Belle Meade Cask Strength Reserve Bourbon

Vanilla. Smooth but strong finish

Such a solid Bourbon Nose & Palate present with a caramel & vanilla sweetness but the flavor quickly turns to tart cherry balls & spice. Finish is hearty & round with a touch of heat & spice

Yum. Spicy, sweet, and hot. Thanks Joe!

125.8 proof. Great deep and complex cask strength juice here. Nice nose with banana bread, oak, vanilla, oak.... and yes, jet fuel. Palate has notes of raisin, chocolate, oak, vanilla, cherry, leather and a punch of cinnamon spice, but oddly without the briny rye flavours. Finish is disappointingly short and quite dry. Overall great bourbon. Water brought out fruit and nuts, turned the banana bread into fruit cake/banana bread combo.

A sample from dthom as part of the "whiskey transfer program". Nose: Traditiona bourbon nose. Vanilla, caramel, apple, pear, baking spices, very sweet with background oak and some ethanol punch from the high proof. Smells really nice. As it sits in the glass I start to get dried fruit like raisin and date with banana. Flavor: Caramelized nuts, vanilla, dark sugars, banana, dried fruits, and a little bit of a floral note. Finish: Whoa spicy! Quite a bit of ethanol punch from the proof, barrel spice and baking spices galore! A very drying toasty finish that offsets the sweetness nicely. Cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. The rye spice hits hard and then fades fast for a medium length finish that goes back towards those banana bread notes. Nothing super exciting here but it's a solid barrel strength bourbon. I enjoyed it but maybe a little "checks the box" for the usual price point above $60. A little more rye spice on the finish than I'd like. Overall if this were $45 I'd say it'd be a better buy.