Booker's Bourbon Batch 2019-03 "Country Ham"

Smooth on the pallet from the initial sip to the end. Wonderful flavor throughout. Might be the name, but at the end you can taste country ham, or some salinity throughout. Pick one up if you can!

Taste: 1.5 oz in glen cairn, neat Nose (4.0): Candy corn and brown sugar on the nose. There is some dark red apple as well. The nose certainly hides the high ethanol well without being overly sweet. Palate (4.25): Thick caramel, red apple almost like a taffy apple. I get some maple syrup with a nice smokiness in the background. The palate is full and rich. There is a slight bitterness on the final note that detracts a bit. Finish (4.0): honey and clove with a bit of cinnamon stick. There is some barrel spice and oak to round it out. The finish is rougher and more in your face. Overall: I enjoyed this one, and the name Country Ham really reflects it well. If you could put that initial whiff that you get when you walk into a Cracker Barrel restaurant into a whiskey it would be THIS bourbon. What struck me odd is that to me there isn't any signature peanut flavor. That's not a bad thing, but it is a bit of a departure from previous releases.

Phenomenal yet slightly different offering from Booker’s. Very smooth, easy drinking, brown sugar and cinnamon bomb! Some usual oak and a bit of tobacco as well with a medium long finish. Neat (IMO) is the perfect way to sip this terrific bourbon. Cheers!

Cinnamon on the nose, high alcohol on the nose, vanilla, rich, full bodied, honey, walnut, strong easy finish, quick burn