Tastes

Nose: the gang is all here. vanilla, caramel, leather and brown sugar. Palate: vanilla candy sweet at the start. Like some vanilla taffy. Turns into some caramel candy shell to end with some tobacco. I really like this profile. The finish sits on your chest. Long Kentucky hug. Overall: I got this in a distillate to barrel sample box. I’ve seen this in the stores for 135 dollars a bottle. I’ll probably never own a bottle due to the cost. It’s pretty good pour for sure.

Nose: toast, caramel, vanilla, leather and tobacco and bits of honey. Palate: slightly sweet pie crust. Dark fruits and bits of cinnamon. For lack of a better description this is f#%!*!* delicious. Finish: long Kentucky hug. It lingers on forever. Overall. 4.25 out of 5 but it could easily be a 5. This is a fantastic pour.

Nose:Caramel, orange zest, leather, vanilla. Very bright on the nose. Palate: burnt sugars, barrel spices, vanilla toffee tobacco. Finish: long Kentucky hug. Spicy on the back end. Hangs around forever. Overall: this is fantastic. When I first cracked it I was not impressed. I can back some weeks later after some air got into it and wow. This is a hitter.

Nose: caramel and vanilla. My be some light citrus. Palate: baking spices, a hint of tobacco vanilla. This is a easy drinking whiskey. The end of the palate is where the spices linger and hang around for a while. Long Kentucky hug. Overall: if this was always available I’d score it higher. But because you have to pay some ridiculous secondary for it I can’t give it top marks. I got my bottle at retail in Roseboro NC. Now for retail is an exceptional expression. At retails 4.75-5 stars. I would not recommend secondary because the knob creek 12 exists and you and get it pretty easily and it’s delicious. So for what people pay for secondary I’d give it 3 star. Take all that away and this is a 4 star wheater easily.

Nose: caramel, vanilla, clove and brown sugar. Palate: this is a sweet and spicy rye. A little note of vanilla and caramel chases by rye spices. Goes from sweet to spicy very quickly. Lovers of a spicy rye this is for you. Finish: peppery that lingers. A note of sweet. Overall: this is a really well balanced rye. I can never find it in my area of North Carolina until now. I’m glad I bought two bottles at 27 dollars a piece. Great 100 proof affordable rye. Get yourself one.

Nose: vanilla forward with hints of caramel and barrel spices. Palate: vanilla, caramel, oak, cinnamon, red hot candy shell Finish: long and lingers. Overall: this is a really good and surprising pour. I wasn’t expecting it to taste this good. Like caramel buttered toast. Highly recommend this expression.

Nose: slight vanilla, black pepper slight mint Palate: dark berries, barrel spices and Caramel. I really like this flavor profile. Sweet and spicy. Finish: sweet and peppery in the finish. Costs the tongue. It’s a great finish. Overall: this is barrel 8072 and it’s great. I have been underwhelmed by the new riff single barrel bourbon offering I have so I was a bit suspect about this one. I highly recommend the rye. 4/5. Great pour.

On the nose I get leather, brown sugar and some ethanol. Palate: a bit of sweetness like Carmel. That a nice not in the middle of the palate. Round out by barrel spices. This is all subtle but it’s good. Finish: finishes with some of that subtle sweetness and leather. Overall: I’d buy another bottle. It’s solid. Not my fav rye but this is a decent pour.

Nose: vanilla, Carmel and a bit of ethanol. Typical Buffalo Trace distillery nose. A very homey feeling on the nose when it come to bourbon. When you had as many different whiskeys as I’ve had this just It feels like home on the nose. Palate: easy sipper, brown sugar, a touch of toffee, a note of tobacco. Everything you’d expect without wowing you. Steady eddy Overall: solid pour. Perfect daily drinker.