Tastes

Quintessential ECBP. This bottle is Virginia ABC Barrel 6807297 at 132.1pf and 8yrs. If you like Stagg, you'll like this. Maybe a quarter point lower on the viscosity, but the nose, flavor, chewiness, and finish are all above par. Don't let the 8 yrs disappoint..this on must have been in the higher floors because it came out right when it needed to. And at a $25 premium over the normal ECBP line, I was hesitant to pull the trigger but so glad I did. Sorry I didn't grab the other 3 bottles on the shelf.

Tried neat. Sweet, smooth. Green Apple candy, Carmel Apple, Vanilla. Maybe A little too sweet.

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Young, light and thin, fruity, some banana I get mangoes on the finish. $35, nope I’ll take an ancient ancient age for $15 every time over this.

Like a lower proof EH Taylor. I know it’s a different mashbill, but I enjoy this as much as Taylor. Worth the extra 7-10$ ? probably not but still better than other than other 50$!+ bourbons, it’s BT and compliments the rest of the bourbon shelf nicely so what’s not to love?

Being that AngelsEnvey is the only other "wine cask" finished type bourbon I've had, not drawing from much depth...and I'm just a novice. But, like everyone else, there are certain bourbons I like going back to. This is one of them. Is it worth 40 bucks? MEH, If it wasn't born in Kentucky(my State), at the most award winning Distillery, and if A.Smith Bowman Distillery hadn't done such a fantastic job pointing back to the Bowman Family history and it's ties to early America and Kentucky on their bottles well I probably wouldn't have paid up to try it.(So I'm a sucker for patriotic themes) But I'm glad I did. My only gripe with this Bourbon...it is just too easy to drink. But is that a bad thing? As a fan of Buffalo Trace products, one of my faves is EH Taylor...just the right amount of bite. Issac Bowman is a bit flat on the front. But what it lacks there, it makes up for in flavor. For me there is great balance of the Bourbon and Port. And behind the port I'm tasting Mash Bill #2, and that's Elmer, Blanton's, Rock Hill, Ancient Ancient Age. Nice job A.Smith Bowman. I'd be curious as to what a higher proof would do for this Bourbon?