Baker's Single Barrel Bourbon 7 Year

Peppery / char nose. Sweet (can’t put a finger on what the sweet is - maybe it is a lingering cherry; I’m not picking up vanilla). Viscous palate with a mild spice finish. Reminds me a lot of a milder Booker’s with less spice / heat.

Definitely vanilla and warm, prefect for the cool March day

Rich cherry, oak, char and vanilla notes. Well rounded whisky with a slight nutty finish. A very enjoyable dram.

This one makes my face numb after a couple fingers. It’s a strong burning vanilla with a bitter charred oak finish. Somewhat smooth but finishes with a mild burn.

Barreled: 05-2014. Age: 7 years, 3 months. Warehouse: CL-J. N: Cherry cola, wood dust, and barrel char. Slice of cinnamon raisin toast with some baking spice thrown at it for good measure. Bit of ethanol, but feels like par for the course here. Hints of leather and cigar wrapper. Longer I sit with this, more I think there's an old book note to it. Some orchard fruit presents late and deep in the background. It's a nose that keeps coming with something new each time you dive into it. P: Chocolate covered cherry, cherry cough syrup, more cherry cola. Somehow all this cherry still feels relatively subtle and avoids being a cherry-bomb, so to speak. Then it turns bitter with wood tannins and dark chocolate, and the fruit turns toward sour strawberry. Barbecued peaches and bitter coffee. Plenty of spice just before and into the finish - bourbon barrel heat with some chili pepper and cinnamon candy. Finish also has dark chocolate and something of a soft melange of the various fruit notes mentioned above. Mouthfeel is notably rich, coating, and a bit creamy. Drinking this neat, I found this too hot and bitter. This review is with a cube in a Canadian Glencairn. Adding a cube and going to a wider glass made all the difference. Softening this reveals a rich, oaky, nicely spiced bourbon that feels older than it is. And I think that's the best compliment I can give it. I got the last bottle in the store, but paid about normal retail for this. That price is fair. Over $70, I'd probably pass. Sub $50, I might grab two. _______ Please come join a bunch of regular Distiller reviewers are chatting spirits in real time on Discord: https://discord.gg/4nfePCdyKM. (If the link is expired, post a comment and I will post a new one.)