Bardstown Bourbon Co. Fusion Series #3

A bit one dimensional. Burnt corn, and not much else.

Really enjoyed this bourbon. Well blended to offer some vanilla sweetness up front, but growing more complex with caramel and cinnamon coming through to a nice balanced finish. Smooth enough to sip, but spicy enough to satisfy and remind you its got a good rye build.

Neat. Sample. This is my first taste of the Fusion series from Bardstown. It’s an interesting blend of 13 year old and 3 year old bourbons. It’s an interesting approach to utilize your own juice in blends like this but I wonder if the 3 year can be repaired by the 13 year. Hmm, the nose is simultaneously young and old. There is a fresh pine note but also this dark chocolate, oak element. It’s simultaneously dark and bright like two different songs playing at the same time. There is a very nice salted caramel note. Some nice cinnamon too. Little nutmeg. Some vanilla. Not getting any fruit. Texture is a bit thin but it’s oily enough to coat. This is primarily a caramel experience. A bright sweet light caramel captures the tongue and transitions to a darker caramel paired with the cinnamon. It lightens up again into a vanilla but the cinnamon remains through the finish. The pine note is growing as I sip on it more, so the young whiskeys shine through most of the experience. There is a hint of chocolate and oak on the very backend of the finish now though. Glad I got to try it but this is a one and done for me on Discovery Series 3. Can’t see paying 60ish for this compared to so much better competition in the $40-60 range. It does avoid the craft distillery bubble gum note, so that is promising for the future of their own juice I suppose.

Good nose, strong notes of cacao nibs. Clean and fresh. Strong tea notes on the palate... black tea and flat cola. Smooth. A tiny hint of young corn. Finishes sweet and slightly bitter. 10/9/20