Tastes

I'm happily shocked by this Bourbon. My concern with Willet starting their own distillery and producing their own juice was that the taste of their Whiskey was going to be completely different from what I'm used to from them. I like Willett's Pot Still Reserve to me I get cinnamon candy/red hots on the nose and the palate which I really enjoy and no other Bourbon/Whiskey has that to me. So my concern with the new in house juice was this would be lost due to different production facilities, storage location, storage conditions, etc. But after trying this Old Bardstown it is still there. I don't know how they did it but they did. This immediately on first nosing had that familiar smell of Willet Pot Still Reserve and on tasting it is there on the palate too. This smells and tastes to me like a slightly weaker Willet Pot Still Reserve at less than half the cost. It made me immediately get up and poor the Pot Still Reserve for a side by side. After the side by side it confirmed my first assessment. It is Pot Still Reserve slightly turned down but the nose and flavor is there which surprised me and put my concerns at ease.

The best Bourbon on the planet.

Much better than Angel's Envy.