Tastes

Nose is a funky leather smoke. Pallet hot sharp smokey oak. Seems like high char on the barrel. A little ice tames it down and smooths it a bit. Still trying to like this bottle. Has good basics but need more tasting to decide if this makes the cut for me. Not a top shelf keeper yet. Stay tuned....

Nose is woody sawdust with touch of leather. Pallet is slightly sweet vanilla with perhaps a touch of butterscott. A bit of sharpness midpallet with nice burn to back of throat. Very good bourbon for the price. This will be a regular on my shelf.

Nose is good with hints of leather and sawdust. Pallete sweet carmel smoke with hint of vanilla and hot spice. Finishes fast with quick burn. Guess this is about a 45% that could use a little more agin. Overall pretty good bourbon just probably could use a little age. I would buy it at the 30ish range. Current price is 45 which is a bit high.

Nice golden brown. Nose is a pleasent bread with sawdust and a hint of leather. Palate sweet and smooth slightly oily with classic carmel and vanilla note. Finishes with a burst of spice and nice burn. This is a very good bourbon for the price. This will become a stock item on my cupboard.

Nose nice smokey with hint of leather. Smooth pallete with hint of sweetness. Has a touch of rye spice hints of carmel and herbs. Finishes smooth with pleasent aftertaste of smokey herbs and touch of carmel. Overall a really nice boubon but probably a bit overpriced in the high 50 range. Would probably put a bottle up just for the unique packaging.

1.75l $59.00. Nose is mildly woody and malt. Starts quite sweet on pallate with grain forward from the high barley and corn content as well as the extra beer flavor. Heat is there which seems odd as the rye count is quite low and proof is only 80. According to my research mash bill is 70% corn, 25% barley, 5% rye. The grain and beer really come through on mid pallete. Finish carries that burn to back. Is a middle of road sipper for an ok but not great price. Makes a good mixer with traverse city wiskey cherries and will keep it in my bar for those times i want a sweeter sipper.

Nose is grainy bread. Starts with a sweet slightly carmel note with just a little bite. Smoke is very subtle with mid pallate being smooth sweetly complex with flavors of vanilla and carmel finishing with just the right amount of bite and heat. This is a good sipping wiskey and kind of reminds me of buffalo trace with a bit lighter note.

Unusual nose. Kind of a sweet sawdust leather. Probably comes from the Rum barrel aging. Taste is sweet carmel with a bit of spicey burn. Overall is smooth with a touch of burn in mid palete. Leaves me confused if i really even like this. Flavor profile is definately an odd blend for a bourbon.

Mash Bill 70% Wheat 12% MB 10% Rye Now on my second bottle I am really starting to appreciate this bourbon. Nose is a bit sharp with a sawdust and touch of leather. Palate has a spicey heat that sticks around all the way to the back. That initial sweet vanilla taste at the front quickly gives way to a nice balance of heat and spice. The finish is warm. I am now concluding his whiskey closely profiles one of my favorites Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch. This will go into my regular stock.

Nice smoke sweet leathery nose. Pallate is smooth vanilla sweet with hint of spice. Finishes smooth and clean with just a nice little bite. This has quickly become one of my top 5 sippers and is a fair price for the quality. Has been a little hard to find here but lately i am finding it more frequently.