Tastes

Like most Alberta rye, I get more vodka notes than whiskey. This is not great.

Had this towards the end of a tasting and my notes just say: "plastic bags???"

Chlorine on the nose. Sickly sweet maltiness everywhere else.

Typical Stagg that never disappoints. With 38,000 bottles we should all be swimming in this.

Drinks below its proof. Hits your typical bourbon notes; nothing to complain about but nothing to make it stand out either. Unfortunate price.

This was good, but good in the way that many Four Roses selects are. Now that's not a bad thing, it's just that I've got a Binny's OBSO that I like just as much and it was $55 without having to deal the furious bubble of hype surrounding this one. Good, but I'm not sure what makes it stand out as a LE. Miss you, Jimmy.

easy to drink & kind of boring.

I might have gotten a bit too excited for this release. CB + Ardbeg + "peatiest" will do that to me. However, there's not nearly as much peat as I was expecting/hoping. There's more fruity honey and a lingering smoke. That's not to say this is bad, it's great and very easy to drink, but quite different from what I was expecting (it's like a slightly easier-to-drink Oogie). And, as much as I love CB, the pricing on this is about double what I'd imagine we'd be willing to pay from another producer. Alas, I keep giving them my money and staring longingly at their bottles.