1792 Full Proof Straight Bourbon

Same great taste from 1792, little hot as expected but the best barrel proof I’ve had.

Vanilla, banana, oak, sugar and spice. Really good bourbon overall. I like fuller proof but this one needs a touch of water/ice.

1792 Series (6 of 11**): Full Proof **I may have just bagged a legally obtained Port Finish :) Did you know: Drinking high-proof whiskies is like running marathons. Even if you regularly run 5ks, you need to train up if you want to do your best. For whiskey, this is true for your palate. It’s not that you can’t go from Hancock’s (88.9 proof) to 1792 FP (125 proof) and have a good experience. It’s that no matter how good you are at pulling notes from whiskey, you won’t be as good as you could have been had you trained up for the high proof stuff. I strongly believe that. And even if I’m wrong, you can still pretend to believe me, thereby gaining a permission structure for drinking high proof whiskey daily under the pretense of training. Live to win, baby. Nose is delicious. Unfathomably gentle. Apple, sugar, peaches, cherries. Body packs the punch. There’s that ABV. The main notes are caramel and milk chocolate, but the cherry is there too. Orange. Honey. This is delicious. Finish is cinnamon, baking spices. Bit of honey and dark chocolate. Coffee. Brown sugar. Mint. Poured over precisely one piece of ice delicately molded to perfectly resemble an American football: Nose goes away for the most part. I hate that. Nose was so good. Maybe caramel? Sugar? Body: wow. This is refreshing. All of the things I loved about small batch. It’s cherries, it’s apples, “Oh Yeah” it’s fruit punch. Tangerine. Watermelon. Juicy as you get. All slightly chilled. It’s like I’m drinking a damn Gatorade. I could drink this playing tennis in Columbia, SC, at noon in July and be totally fine. If you know, you know. Finish has honey, orange, bubblegum, toffee. Mint. This is one of the purer high-proof whiskies I’ve tried. There’s no noticeable buildup of the imperfections from the juice line, a common side-effect of high proofs that I can’t help but notice in things like Benchmark, many of the Booker’s, and (hot take in 3… 2… 1…) Stagg Jr. I said it. All the things I’ve loved about SmB, SiB, BiB, SPSiB, and other abbreviations are jammed in here if you’re patient. I don’t live for the high proof whiskies. Too much work. But this is one of the better ones I’ve had. Possibly the best. TRULY looking forward to the next on-deck: 1792 Full Proof Store Pick, aka black label 2.0

Nose: Sticky toffee pudding with dolce de leche ice cream, vanilla buttercream, charred oak, cinnamon, and a hint of maple syrup. Palate: The sticky toffee pudding notes carry over to the palate. Rich toffee, sweet vanilla, dark fruit, figs, charred oak, cinnamon, ending with spice and heat.

You get the typical vanilla & caramel nose and taste. I find this as a very drinkable 125 proof bourbon. Full body & rich due to the high proof. An excellent drink!!!