Tastes

Can smell the maple right away, no harshness to it at all…either the smell or the first sip. Sort of pour that gets sweeter as it airs and aggresively over ice. The sort of pour that you will forget yourself and have more than you expect to. It’s not complex, and I chose it over going with Booker’s tonight. Worth opening and enjoying by a fire or outside in the evening. Candidly tastes like a little sweeter version of Weller Special Reserve though I enjoy the cinnamon forward in that choice more.

Underrated. Had this sitting in the cabinet for years and finally one day pulled it out to share among a group of bottles with friends. Tried this and immediately I knew I would buy more. Wellerish is the best way I could describe it, but with a slightly lighter cinnamon note to it. Very very easy to drink.

Was quite approachable. Decided to share it on Memorial Day weekend with family and was a very simple pour to enjoy. Single cube, can smell and taste the rich sweetness of the rum right away, which I found I liked as I was looking for something a bit more robustly flavored without going down the heat path of say a Bookers or such. Oddly, if I think it retrospect, one of my favorite drinkers is Woodford Double Oaked, and this was very much like that but with a rum forward perspective. Lots of bourbon is now priced like its all allocated, but was worth the money due to sharing with family and something to try. Am a Bardstown fan in general, so I was surprised.

Sweet, smooth bourbon…nose of an old fashioned almost. Good neat or with a cube. Like it more than the other WJ I have had…Lucky 13 and 15

Sweeter than I expected….didn’t enjoy the first time, but second time, a week later, was good neat and with a couple cubes….remarkably sweeter than I expected each time I pulled a sip.