hundred proof. I mean the bonded is incredible. Jake Lewellen (13:13.56) All the hills. Jake Lewellen (13:23.725) value play all day on the bond. Scott – BourbonLens (13:27.576) I forget to get more. It’s been off my bar for a little while, so. Jake Lewellen (13:33.455) Yeah, the Jack Daniels Bonded Rye, I would put that up from a price perspective against any rye cocktail mixer or neat pour. I mean, I think it is just exceptional. Got a great value on it for under 25 bucks. I mean, steel. Scott – BourbonLens (13:53.956) I used to say that about the old Forrester Rye. But I think the jack does give a little has a little edge to it. Jake Lewellen (13:56.332) Mm-hmm. Jake Lewellen (14:03.831) It does. That’s why I think I like the Rittenhouse too. When you think about those ryes and that price point, think having a little bit of that extra proof for the dilution of the cocktails makes the spirit stand up a little bit more. And I think all three of those are great ryes. I just really, really like what they’re doing with the Bonded Dry product. Scott – BourbonLens (14:29.582) Yeah, that’s a good series. Jake Lewellen (14:32.205) It has. And don’t sleep on the triple mash. Weird, weird, but good. Scott – BourbonLens (14:39.703) It is. It’s certainly unique. Jake Lewellen (14:42.511) Alright, so let’s move on to 12. So this is the fourth batch of this one at 107 proof, coming in under $100. Good price to value. We always talk about the $10 per year, SRP. Don’t think you’re gonna find it for that, but happy hunting. Jake Lewellen (15:06.351) See this one doesn’t have that cherry note on it but it is, it’s got a, it does have fruit on it. It’s more like tropical and minty. This has a lot of mint on it, I feel like. Scott – BourbonLens (15:26.383) getting a little bit more like of the rye but it’s almost like like graham cracker like cinnamon clove nutmeg Jake Lewellen (15:35.231) Mmm, yeah. Like potpourri almost. Like the notes I’m getting are like, tropical’s not the way I should have said that. It’s the darker like raisin plum, like cigar box. Like that’s a lot of this kind of like cigar box notes. Scott – BourbonLens (16:01.325) Yeah, no cherry. Jake Lewellen (16:03.952) It’s so crazy though, you know, how close to, you know, I would love to, I love talking to Chris because he’ll tell you kind of exactly where these were pulled from. And we’ve not seen that yet. But like, it would be very cool to see like how far these barrels were pulled apart. Because we know they come down and they put them down below. But like, how is this, you know, kind of coming together to create these three different unique blends. Scott – BourbonLens (16:37.015) and why it went up in proof with age. Like obviously the natural progression of most of those high in the Rick house barrels, they lose water, but why did they decide to bottle at the progressive proof points that they did? Jake Lewellen (16:54.7) Mm-hmm So a hundred and seven proof It’s got a lot of flavor it is bold it’s a bold 107 I think it does pull some of those chocolate notes come forward again. I like your graham cracker note Marshmallow is in there. I think as well Yeah, the charcoal mellowing marshmallow Scott – BourbonLens (16:57.664) This one’s intense. This one’s intense on the palate. Scott – BourbonLens (17:17.461) aloe on the ground. Scott – BourbonLens (17:27.179) Yeah, I would I would just say this is like a big whiskey like that is punchy. Scott – BourbonLens (17:37.355) Almost drinks hotter than 107. Jake Lewellen (17:40.452) think it does drink warmer than 107. Jake Lewellen (17:45.521) But it’s crazy that we’re just 10 proof points and when we go to the next one, we’re 10 proof points above that, right? So they go 97, 107, 117, six. So it’s like, they’re all pretty close progression. It’s always interesting to me that the oldest one is the highest proof. Typically you see older whiskies come down in proof to kind of even them out. Scott – BourbonLens (18:05.591) Yeah. Jake Lewellen (18:09.84) and Jake Lewellen (18:13.84) feel about that one just yet. Just gonna let that sit there for a second. Scott – BourbonLens (18:17.621) Yeah, I mean, I always think of like, Craig 18. It’s a lower proof. I don’t know if that’s just like an historical thing. Like they’ve just always done it that proof. Maybe they’ll change it up and release like a higher proof they did the 15. But sometimes those whiskies like Jake Lewellen (18:33.946) Yeah. Scott – BourbonLens (18:41.93) You lose the sense of age when you proof them down. They might still have a lot of character. But you lose that. Ooh, this is an older whiskey. So maybe that’s why. Jake Lewellen (18:58.704) I don’t know, but Mikters does a pretty good job at low proof big whiskies. The 10 year, the 20. I mean a lot of times they’re 10 years, closer to 15. Scott – BourbonLens (19:03.308) 10 year, yeah. Scott – BourbonLens (19:11.255) Yeah, for a few of those releases. Jake Lewellen (19:16.107) I’m just gonna move on to the batch two, the 14. I’m gonna come back to the 12. 