Tastes

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.

Nose is smokey oak sawdust with bit of leather. Starts with a sweet burst with a hint of carmel and vanilla and a bite of rye spice. Holding it at mid palete the rye spice explodes into a strong heat that goes down hotter than expected for the 90 proof rating. Would not call it smooth but it does have a certain oily feel. Think it could use a bit more aging to smooth it out and tame the rye. If you like rye forward for a pretty good price you will probably find this a nice sipper. For me I am not a rye fan and find this one to be pretty much one noted and lacking complexity and aging. Probably will not buy again.

Leather nose with just a bit of smoke. Palate sweet upfront bursting to rye spice with some heat. A hint of vanilla and light fruit comes through then gets overwhelmed by the spice in the back of the throat. Add ice ball expands the flavor and smooths it out a bit. Overall pretty good bourbon for the price if you enjoy stronger rye based bourbon. Not really my favorite but might make my top ten on as a nine or ten for now.

Nose is grainy with little smoke. Mash bill is 60 corn 36 rye and 4 malted. For a high rye i do not get as much spice as i would have expected. Starts with a touch of sweet on the front of the palete a little rye spice through the middle and finishes smooth with little to no bite. Overall not a bad sipper from a small local distiller.

Nose is quite strong alcohol. Warm a bit sharp on palate. A bit sharp but for the price is ok s

Nose is strong smoky oak. Starts hot with spicy burn. Sweet spicey midpallete with heat going down. Not bad price for sipper that can probably be smoothed out with a little ice

Pleasant smokey nose. Sweet spicy start smooth with a bit of vanilla carmel on palate. Goes down with warm burn. Overall a pleasant sipper that is a bit overpriced in my area but will make my shelf as occasional sipper if I can find it for the right price.

This one has a bit of an odd nose and taste. The high malt barley and wheat content create a bread taste and smell that dominates the palate. Is sweet with lots of bread notes and a bit of alcohol burn. Just not really developing a like for this one. I feel it is overpriced for the quality.

Nose is smoky fresh cut wood with a bread note. Starts sweet with medium burn with smooth hot finish going down. A block of ice smooths it all out but still has a certain grainy flavor that makes it an Ok sipper for a very nice price.

Smooth and sweet start with burst of hot spice on pallet. Touch of smoke and warm burn going down.