Booker's Bourbon Batch 2018-03 "Kentucky Chew"

Wow! Hot! I definitely had to mellow this bad boy out with a few cubes. Overall it's very good, but definitely not an easy sip. Alcohol, leather and vanilla on the nose. You can taste the spice throughout the sip. Definitely feel some notes of allspice & cinnamon. Long hot finish. Be careful the finish doesn't catch you in the nose. It'll clear your sinuses!

Nose is great Alcohol taste then smooth into spice and then Carmel finish

This was something I'd been meaning to try for a while, but only found myself willing to drop the coin on the bottle recently. It certainly does have a full flavor (to say the least)! The nose is pleasantly sweet like I would seek out in my normal favorites. Not sure I'd want to make a room smell like it, but I certainly don't mind the scent of corn and leather being the last thing I experience before I taste. The sweetness on this bottle is subdued, but very fulfilling. The Booker's "Kentucky Chew," is a very high ABV (supposedly one of their, if not the, highest proof's they bottle), and if you're drinking it neat you're going to feel inch of it. I added some water to mine on the second taste to get it down to about 90-100 proof. The flavors are still well pronounced, but there remains a pervasive burn that is especially troublesome if you catch it in the back of your throat. That said the finish is clean and I find the total flavor profile (bittersweet, clinging to the tip and center of my tongue) to be very appealing. Since I can get my favorite for just a little bit less strain on the wallet, I'm not sure I'll pick up another bottle any time soon- but I certainly wouldn't turn it down if offered. Tasted neat and watered to approx 95 proof.

Nice, big proof bite, flavors a bit thin. Vanilla, caramel, slight fruit. There are better.