Tastes

The nose is bright with spicey notes upfront. Honey, vanilla, and mint are present with green apple and citrus also apparent. The taste is sweeter than the nose with brown sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla notes strongly accentuated. The nosing suggests a burn would be forthcoming due to the spicey nose but this was rather mild and quickly dissipated. There was some bitterness but overall this is a decent offering from Bulleit but not better than there rye. For those who love a spicey nosing this one may be for you but for the price, there are far better for less. Overall: Nose - 3.5/5 Taste - 3/5 Overall: 3.25/5 Repurchase: No Type: Daily Sipper

The nose is very mild with a vanilla note front and center. Honey, apple, and a smidge of caramel are also apparent. Vanilla is the key tasting note, but some white grapefruit and honey is also present. It is surprisingly oily for an 82 proof offering and the finish lingers for a fair amount of time with sugars and some mild spice. Overall a very simple bourbon and nothing at all remarkable. Very smooth and an easy sipping whiskey. Nose: 2.5/5 Taste: 3/5 Overall: 2.75/5 Repurchase: No - so many other offering better and more affordable Type: Daily Drinker

The nose is filled with leather, toffee, vanilla, and butterscotch. Feint notes of citrus and honey are also present. This one surprised me a bit as she drinks rather hot. The first sip struck the back of the throat with considerable burn. Letting it sit for a while seemed to mellow her out and notes of butterscotch, green apple, vanilla, and honey were present with considerable spice also present. Hard to pick out any of the finishing from the sherry casks here, but this review is from the neck pour. Overall: Nose: 3.75/5 Taste: 3.75/5 Overall 3.75/5 Repurchase: No - better finished sherry whiskies for less money Type: Special occasion

The nose is a mix of honey, orange marmalade, apricot and a touch of smoke. The aroma is pleasant but rather feint. The palate is loaded with smoke, sugars, and honey. The orange marmalade note from the nose is lost and replaced with the sugars. The finish is fleeting but does produce a salivation in the mouth. This is okay to drink neat, but is excellent in a smoked Old Fashioned, Penicillin, or Rob Roy. Overall: Nose 3.5/5 Taste: 3.0/5 Overall 3.25/5 Repurchase: Yes Type: Mixer

Nose: Honey, bartlett pear, mild lemon, vanilla, and a some bready notes (good white bread). Taste: Lots of honey, some of the citrus, and vanilla. If I didn't know better I honestly would think I was drinking Johnnie Walker Black Label. Crazy resemblance. After reviewing this product, I came back to my review as I found out that Cardhu supplies Johnnie Walker with alot of its whiskey.....lol....nailed it. Overall: Nose: 3/5 Taste: 3.5/5 Overall: 3.25/5 Repurchase: No (It's good, but not for the asking price) Type: Special Occasion

The nose is loaded in oak and peppery notes mixed with the sweetness of vanilla and butterscotch. The palate is sweeter and loses most of the oakiness. Vanilla, honey, fig, and apricot infiltrate the roof of the mouth and coat the tongue. Disappointingly, the finish is rather fleeting with nothing really hanging around to trigger a salivating event and the want for the next sip. If you like your whiskey experience to be short and sweet, than this is the bottle for you, but if you enjoy a lasting complex finish than seek other options. At $80, this is a one and done as there are so many more better whiskeys at this price point to invest in. Overall: Nose - 3/5 Taste: 3/5 Overall: 3/5 Repurchase: No Type: Friday Night Pour

The nose is rich in vanilla, butterscotch, green apple, and citrus (mainly white grapefruit and tangerine). The palate is rich in vanilla, honey, brown sugar, an oak spices. Bartlett pear, unripe mango, and black pepper also appear upon further sipping. The finish is fairly long and complex. This is a complex whiskey for $42 and at 101 proof can be drunk neat or as a mixer. This makes a fantastic Old Fashioned and Bourbon Margarita. Overall: Nose 4/5 Taste 4/5 Overall 4/5 Repurchase: Yes Type: Daily Drinker/Mixer

The nose is a mixture of sugar and spice.....caramel, vanilla, brown sugar and green apple make up the sweet with also a small amount of grapefruit. The spice is a small amount of oak and rye with black pepper and a gentle amount of cinnamon. Very pleasant. On the palate the spices fill the throat with a gentle amount of burn while brown sugar, caramel, and vanilla come forward and coat the roof of the mouth. Green apple and cherry also come forth. The finish is not very long but what remains in the mouth is pleasant. Being the base product from Buffalo Trace with a product this solid makes the hunt for their other higher end products very worthwhile. Overall: Nose - 4/5 Taste - 3.75/5 Overall 3.75/5 Repurchase: Yes Type: Daily Drinker

This is extremely difficult to obtain here and it took 3 years of trying to obtain my only bottle to date. It was a bottle that I truly hoped the hype would not disappoint. Thank goodness it did not, and I can only say that it even exceeded my expectations. The proof on this offering is a whopping 137.0 so you would immediately think it would blow your sinuses apart. The nose is sweet and rich, full of brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, grape, cherry, and some spicey oak and pepper. The flavor is intense and loaded in sugars. There is of course a good amount of heat as it is a very high proof but it does not drink as hot as it is and goes down fairly easy. The finish is very long lasting and delivers an intense amount of flavor to the end. Vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, strawberry, and black cherry are all present. A note of chocolate covered raisins also is present. As a bottle that appears once every 3 or so years here, it is worth the chase to obtain and worth the money. In my collection of whiskeys, this one sits at the very top and very nearly scores a perfect score. Nose: 4.75/5 Taste: 4.75/5 Overall: 4.75/5 Repurchase: Yes Type: Special Occasion