Tastes

This is really a great bourbon. Lots of caramel, butterscotch, cherry, and vanilla on the nose and palate. Oddly enough, at almost 92% there’s almost no alcohol burn. If this were just a hair cheaper it would be a “needs to be kept on hand at all times.” $40 stretches it just a hair for me. This is right up there with Eagle Rare for me either way. I’ll get either when I can find them and the budget allows for it.

I really wanted to like this. I watched a video of a blind head-to-head of Small Batch bourbons and for one of the tasters this came in second behind EH Taylor. It just doesn’t do it for me. It’s not horrible, and I wouldn’t turn it down if someone offered it to me, I just won’t buy it again. Even at $17. It just has a bit too much of the acetone/ethanol taste to it to be good. I A/B’d this with standard Buffalo Trace and the BT blew it away. Like I said, it’s not horrible, it’s just fairly one dimensional and also has that slightly off-putting note. I’m very disappointed. I love EW Single Barrel.

Very ok. Slightly disappointed. Tastes like a red hot with maybe some cherry influence. I really didn’t get much past that. Even the nose is just a lot of cinnamon. It wasn’t bad, just not as good as I’d hoped.

It’s just not my thing. I’ve tried two bottles now and I just don’t care much for it. To me it’s the aftertaste. I get some kind of bitterness that I just can’t get past. Each their own.

Spicy, leather, burnt sugar like creme brûlée, rye spice. Not bad, not sure if I’d get a whole bottle.

Man this is sweet. Almost too sweet for me. Tons of brown sugar to me. It's good on occasion, but I don't always want something so sweet. Probably won't buy again unless I see a great deal.

“Classic bourbon.” Lots of caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, etc. However, it’s just not quite my cup of tea. There are other bourbons in the same price range I like better. Wouldn’t ever turn it down, but not my go to.

Very ok. Just average all the way around. Not bad by any means, but not very good either. If someone bought me some I wouldn’t turn it down, but I won’t go buy it on my own. I smelled/tasted vanilla, brown sugar, oak, and alcohol. That’s really all there is to it. Finish is a little hot, probably due to the 92 proof. I gave it 2 stars because I consider my standard everyday bourbon to be the baseline for 3 stars. This isn’t going to replace my go-to’s. If I could have given it 2.5, I would have. Again, not bad, just not all that good either.

FOR THE PRICE, this is really good. It was the first bourbon that got me to like whiskey. It's fairly sweet and a bit fruity. Not super complicated, but for the price point it's complex. I think this gets dismissed by whiskey snobs more than it should because it has a screw top.

Lots of vanilla and caramel aroma. Sweet up front, kind of butterscotchy? Spice and heat on the back end that lingers. Damn good for $25.