Ben Holladay 6 Year Bottled in Bond Bourbon

Nose- traditional vanilla and caramel nose with some banana runts candy. It is not a deep and rich nose, but certainly one worthy of saying this in fact should have its merits. Palate- I find it a bit thin. Vanilla and green banana prevail with a bit of burnt butterscorch coming in. There is some acetone/ fingernail polish notes that reveal the age. It isn't bad, but it is run of the mill. Finish- a bit woodshoppy but with some pleasant caramel candies which turn a tad bitter on the end. Overall- High praise to what they have done here. Resurrected an old label, didn't source out of the box, and instead waited, released a 6yr BiB instead of just a straight whiskey. NOT an easy road to take when it would have just been easier to either release a 2+ yr old, straight bourbon, or bottle someone else's contract distillate. The whiskey is a bit thin and one note. I would be interested at trying this after another 2 or more years in the oak, and perhaps at cask strength. For now, it is a mundane whiskey but with potential. It is just not quite ready yet.

Nose is slightly burnt caramel corn with a little ethanol, which I found very enjoyable. Taste is very corn whiskey forward with some oak at the end. Aged well to take off all the rough edges normally found in corn whiskey with that flavor.

Not much going on. This is very high corn with a smidge of rye and barley. Super short finish

Aroma - caramel, red apples, sugar candy notes, blue raspberry cotton candy. Slight hint of baking spices in the back. This is bright with nice dark undertones. Taste - caramel popcorn, then the usual suspects of vanilla and slight oak. There is a slight drying oak presence on the finish, and picking up a slight tannic profile as well. But to be honest, this is very good. Overall - This is insanely gentle on the palate and the balance on this is exceptional. Not sure what the mash bill on this is, but I would think it is predominately 75-80% corn. It is very sweet and I do pick up nice rye undertone that elevates the experience. This is a great BiB offering… I would like to blind this against EHT and Bardstown Origins BiB. Extremely Crushable 4.35