Bib & Tucker 6 Year Small Batch Bourbon

Very heavy in spice, and I'm pretty sure it's from the high rye percentage. There is some fruit in the middle, pears and apples not much else but this does finish semi sweet.

Smooth, easy drinking

Smooth, sweet.

Maybe it’s the Scottish blood in me, but I absolutely love oatmeal. My favorite way to prepare it is with plenty of dried fruit (raisins, craisins, fig, blueberries, whatever’s in the pantry), a little brown sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, and a dash of vanilla. If I’m not cooking for my kids, I’ve been known to soak the fruit overnight in whiskey. I initially had trouble figuring out why this new-to-me bourbon tasted so familiar,and then I realized that it’s basically my go-to cool weather breakfast in booze form. Unusually for a bourbon, I don’t get a ton of the usual tree fruit-maple-pecan pie kind of notes. Instead,there’s more of a dried fruit and brown sugar profile, with sweet vanilla core and a baking spice inflected finish. The very tail end of the palate has a peach cobbler-like quality, which is a bit more in the usual bourbon wheelhouse for me, but it’s hardly the dominant flavor. The mouthfeel seems a little thin; I’d be curious to try this at a slightly higher proof, but overall, this is an enjoyable departure from the bourbon norms.

The rye is very strong on the nose. You could convince me that this is a Wild Turkey product. The taste is everything I want in a bourbon. Corn-forward, vanilla, and astoundingly balanced oak. There's a bit a cashew on the finish followed by strong alcohol taste and lingering barrel bitterness.

Nose: Mineral spirits. Tar. Faint caramel. Taste: Leather, ethanol, cinnamon. Spiciness lingers on the tongue. Takes a while to feel it in my chest. I am new to bourbon and trying to develop my palette. Probably too expensive a bottle for me)as an early-on purchase and seems too pricey for what it is. It's good not great.