Tastes

Not sure my nose is that great but i get cocoa, sugar, and light citrus. Vanilla, oak and peanuts. Tongue: creamy burnt sugar and orange, apple pie spices, cocoa and caramel. Finish is long and spicy. A winner. Randomly: paired well with a Cameroon cigar.

Nose is dominated by a molasses-spice note i’d say is the amaro. Darker flavors continue in the tongue with cinnamon, molasses, allspice, clove, leather. Spicy dark finish. I feel the amaro got the better of the whiskey but the result is acceptable.

Grassy, sugary grape and cherry brandy on the nose, very fruity with a hint of lemon curd. Lemon custard on the palate, mildly sweet and smoky with a little vanilla. A salty leather note sneaks in and makes me think i’m drinking scotch. Cinnamon and clove on the finish with a lingering peat aftertaste. Deserves a spot in the echelon of American whiskey contenders with Barrell, Balcones, Ransom, High West…

Smells young, green apple. Creamy, mellow, vanilla and apricot.

As bouryes go, this is alright.

This would probably taste better next to a camp fire.

Nose has a smoky, grassy, briney note swirling around pear and apple like fall in New Hampshire. Palate is fruity with oak and wet grass. Cinnamon and clove and pepper show up on the finish with more oak. It’s too expensive for cocktails so the question you need to ask is whether it stacks up against other sipping bourbons at this price point. Knob Creek 120 may have something to say about that.

Grainy apple nose with some oak. Nice body on the tongue, syrup, caramel, toast and spice. Lingering syrup, oak and spice finish. I like the toastiness.

Came in third in a blind test with Johnny Drum, Piggyback and Wheelhorse. Light caramel floral nose. Mild spice, caramel, wood taste. Astringent, sour finish.

Last place in a blind test with Old Bardstown, Wheelhorse and Piggyback Bourbon. Peanut, sugar and ethanol on the nose. Thin, nutty palate. Short, nutty, sour finish.