Tastes

Surprising lack of legs in the glass. Beautiful nose has stewed appls, and spices of cardamon, coriander, and cream of tartar. The palate hits straight on. Hot spice and bitter. A little melted ice brings the peanut forward and the spice gets stronger but the dry bittetness persists. Finish brings leather, hay, and pepper.

This review is for Batch 2, 111.8 proof Color is light golden. Nose has molasses, chocolate, and a touch of anise. Rum flavors hit first but the finish brings the rye with anise and pepper. An interesting drink. Ice softens the edges nicely.

Sweet caramel and cherry coke nose with a touch of smoke and leather. I get prunes as well. Sweetness follows on the palate, anise, cinnamon, and cocoa. As the flavor lingers, I am reminded of Good-n-plenty candy. Classic rye flavors with a punch of sweetness.

Little legs, but the glass stays well coated after a twirl. Very nice butterscotch nose. Palate has apple, caramel, and hot cinnamon. Finish starts slow, but brings on bitter chocolate with hot pepper spice. This is nice, but not great.

Little to no legs when swirled in the glass. Nose brings fresh apple, leather and cinnamon. The palate is a spice bomb, cinnamon and pepper, no fuit to be found. Iget a hint of coconut and bitter chocolate. Leaves the rim of the tongue tingling. The finish is pretty hot, red pepper flakes maybe. Good for high prrof lovers, but not there best offering, not even the best of the year.

Nose is sweet and grain forward, warm corn muffin with sweet brown butter and a hint of icing. Palate is surprisingly hot for 90 proof whiskey. I get a caramel apple. Nice but not overly complex. Finish is short and uneventful.

Strong nose, caramel and orange peel. Palate hits sweet and somewhat hot, turning to carameled apples. I get a hint of curaçao in the background. As the flavor fades, I taste toasted marshmallow, but not exceptionally oaky or smoky. The flavors do linger a while, but the finish ends in a bit of a whimper. Not very complex, but tasty nonetheless. I have to think that more time in the finishing barrels and/or less of the TN whiskey would have let more interesting flavors come through.

Nice legs, medium amber color. Nose leads with sweet bread, apple, and cardamom with a little black pepper in the background. Palate is sweet with a touch of fruit and spearmint with pepper lingering at the end. Well balanced, but not outstanding. A good whiskey to introduce someone to barrel proofs.

No legs in the glass to speak of. Deep amber color. Nose is sweet and full of cinnamon with a touch of chocolate and nut bread. The whiskey explodes onto the palate as a spice bomb. Bitter chocolate follows and licorice lingers on the middle of the tongue. Somewhere in there, candied apple makes the scene. A big long chest hug ends the experience, more like a whiskey in the 130 proof range. Not a whiskey for beginners. Adding ice or water rounds out both the nose and palate, lengthening the finish and leaving it less dry and with much less heat. Cinnamon sits on the tongue forever. The B's are usually my least favorite of the series every year, but this bourbon brings it.