Tastes

Need to taste it next to regular 101 I think to get some differences. Spice on the nose right away. Normal still like oak and vanilla. Pallet = spice, Turkey, decent bit, vanilla, some nuts and berries. Finish is more spice. More rye. Lots of Turkey.

Burnt Carmel, smell is NOT as bold or spicy as taste and finish. Taste is spicy vanilla, do the KY chew and it’s warm! Hard to find any sweetness. Finish is spicy as well. Hits you all over and a warm KY HUG!

Honey smell. Then like a lemon after that. Something you might want to smell or taste if you have a cold. Spice at the end of the nose. Taste is honey and lemon spice again. It’s more harsh than the last few bourbons I have been drinking. By harsh I mean tougher nose and smell. Not as sweet as I like.

Sweet right away on the nose. Vanilla maybe. Spice comes at the end of the smell. Taste starts again sweet but rye and spice come fast out of nowhere. Give it a long KY chew and it keeps the burn going, then swallow and feel the rye in your nose. Good taste.

Light nose. Nothing special. Honey and peanut taste. Rye spice comes through on the finish.

Think I need to taste this with Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, and maybe Jack Daniels to try and pull out some tasting notes. Smell to finish pretty balanced. Pretty sweet and smooth. I feel like if I was in an old western movie this would be a bottle I would have with me!

Reminds me of Longbranch with the wood smell. Mesquite almost. Good high rye bourbon and amazing with ALE8!!! Also my first high rye after a long deployment away from bourbon.

Love it. Little more bite to nose the Buffalo Trace. Candy apple nose maybe?! Taste is sweet as well. Carmel apple still. Vanilla. Good hug on the way down with some oak. Top shelf!!

Great sweet apple smell. Carmel apple taste. Also like a fruit cake, maybe banana bread. Don’t feel the rye until the swallow. Swish it in your mouth and it’s like chewing on a Carmel candy.