Tastes

Early Times Bottled in Bond Bourbon aromas are rich with pipe tobacco, caramel, baking spices, and oak. The entry is sweet with flavors of cinnamon, oak, allspice, and mincemeat. The finish ends with baking spices, cinnamon, and a hint of vanilla. A classic bourbon and great value at its price level.

Wild Turkey 101 has an exotic nose of pipe tobacco, caramel, cinnamon, baking spices, and oak. The entry is a warm Kentucky hug with flavors of allspice and charred oak. The long finish is caramel, cloves, and cinnamon. A classic bourbon that has maintained its quality over the years and is a great value at its price level.

Pure Kentucky XO Straight Bourbon needs to be uncorked overnight and allowed to sit out for three months after recorking. Otherwise, there is a metallic taste in the flavor. Then the senses will detect exotic aromas of caramel, oak, pipe tobacco, and baking spices. The entry is sweet with a palate of charred oak and cinnamon. The finish ends with allspice, cinnamon, pipe tobacco, and The metallic taste is still in the background after 6 months.Very undesirable for a bourbon at this price level.

Pleasing aromas of honey, apples, peat, and caramel greet the senses. The entry is soft, with a palate of honey, heather, and caramel. The finish ends with toffee and heather, with a hint of honey.

Wild Turkey LongBranch Bourbon has complex aromas of caramel, baking spices, pipe tobacco, vanilla, and oak. The smooth entry goes into a palate of mesquite smoke and caramel. This whiskey ends with baking spices and sweet cinnamon.

Johnnie Walker Double Black has a campfire smoke and medicinal iodine aroma. The sweet entry has a palate of artificial smoke and medicinal iodine. The finish is campfire smoke with a hint of toffee. This whisky is over-smoked, like a BBQ brisket that was over-smoked. All you can smell and taste is smoke with a background of medicinal iodine.