Tastes
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Horse Soldier Premium Straight Bourbon
Bourbon — Ohio, USA
Reviewed February 20, 2022 (edited August 6, 2022)Nose- blunted baking spices, caramel, green apple Taste - caramel, vanilla, apple, baking spice, but the vanilla and toffee flavors dominate toward the finish. Neither the nose nor the flavors are strong and off-putting, but not overly enticing, either A note on packaging: the cork is quite brittle and small pieces keep falling in as I progress through the bottle -
Blind taste test - color is a lighter-medium amber. Aroma is pretty bad - very strong and ethanolic with kind of a dish soap musk. Taste is actually a very nice vanilla/buttery butterscotch that fades into a nice spice finish, rounded out by caramel and vanilla notes. Upon reveal, the piney wood notes are quite evident, but overwhelmed by the vanilla and spice.
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Russell's Reserve 10 Year Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed February 17, 2022 (edited February 21, 2022)Less impressive on successive tastes. Smells like a campfire -
**add water for best results** Blind taste test - color is a nice medium amber. Aroma is very strong and ethanolic with rye spice. Taste is at first a gentle caramel with a quickly arriving sharp rye spice with some tobacco (?) and herbs at the finish. Upon reveal, the finishing note in question is barley and some of the sweet/nutmeg/dark chocolate notes are there but subtle. All in all a little too much punch and not enough backbone… 2.5 on its own… added a splash of water and a lot of the heat dissipated, giving way to more of the sweeter, maltier flavors. Still only a 2.75 with water added
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Eagle Rare 10 Year Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed February 14, 2022 (edited February 15, 2022)Valentines Day 2022 at Villa Macris. Color is beautiful light-medium amber. Nose is a soft vanilla with carmalized nuts and oak. Taste is a graini-er oak, cherries, apple, and toasted bread. Slightly dry and turns to a leathery finish. A little disappointed with how difficult it is to find11.0 USD per Pour -
Bought at Meijer to make Super Bowl meatballs 2022. Color is beautiful medium-dark amber. Nose is a beautiful, soft vanilla that smells like a graham cracker! with carmalized nuts and oak. Taste is surprisingly soft- plenty of buttery, creamy vanilla with woody and butterscotch notes. Slightly dry with a nice cherry-fudge finish. Perhaps the slightest hint of herbs and spices31.99 USD per Bottle
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