Bib & Tucker 10 Year Small Batch Bourbon

A bold, Tennessee sour mash bourbon by August Sebastianif for 3 Badge Beverages in Kentucky aged for 10 years. It has an aromatic birth with notes of grain, wood, dried fruits, nuts, herbs & spices; while a bold life adds notes of sweet roasted corn, dried pears, apple cider, vanilla & cocoa; that led to a long, warm & woody death adding notes of cracked pepper, toasted oak, rye, pipe tobacco, cedar, milk chocolate, cinnamon, chestnuts, burnt caramel & smoke. August / October 2024

Smooth, sweet and delicious. More sweet than peppery but does have a peppery finish.

Color: golden orange Nose: hint of sweet cereal Neat: light on the palate; light, medium length hug at the finish. Right before the finish is burst of mint flavor that disappears quickly Rocks:

Was a Christmas gift from the Boss. I liked it. Will say it tasted better with it veing a gift. After looking up the price id go with something else. If you dont mond the price od go for it. Easy to drink.

Gifted to me at Xmas, let’s see if this bottle can change my opinion of Dickel. Medium strength aroma is very fruity with rum soaked fruit cake, berry, light vanilla, and a distracting mineral note. Tried and failed to get much else. Ethanol is low. Palate opens with more caramel and vanilla than the nose would indicate, along with some date, fig, mandarin orange, and maple. All the notes are sweet, simple, and kind of flat. That said, the palate actually doesn’t suck. Medium length finish features light cinnamon and nutmeg and then…while I hate to be cliche I have to keep it real; where my tongue wanted oak/wood, I got goddamn Flintstone vitamins. Just…why??? Mouthfeel is light bodied and being neither creamy or grainy; compliments the flavor profile decently enough. A high point. So apparently my friend spent $85 on this. Yikes. I wish he would have told me he was getting me a bottle as I would have had him get me a bottle of 1920 or Rare Breed and saved him $30. Or Hell even a bottle of Wild Turkey 101 which I would have enjoyed more. For Dickel lovers only, which I most certainly am not.

Sweet like molasses and some spice un the finish

Bib and Tucker is a brand I know nothing about but when I see their bottles, they've always sort of intrigued me with their tinted glass and wooden corks. On a recent run to Total Wine I decided to pick up a bottle of 10 year although.... that may have been a risky proposition at just under $90/bottle. The nose on this bourbon is quite dry indeed. I tend to prefer mega sweet bourbons, but I suppose this might be heading into a change for the better. Definitely has some tannic oak and leather on the nose along with orange pith and mint. This palate opens quite sweet and innocent with brown sugar and lemon merengue. Tannic oak doesn't make as big a splash as it did on the nose and really all of the tastes are softer and more rounded than the nose suggests. A bit of peppery spice and leather bring some dry character mid taste along with some dark cacao that is both sweet and slightly bitter and leaves the mouthfeel a bit dry and powdery going into the finish. The finish is of medium length but not super oily in the mouth. That tannic oak carries with it some orange pith and baking spice. Its a well balanced finish and dare I say, a finish carrying stronger and sharper flavors than the palate? You know something? This was a pleasant surprise. I don't know that I'd plop down another $90 for this bottle but I'm sure glad I tried it. The palate is surprisingly soft considering both the nose and finish are stronger. But its a very well balanced neat sipper... I can wholeheartedly recommend it.