Tastes

Grainy cherry and vanilla nose with some grass. Cherry menthol middle and finish with some sawdust thrown in.

Peanut, sawdust, straw, cinnamon nose. Doughy caramel and butterscotch middle. Medium tannic finish. Compares favorably to Maker’s cask strength.

Mint, honey and grain on the nose. Honey, hay, cherry, caramel, and bread pudding on the tongue. Long fruity and herbaceous finish. The epitome of a quality bourbon.

Apricot, orange and honey. Flashing hint of nuance on the finish.

Aggressive spicy rye oak nose. Cherry, honey, leather, oak and herbaceous spices on the tongue. A little dried fruit. Tannic herbal pepper finish. Whistlepig, Knob Creek and Barrell are some of my favorite ryes but Sagamore has my attention.

Rye, leather, cinnamon, mildly herbal nose with sawdust and nuts. Middle of the bourbon-road palate: caramel, honey, cherry, bread dough, vanilla, apple, sagebrush. Not light and flowery, not dark and autumnal—it’s late summer I guess. Interesting and endearing. Lumberyard finish with baking spices, pepper and peanuts. Re: the expert review, if i drank this at Christmas I’d feel a bit let down.

Baking spices, oak varnish, leather, vanilla, caramel and smoky cocoa nose. Sets you up for something big, rich and sophisticated in a spicy backwoods cajun sense. Tastes like buttered cinnamon rolls, bread pudding, custard, caramel, a hint of cherry, tobacco , brown sugar and charred oak with a long spicy finish with an herbal note that does not erase the sweetness. I’ve gotta pace myself on this one. If i find another bottle i’ll buy it.

Hay, oak, honey, vanilla, leather, caramel. A sillky, balanced pour with a medium finish.