1792 Single Barrel Bourbon

Delicious, caramel, butterscotch, and hints of cherry on the palate, smooth finish with hints of allspice. Excellent easy-ish to find bourbon.

1792 Series (4 of 10): Single Barrel Did you know: Barton 1792 has a whopping 30 barrel aging warehouses. I mean 29. Whoops. 29. Too soon? Nose is banana. Cream. Sugar. Menthol. Mint. Body is caramel, brine, pit fruits, fruit punch. Lemon. Grass. Finish is lemon, cherry, cinnamon, more brine. Bit of apple. This is good, but it’s not what you’d expect from a single barrel of a good whiskey (small batch). I often get the impression that small batches are compromises: the best stuff is diluted with inferior stuff for the sake of volume. I get the opposite impression here. This single barrel is one piece of a recipe, and it is not yet whole. With 4 down, I still do not see any reason to ever stock a 1792 whiskey that is not small batch, and that tall-boy handle is looking better by the day. Edit: I just mixed small batch into this single barrel, and it actually did make it more dynamic and enjoyable. Looking forward to the next on-deck: 1792 Single Barrel Store Pick, aka beige neck 2.0

delicious

A little disappointed, but perhaps that was because I tried this after a cask strength bourbon which was great. Will give it another try in the future, but overall this was pretty average.