Your eyes aren’t deceiving you, batch 7 and 10 are incredibly similar and excellent bourbons. There may be a 5-10% difference, but I had a hard time definitively picking it out. If I did this blind, I might notice that there were subtle differences, but I honestly wouldn’t be able to determine which one was which. I had to this Stagg Jr comparison twice just to be sure. All I can really say is that they’re both very dense, intense, and oily bourbons that pack a lot of flavor and heat.
From what I was able to pick out, batch 7 may be a tad sweeter, fruitier, and brighter, and batch 10 a little darker, spicier, more malty, and hot. Batch 10 also has a light salted tortilla-chip taste that I didn’t get in batch 7, but all those differences are easy to miss if you’re not paying full attention. Regardless, both batch 7 and 10 are awesome bourbons that will pulverize your palate and leave you asking for more, and it’s great. If anything, this shows us that Stagg Jr is very consistent, so you can expect future releases to be excellent as well.