Blue Run Kentucky Straight High Rye Bourbon

First BR. Real good thanks House.

Bottled 2/22/2022 - spring 22 batch. Sharp nose with hints of almond and cherries. Coats the mouth with a nice layer of smooth heat, almond, fruit, and caramel. Super smooth and extraordinarily delightful.

The nose is sweet corn, candy corn, peanut shells, caramel, grassy herbs and rye grain, but on the tongue the rye hits me right away - it's quite hot - dark rye spice, maybe cinnamon red hors, cloves, black pepper. At the first taste, I would have said this is rye whiskey, and not bourbon, but the corn elements really roll out as the flavor evolves. It's still hot with a lot of rye spice and cinnamon, but I get barrel char, caramel, candy corn, corn syrup. Really nice long smokey finish with burnt caramel and grassy eye. Really great flavor profile, but I feel that the balance is a little off for my taste, and that there are some rough edges that could stand to be mellowed and melded a bit to make this superb. All around good whiskey, all things considered, and this is an excellent winter or fall holiday companion.