117.6, wasn’t this like 130 last year or 120 something, if I’m not mistaken? Scott – BourbonLens (19:33.228) I don’t have to go back but I do remember it being pretty proofy. Scott – BourbonLens (19:40.32) need to keep like an index to my Tasty Nuts here. There’s Jack bonded rye. Jake Lewellen (19:42.672) spreadsheet. Jake Lewellen (19:50.097) Could it be entry proof variants? think Sean’s in the comments. I think the entry proof stays the same. Scott – BourbonLens (19:50.38) Yeah. Scott – BourbonLens (20:00.445) Yes, I don’t think they have time for that. I don’t think they have time for experiments in barrel entry proof. There’s probably a few, but I don’t think on a broads get because this is probably a pretty big release despite how much secondary is gone through the roof. Because of how successful the previous releases have been, why wouldn’t they? Jake Lewellen (20:10.521) No, but… Jake Lewellen (20:21.004) yeah. Jake Lewellen (20:27.374) I would eat in a little bit to the older stock just to make them worth more money, more valuable. Scott – BourbonLens (20:33.47) And they’ve already teased the older releases. Jake Lewellen (20:37.371) Yeah, they want to do the, you know, they want to get up to 21 year old. Scott – BourbonLens (20:43.222) Here we are. Jack Daniel’s 12 year batch two was 107. Jack Daniel’s 10 year batch three was 97. Oh well these were two batches ago though. This is batch five and batch four. So that was, yeah, two batches ago. So I don’t have that. Jake Lewellen (21:05.882) Look at you. You’re going way back in your mental Rolodex. You know what the trusted Google will tell us. Scott – BourbonLens (21:10.955) I I skipped a few pages. No biggie. Scott – BourbonLens (21:22.859) Interesting. Jake Lewellen (21:23.952) All right, here we go. Jack Daniels 126.3, so it’s come down quite a bit. A12, they’re typical mash bill. Scott – BourbonLens (21:32.459) I mean. Scott – BourbonLens (21:39.66) I like the nose on this. Jake Lewellen (21:41.178) So, you know, the nose is not even as intense as the 12. Scott – BourbonLens (21:52.255) almost getting like a grape soda. That’s weird. Jake Lewellen (21:59.153) Who loves orange soda? Kale loves orange soda. Jake Lewellen (22:06.136) It’s so interesting because there’s like that tingly note like it is soda on it. Jake Lewellen (22:17.914) This one has a little bit of ethanol. It’s got a little alcohol in it, I feel like, on the nose. Jake Lewellen (22:27.312) Instead of grape, I would go kind of like blueberry, like blueberry jam. Scott – BourbonLens (22:34.109) in the side by side. Scott – BourbonLens (22:40.043) Still getting a lot of that graham cracker on the 12. Jake Lewellen (22:43.77) Yeah, 12 is a lot of like, schmores. Jake Lewellen (23:03.45) So I think initial sip, the 14 and the 12 drink about the same, proof-ish, like on the palate. Scott – BourbonLens (23:23.998) little bit of that banana. This one is like my tongue is going crazy like effervescent almost it’s it’s it’s activating the taste buds. Jake Lewellen (23:36.624) your Scott senses are tingling. Scott – BourbonLens (23:40.786) Yeah, my spidey senses have gone. Scott – BourbonLens (23:48.266) See, I think. Jake Lewellen (23:48.464) we do have a new Spider-Man movie coming. Scott – BourbonLens (23:51.594) go. So I think last year my favorite was the 12 year. Scott – BourbonLens (24:03.636) this. like this. I don’t have to say that. Like that’s just basic but Jake Lewellen (24:11.633) It’s got like a chocolate pudding note. You know, like the snack packs? Scott – BourbonLens (24:18.877) where it’s not like super chocolatey, it’s just kind of creamy. Jake Lewellen (24:22.501) Yeah, it’s like creamy milk chocolate and then you could devour like five of them. Scott – BourbonLens (24:27.657) It’s kind of like how a Tootsie Roll is chocolate flavored, but it’s not really chocolatey. Like it’s just kind of there. Jake Lewellen (24:33.169) Correct. Jake Lewellen (24:38.353) The good thing about a Weeglen Keren is when you take a wee pour, it feels like a lot, but it’s not. Scott – BourbonLens (24:44.029) Well, I like it because then I can empty the glass and then go back and smell the empty glass a lot sooner. Jake Lewellen (24:51.505) So the one thing I will say is the nose fails a little bit on this one. The palette is very good, but I don’t think the nose is like supreme. Scott – BourbonLens (25:05.937) I think for me the nose on the 10. Jake Lewellen (25:09.233) The nose on the tan is great. Scott – BourbonLens (25:11.763) Probably my favorite, but. Jake Lewellen (25:16.433) I like the palette on the 14 a bunch. Jake Lewellen (25:23.631) Like, this is what happens though when you get to these things. it’s like splitting hairs because the question that people will ask us, and it’s inevitable, and I’m gonna ask you and I’m gonna share my thoughts, how would you rank these, right? Like, it is inevitable. So, rank them. Scott – BourbonLens (25:36.755) Right. Scott – BourbonLens (25:45.181) So the 14 feels like a lot more chewy. Like, uh, it’s just still there. Like after a sip. So I would almost say for those people that are like seeking out those. koi hill releases the punchy, proofy jack daniels even you know the the