Tastes

Sweet corn and butter on the nose but worrisome ethanol fumes as well. Sure enough, there was a acrid nail polish remover taste on the palate. Oak forward and spicy with the heat primarily coming from the poorly attenuated alcohol. Some cake frosting and banana in there as well, but jaggedly sharp and lingering harsh astringency in the finish. Not a fan.

Cinnamon bun, gingerbread, and fresh ground black pepper on the nose, but some ethanol sneaks in there also. Nice vanilla cream and light oak on the palate. Finishes with a blast of baking spices (particularly nutmeg and allspice) and Red Hots candy. Medium length finish. Thin bodied. Less spicy than the single barrel version, but still too much of a spice bloom in the finish for my palate which overshadows it's other fine qualities.

Deep rich nose of molasses, oak, brown sugar, marzipan, candied orange, chocolate, and shoe leather. Palate pretty much follows suit and matches the nose but with a little less complexity; lots of brown sugar, toffee, pipe tobacco, cherry, and oak. Very sweet and VERY rich; like drinking a really good piece of cake. Medium length cinnamon finish. Tasty and unique but have to be in the mood for dessert.

The good: Pleasant flavors of the “fruity and spicy” variety; green apple, cherry, caramel, and cinnamon (ever had Cinnamon Gummy Bears? This tastes very similar); decent oily mouthfeel, no off flavors or ethanol. The bad: somewhat muted, short-to-medium length finish, not complex or deep in flavor profile. Verdict: A nice sipper hence the rating, and what’s here is presented really well. If this was $30 I would buy it all day, but just not deep or layered enough to justify a rebuy at $50.

GCM store pick in Gilbert AZ. Lots of toffee and butterscotch in the nose. Super bright and fruity on the palate. Notes of clove, lemon zest, caramel apple, honey, and juicy pear. No real burn until the finish after the other flavors have been presented but then hits you with some building (not unpleasant) alcohol heat. PUNCHY. Lingering finish. A lot of reviews I have read have labeled this one a mess. While it is kind of disjointed and has a non-traditional flavor profile, I found it strangely appealing as well. The flavors became more cohesive about halfway through the bottle. Overall a funky and unique bourbon.

Oh this stuff is dangerous. Like alcoholic vanilla cream water. French toast and caramel as well. Creamy silky feel. Not even a trace of bite. Feel like I could easily drink half a bottle at a sitting. Not particularly bold or rich, but the notes that are present are sublime. Does suffer a bit from a lack of complexity. Definitely in a category of it's own.

Light and fruity with hints of star anise, lemon zest, pickle brine, cracked peppercorns, eucalyptus, and rye bread. Honey sweetness and a bit of cinnamon come in and keep it from tasting overly herbal. Great for drinking on a warm day. Love at first taste.

Floral notes, cherry and wood in nose with almost no ethanol at all which I enjoyed. Light caramel, pipe tobacco, and oak on the palate. Drinks considerably hotter than it should for the medium proof. Some unwelcome tannic astringency in the bone-dry finish. It's not bad by any means and I know everyone raves about it, but I feel that for a $40 bottle (which is what I paid), it's definitely a little overrated.

Lots of barrel char, brown sugar, and bananas foster in the nose. Punchy flavor. Almost chocolate note upfront, leading into oak, maraschino cherry, and red hots. Surprisingly, the spice dies down during the finish leaving a burst of smoke. Medium to long finish. Nice coating viscosity. Proof lets you know it's there, but I'd say this drinks a little under it's ABV.

Some decent complexity on the nose with vanilla, cinnamon, sandalwood, and leather. Palate matches the nose, with additions of oak, caramel, and green apple. Bright. Lingering warming finish of baking spices and wood. Some heat, but not unpleasant and seems more to do with spice level than ethanol. Thin but sufficiently oily. Pretty solid for a bottle under $30.