Tastes
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Wow. Christmas Cinnabon Oatmeal with brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins Oatmeal raisin cookie Exotic wood Gingerbread house finish, slight tannic Strong nose, rich flavor, strong finish. Barely a hint of the base bourbon underneath. You continue to smell and taste this for a long time. Very unique and difficult to fully describe. Wow50.0 USD per Bottle
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Barrel 17131 58.75% abv Really grainy from start to end. Sweet and fruity, like strawberry and blueberry. Lots of butterscotch-ey flavor. Long finish that is mainly just hot and spicy. Overall this is ok considering it is only 3 years old. Sweet and fruity, but also young. Value is ok38.0 USD per Bottle
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Union Horse Rivalist American Single Malt
American Single Malt — Kansas, USA
Reviewed November 30, 2022On the nose I get hit by a nuttiness but not peanut. More like a hazelnut or walnut. Buttery. Burnt butter. Cranberry? or is that because we just had thanksgiving dinner recently? This is way less fruity and desserts compared to Stranahan’s. More savory/herbal. A little stone fruit but not shouting at me. I get some smoke throughout that I feel is a signature of Union horse distillery. I get this on their other releases in particular the four grain and it’s probably my favorite part of the experience. Ultimately, I feel like Union horse products are heading toward Balcones territory but are less sweet and fruity but also less acrid and bitter, yet still rich and flavorful. Which makes them much easier to drink in my opinion. This is good, not great, to me. But it’s also very unique. I think if you dig Balcones you’d dig Union Horse. -
Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed November 26, 2022 (edited December 23, 2022)This smells good, banana walnut bread, maple candy, some hay, maybe something like school glue. Taste is ok, get a lot of spicy oak and medicinal cherry. Finish is where this really falls flat for me. Becomes just bitter cherry/walnut and does not make me want to come back to it. Revisiting this, it just begins to taste like straight cough medicine. I tend to judge my bourbon by how often I reach for it, and this one took a long time to work through. Lots of other bottles I’d rather have. -
David Nicholson Reserve Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky (bottled in Missouri), USA
Reviewed November 7, 2022 (edited January 20, 2023)I found this to be a very middle of the road bottle. Nothing bad about it but nothing to write home about. It’s got a little bit of a heaven hill nuttiness to it. I get a little spice, some oak. For $25 this is a fair value, but I think the problem is that this doesn’t really differentiate itself from Heaven hill products that are an even better value and have similar taste.25.0 USD per Bottle -
Ezra Brooks Distiller's Collection Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky , USA
Reviewed November 4, 2022 (edited November 5, 2022)This single barrel was bottled at 108 proof and a little over 5 years old. I did not like this bottle. It had just very very little flavor, and what was there was just, meh, at best. The only positive things I can say about it is that it drank way under the proof, and it was very inexpensive.32.0 USD per Bottle -
Rebel Distiller's Collection Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky , USA
Reviewed November 4, 2022 (edited January 20, 2023)This particular bottle is 113 proof and presumed 5ish yrs old (bottled in early 2017, purchased mid 2022). I purchased an Ezra distillers collection pick at the same time and while that bottle was utterly awful, this one I find enjoyable. A find a little peanut, sweet cornbread, strawberry and cinnamon. Easy sipper and great value35.0 USD per Bottle -
Knob Creek 9 Year Small Batch Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky , USA
Reviewed November 4, 2022 (edited November 30, 2022)Rich flavor. Strong peanut and somewhat bitter finish, neither of which are my jam. Yet this bottle was finished quickly and would purchase again.28.0 USD per Bottle -
Rieger's 6 Year Bottled in Bond Straight Rye (Fall 2022)
Rye — Missouri, USA
Reviewed September 26, 2022 (edited January 10, 2023)Smells like a dusty hay field. Or a barn floor. Tobacco barn? Apple cider, banana, butterscotch. Sweet grass. Cocoa nibs. Tobacco. Spices. Peppery finish. I don’t get any dill or herbal notes, and the spice takes a background to the barnyard funk. Like you’ve just been transported to a barn. I understand why this is released in the fall. Very fun! Revisiting this it is so strongly pumpernickel rye. Overall it’s like if you made banana rye bread. Very unique and worth a shot!50.0 USD per Bottle
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