Black Ridge Special Reserve Port Barrel Finish

Nice and Smotth, the port barrel gives it a nice flavor profile

Can definitely taste the port wine note. Not a fan at first but wears on you after a few tastings.

Off nose. Funky bitter finish.

I’ve had some port barrel finished bourbons and they’ve been pretty good. Thankfully, I was able to try this as a sample instead of purchasing it to try. The nose, well, there was no nose. This was the craziest thing. I tried this with a friend and both of us couldn’t pick anything up at all. First bourbon that had nothing to offer before hitting the palate. Palete hit and this was cherry, blackberry medicine. It was the cough syrup my mom used to make me drink back in the day. The finish had some sweetness to it but all I could taste was the medicinal flavor. It was so powerful that everything else faded away. I’m extremely thankful I was able to try this before wasting any money. I would consider this a drain pour. Quite terrible and I hate saying that about any bourbon. I will definitely not be purchasing this. Scale .25