tannier hill which is a rye but i i think that the jack rye is it’s got a lot of bourbon type characteristics to it but if you’re seeking out those punchier bourbons jack 14 is is where it’s at if you want traditional jack jack 10 12 is still, it’s a wild card for me. Alright, so that didn’t give you your answer. Jake Lewellen (26:40.313) It didn’t. If Scott Dilley were to buy one of these three bottles at SRP, I’m not asking you to pay secondary prices. How would you rank these if they were all three sitting in front of you? You’d buy bottle one, bottle two, bottle three. Scott – BourbonLens (26:55.624) about the Jack 14. Scott – BourbonLens (27:00.552) I’d probably buy the jack 14 and then the 10. Jake Lewellen (27:05.009) So I’m flipped on you. think I would buy the 10, 14, 12 would be my last one. Scott – BourbonLens (27:11.816) I think the 14 probably gets a little bit more weight because like I’m just trying to think right now. think the average whiskey consumer or the average whiskey fan should be seeking out time relevant releases. So it’s like, a moment in time, right? 14 year in 2026, distilled in 2012. you know, you can go back to this bottle in 10 years and think about it that way. you know, just another batch product. Like it’s like, it doesn’t really have any time or place. Like maybe I’ll look it up and see when it was distilled. But I think that that’s why the 14 probably would give me a little bit more pull because I’m like, it’s 14 year old whiskey. And plus if the price is right, which is, what did you say? 160. Jake Lewellen (28:08.913) think it’s under 150. Scott – BourbonLens (28:12.039) That $10 a year, I mean that’s about right. Jake Lewellen (28:18.321) You know, that’s the thing. Jake Lewellen (28:27.973) I want to say that this is… You know, it’s well worth, I mean all of these are worth it. 149.99, so I was right, I said under 150. 149.99, $99, 89.99. It’s really interesting, I just wanna give you a couple quick things, I told you my order, but they say, On the 14, sweet bakery spices, molasses, aged oak, finished to pipe tobacco and leather. On the 12, they say maple candy, caramel, vanilla with a finish of dry oak and baking spices. I will give them the dry oak and baking spices all day every day, twice on Sunday on the 12th. Aromas of cooked apple and caramel leading to a palette of rich molasses and chocolate on the 10. All of them are 80, 12, 18, same mash bill. Only difference really is age. They’ve all gone through the charcoal melting process. Also check out bourbonlens.com because there’s actually a chance to win the sweepstakes to buy direct all of these from the White Rabbit. And entries are open until April 7th. So make sure you do that. Yeah. Scott – BourbonLens (29:58.983) So they said, okay, I’m looking at I’m looking at the release. Subtle. So I’m looking at the 12 year subtle banana brown sugar graham cracker. Okay. Yeah, I just think the proofiness punchiness. of that one. Jake Lewellen (30:20.401) 12. Scott – BourbonLens (30:21.379) It drinks hotter than the 14. Jake Lewellen (30:23.793) I agree, I agree. think, yeah, I think for me the value on the 10 is just phenomenal. If you can get that for $90, like that is a win. and I think I would probably drink more of the 10 than I would the 14. It’s like when I have a nuanced bourbon, like a 14, or a nuanced whiskey, a 15 year old Old Fitz or an 18 year old Scotch, I don’t pull from it as often as I probably should. So I would drink the 10 quicker. I would savor the 14 longer. Scott – BourbonLens (30:38.556) Right. Jake Lewellen (31:03.331) Is fair? Yes, you should. Scott – BourbonLens (31:04.025) As you should. Yeah. Jake Lewellen (31:08.037) So I don’t think you can go wrong with anyone if you can find one at a reasonable price. I would say pick it up. Scott – BourbonLens (31:16.699) And if you found a batch that wasn’t batch five, four or two, respectively, you’re not going to be disappointed. I mean, if it’s the price is right, MSRP or around there. Jack with an age statement, like if people haven’t like pulled back and said, okay, 80 proof Jack, that’s one thing. But Jake Lewellen (31:23.099) Pick it up. Jake Lewellen (31:27.387) No. Scott – BourbonLens (31:43.984) they clearly are doing something right because their limited releases I will say virtually always hit. Jake Lewellen (31:53.425) They do, and they’re doing some cool stuff, and I think it’s gonna be one of those things that you just need to pay attention to, you need to enjoy, because these might not always be around. they might be under new ownership, things change when things like that happen. So, you know, if you find one, grab it if you can, and tell us what you think. If you get a chance to try these new ones, tell us what you think. And don’t forget to enter, as Sean did, and that’s one of the other many fun things that you get to do as part of the Patreon membership with Bourbon Lens, is to catch live recordings. So, think about joining, we’d love to have you. And we’ll catch you next time. Cheers. Scott – BourbonLens (32:36.326) Cheers.

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