Redemption 18 Year Old Bourbon Is Better Than Pappy

Welcome to Taste Test, where every week our critic Jonah Flicker explores the most buzzworthy and interesting whiskeys in the world. Check back each Sunday for his latest whiskey review.

While older bourbon isn’t always great bourbon, some of the most highly sought after bottles have pretty lengthy age statements—Pappy Van Winkle 15, 20, and 23, for example. Those bourbons are very good, and sometimes great, but the older expressions tend to veer into overly oaky territory….