Belle Meade Sour Mash Straight Bourbon

At room temperature, brown sugar, sweet smell. Sweet aftertaste. Initial taste was a sour spice. Almost acrid at first and opens up. Some a vanilla char

Sour mash distinctive nose—orange peel overtone and sweet undertones, more floral than sugary. Spicy and burn pack the front of the palette that settles quickly and the echo of a burn in the finish. Starts wet and finishes dry. A good change up to Kentucky sour mashes.

Starts sweet, vanilla, caramel. Some oak and earth. Middle turns leathery, almost scotch like. Backend on the tongue burns a touch with some nice spice. Nothing to harsh. Very nice easy going bourbon.

Aroma: sweet corn, cinnamon, mint and a hint of citrus. Flavor: sweet tea immediately followed by cinnamon and a touch of mint. Finish is medium, the cinnamon lingers with a touch of oak. Overall: this is a spice forward bourbon but not overly so, the spice is balanced nicely by the sweetness and subtle hints of mint and citrus