Tastes

The nose hits you with a good amount of ethereal even though it’s 40% abv. A little bit of honey on the nose as well. The palate comes in with youthful grains and primarily vanilla flowers. Ending quickly with caramel finishing things off.

The extra cask play a good size role in the extra cask maturation, with the cognac barrels being a little more pronounced.

I was pleasantly surprised with this bottle. The sherry was not over the top, but had a really nice dark cherry and raisin nose. That continues on in the palate that included some maltiness and aged oak. Easy to drink and i kept going to the bottle for extra pours.

oh boy, this one is a winner especially for $80! The nose is amazing with dried figs and sweet oak; this might be the nest part of the experience. the palate follows through with nice sherry influence but not overly so. Both the palate and finish have a great oakyness which I'm a big fan of.

On the nose you get red and green chile spice. And on the palate is where you get more of the cholately notes. Really interesting and tasty. The finish brings out the heavy oak flavor that Woodford’s standard bottling is known for. This offering remind me a lot of the cherry wood smoked barley in the way that a little malted grain really changes the profile. Lastly, this sip feels hotter than it’s 45% abv which is another thing it has in common with the cherry wood Masters Collection.

A lot of wood and sweet honey on the nose. For a single malt this whiskey is very very sweet.

This is a nice spicy rye and the proof is very apparent. The taste has a nice sweetness to it and the finish comes in with tobacco and heavy charred oak. This rye kind of reminds me of Peerless rye; both have a lot of character to them.

I'm always a fan of Bookers and i enjoyed this batch as well. However this one is quite hot and spicy; that says a lot when Bookers is an in your face full bodied barrel proof bourbon in general. Not one of my favorite batches, but fun to try a batch i haven't has before.