Tastes

Nose: Leather, cotton candy, toffee and sweet hay Palate: The nose follows through on the palate with added spice and corn, finishing with dry oak. It drinks a little warm but delightfully so. The Remus Straight Bourbon 94 proof was just okay. Nothing I would buy again at $40. This was a delightful bourbon I would buy again at $50.

On the nose is fresh sweet hay and corn along with smarties and peanut that seem to blend together like a payday candy bar with a touch of fruitiness. The palate is not as complex - fruity, corny oak on first sip. Subsequent sips devolve into a salty caramel and corny hay that finish with a clean dry oak. Adding a touch of water increases the viscosity while muting the flavors to a vague sweet corny hay. While it is interesting and different it doesn’t have the classic Larceny flavor profile I enjoy with the rich dark brown sugars and dark fruit. This is a no for my palate but still a quality bourbon.

Corny youthfulness with a hint of light caramel and vanilla. Weak whiskey that would compete well in the $15 range but not the $25-$30 range.

On first crack this was typical MGP spicy toffee dried fruit with a bit of cocoa powder and oak on the back end. After sitting on the shelf for a month or two it opened up into a sweet candied version of itself with a creamy mouthfeel that leads into a warm tingly tongue feel with a long warm finish that largely stays in the mouth and jaw with some of it sliding into a gentle KY hug.

The palate is just as dark and rich as the color and nose of this whiskey. Dark rich sugars, molasses, brown sugar, and oak are so intense and rich that it is indescribable. The finish is long and flavorful. At 135.3 proof there is definitely a KY bear hug and my lips want to go numb if I take too big a sip. You know, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings at all if my dentist used this to numb me up for dental work.

Fresh crisp green apple with a touch of caramel on the nose. On the front of the palate it is smooth sweet caramel that drinks like an 80 proofer then the spice and proof slowly rise up on the finish. The aftertaste is a clean oak.

Reminiscent of Ezra Brooks without the dustiness. Mix 2 parts apple pie filling with 1 part cherry pie filling served on a graham cracker crust with a sprinkle of brown sugar in terms of flavor but not sweetness. The tartness balances the sweetness. There is a little oak on the backside of the sip. The hug lingers but the flavor does not. C921 is still my favorite.

Nose: Cherry, vanilla and oak Palate: Caramel, vanilla, oak, orange with a strong burst of cinnamon in the back Finish: Cherry, vanilla and oak that ends in bitterness.

The nose is buttered toast and apple juice with a little lemon and spice. The palate is rich, buttered toast, honey, apple juice and spice. Apple peel lingers on the tongue after the finish. On first crack the buttered toast dominates nose snd palate. After some time in the glass the apple and honey are more prominent.

For some reason banana just seems out of place in a bourbon. The initial nose is exclusively banana runts, not even real banana fruit. Give it time in the glass and it will evolve into banana bread and baking spices. On the palate, banana bread, cinnamon and maybe a hint of oak if you want it bad enough. Seems hot for 100 proof. If you love bananas, this bourbon is for you. If you love bourbon, find something else.