Tastes

Rye, vanilla, almond, oak and menthol floral nose. Sweet bread, more vanilla, corn, piney mint and sawdust on the tongue. Cinnamon spicy finish with lingering spearmint. For a cowboy whiskey this is pretty refined.

Hay, honey, walnut, green apple, vanilla and pepper nose. Interesting but nothing crazy. Palate immediately blows the nose out of the water with a depth of orange, oak, leather, caramel, bread pudding, toffee, candied apple and a long red, black and white pepper, mint and cinammon finish. Would pair great with Cajun. These Larceny barrel proof bottles have been some of my favorite pours lately.

Nose is mahogany or walnut furniture polish with some dried fruit and toffee and a nice rye edge, which tells me this will be a welcome departure from the cloyingly sweet bourbons I’ve been tasting recently. Seriously though, i do feel like I’m about to taste my dining room table. Palate doesn’t disappoint with loads of oak, burnt sugar, leather, and some Manattan (barrel aged) flavors hiding in a back corner. Cinnamon and clove make an appearance before the long, oaky finish. The wood is so pronounced this would be worth testing against Woodford Double Oaked and other lumberyard bourbons. Compares very well to King’s County, another 6yr BiB with malt in the mashbill at 2x this price point.

Promising nose of currant, cherry, brown sugar and raisin overlayed on the hay, honey and vanilla that’s a staple of Rabbit Hole. The taste could almost be mistsken for a tawny port - my wife would like this. Berry jam with creme brulee, corn bread drizzled with strawberry syrup, nuts dusted with sugar, a dessert bourbon for sure. Gentle, mildly spicy finish. On the sweet side for me but clearly a bourbon that just wants everyone to relax and get along.

Maybe it’s the suggestion of the name but the nose has a “golden” aroma which for me equates to honey and vanilla and graham cracker with a crisp rye edge. Taste reminds me of baklava: nuts, butter and cinnamon with more honey and vanilla. Rye is the paper thin phyllo dough adding enough structure to prevent it all from being a gooey mess. Soft honey finish. After trying a couple of Rabbit Hole bourbons, i’m getting a handle on what they’re about. Pleasant and harmonious whiskeys that lean sweet and are a bit overpriced.

Rabbit Hole is the Beatrix Potter of bourbons. Gentle, kind, even adorable, with a clever kick. Honey custard nose, full honey and vanilla taste with the corn bread everyone’s talking about. Mild spices. Medium finish. An uncomplicated well balanced easy drinker. Perhaps overpriced for the young taste.