Belle Meade Sour Mash Straight Bourbon

Dark fruit, pepper, vanilla, spicy, cinnamon, oak. Nice

Nice !

Floral taste, bitter ending, long burn on back of tongue

Nose is somewhat harsh yielding notes of acetone, caramel and vanilla. Warm mouthfeel, slightly oily; notes of vanilla, apple, pepper, and spices. Initially sweet but yields to a warm and spicy finish. Very well balanced and smooth. Excellent siping whiskey, would not recommend for many cocktails. I want to like to like it more than I do, but my first glass was intensely overpowered with acetone. The second glass was much better. I would assume these inconsistencies are due to the small batch size - do not let my criticism keep you from buying it, it is a fantastic whiskey, though my initial impressions were poor. Solid 3.8/5.