Tastes

Missouri Exclusive Batch 100 Proof. Slight oak, honey, boozy fruit cocktail on the nose. Some baking spice. Sweet berries (raspberry / strawberry) up front with some honey. Baking spices mid-palate with a lasting finish of berry and almost a melon (honeydew) lingering. This is a delicious pour.

Sweet sourdough bread on the nose. Flavor is similar with some caramel, oakiness and vanilla to round it. Not my favorite pour, but better than the first time I had it.

Oak on the nose for sure with some slight cinnamon and tobacco / leather notes - slightly floral. Flavor is sweet oak, vanilla and some sweet cinnamon roll on the finish. Long finish that is shockingly spicy for the lower proof. I really enjoy this pour.

Classic Maker's Mark funk - cherry (non-frosted cherry Pop-Tart) and light oak on the nose (some cinnamon as well). Palate is Maker's turned up...cherry pits, barrel, baking spices. Spicy in the finish with a heat that, as they say on the tour of the distillery, vanishes. Leaves behind a nice buttery vanilla sweetness.

Sweet oak on the nose with cinnamon applesauce and light honey. Drying oak on the palate, with some brown sugar, dark fruit (plum), honey and a little red apple skin on the finish. Some heat that lingers on the sides of the tongue. Decent pour - probably losing a little luster with more tasting experience.

Wow. For 130 proof, you wouldn't know it. Sweetness with slight oak notes on the nose. Palate follows through, adding baking spices to the mix. This was an excellent pour.

Boozy 115 Proof Rye. Nice notes of wintergreen, barrel char (oakiness) and baking spice. Palate slightly muted for the proof. A nice pour.

Phenomenal Rye notes of wintergreen and slight mint. Carries through from nose to palate. Super easy drinking and warming on a chilly fall evening.

The French Oak added a nice barrel / woody note to the finish. Had a bit of a drying quality on the end. Solid pour