Tastes

Opened a bunker bottle I bought in 2015. Balanced caramel, maple sugar, and spice. Lingering finish with honey vanilla sugar, lasting over a minute and a half. Nose is sweet potato and spice, with a hint of leather. Buffalo Trace, please make more! I haven’t seen it in my local stores in years!

It’s like a wave of bourbony goodness washing over your tongue. Wood sweetness, red fruits, vanilla, and caramel. Second wave is a warm spicy hug, cherries, and some dark chocolate. Finish goes on and on, 8 minutes and counting. this is a keeper!

Apple juice, umami, a little smoke, peat. Finish is lingering for a blend, about 90 sec to 2 min. Phenomenal with a decent aged cheddar, pretty good on its own. So glad green label is readily available again.

This one tastes like it would be a good barbecue whiskey. Low and slow cooked beef and pork, a few sweet side dishes, and good friends. Approachable, but not boring. Caramel, sweet, spice, citrus, and rich smoke. I might have to mix a black manhattan with multiple bitters for this one. Lingering finish straight out of the bottle.

Cherries, leather, other stone fruits, Wood vanilla, and mouth-coating richness. A lot more complex than 4Roses Small Batch or yellow label, maybe a touch more interesting than single barrel. Wonderful once in a while. It would spoil me if I had this as a daily tot.

Solid, tasty, reliable Bourbon. You want more sweet? Add ice. You want more complexity? Make an old fashioned with it. Otherwise this hits all the notes. A little spice, some oak, some sweet, citrus fruit, some vanilla.

Has the Bulleit house feel and rye/spice forward palate, but more flavorful and a coating mouthfeel. Nice neat, and even better on the rocks to tame the 50% abv. More fruity than the current Bulleit Frontier whiskey, IMHO. Glad this is a spring whiskey, it’s one of the bright spots while sheltering in place. $40-45 for a fifth is not terrible, but Four Roses Single Barrel is a worthy competitor at that price.

Usually easy to find, even in bars with a poor to fair brown selection. Good wood notes and classic bourbon flavors. Works really well on the rocks or in an old fashioned.

Batch 10 126.4 proof. Dove in without nosing, wave of melted butter (not butter scotch) over the tongue. Developed into oranges and cinnamon. Familiar maple syrup before the burn. Excellent long finish with spice, eucalyptus, and a little camphor.

Close to a perfect bourbon. Apple and citrus notes. layers of sweet, spice, and earthiness. Leather, chocolate, and just enough burn to remind you this is whiskey.