Bib & Tucker 6 Year Small Batch Bourbon

Not terribly excited ab this one

Prefer neat Neat Nose: medicine Taste: spice, warm body Finish: anise Water Nose: more astringent Taste: more astringent

A warm light sweetness. Carmel on the tongue with a bit of hazelnut as it goes down. I good buy. Now the hard part, finding another bottle.

I admit that upon initial tasting, perhaps I'm rating this a tad too high. At $55 here in PA, this whiskey is not exactly punching above it's weight class. It is an underwhelming whiskey. Listed at 92 proof but does drink as smoothly as baby's milk and pretty near as sweet. Yet overall for the money, in terms of taste and hit, the asking price definitely is out of line. What this whiskey does do well is go down so easily, you don't even feel you are drinking whiskey. The nosing reveals little with definition but I'll go with Brock's description just for the Hell of it. I do really like the soft minty aftertaste, like the gum you've chewed too long but you just like what it does for your breath. This 6 yr has a decent finish but lacks any complexity. I guess liquors like this serve a purpose, in this case mainly being something that can both be sipped innocuously or desperately tossed down during viewing something like an impeachment hearing when there's nothing else on. As a comparison, for half the price in PA there is the Jim Beam Distiller's Cut which only has availability against it. Nose, taste and finish are far superior. The Bib & Tucker is like paying double for Beam but getting the Devil's Cut instead of the Distiller's. Not much of a recommendation but then not all whiskeys need one when utilized properly. Don't think I'll repeat but purchases on whims are often like that. $54.99 at the PLCB