Blade and Bow Bourbon

The bottle, collector keys, and marketing story for this bottle is impressive. However, the juice is what really matters. It's not bad bourbon, in fact it works neat, holds up on the rocks, and imparts nice flavors in a mule or other cocktail. But for the price and the hype, it's not really worth buying. It's just average, and for $50+ I want a bit more than average. You get all your standard bourbon notes out of it, but don't expect some life changing flavor from the old stock they advertise they married to the new stuff.

It's fine. But for $50, I think I'd want more than fine. There's so many $50 or less bourbons with more to offer than this, that it's hard to reccomend. The bottle is cool, the story (a bit gimicky) is interesting, and it ends up mixing well in an old fashioned or a derby. But neat and over rocks it doesn't wow me, and I can get cheaper whiskey that also serves well for cocktails. If you must have a $50ish bottle with a lot of history, try Wild Turkey Rare Breed or some Heaven Hill 7yr BiB and a drop of water to open it up.