Booker's Bourbon Batch 2021-03 "Bardstown Batch"

Sweet and delicious

A little hot for proof Nose: honey, oak, cornbread, yellow apple, hazelnut, ethanol, vanilla, light caramel, light cinnamon Taste: sweet cornbread, oak, cinnamon spice, hazelnut, Macintosh apple Finish: beamy, spice, dark fruits

Heavy alcohol nose, notes of cherry and apple . Palate is very similar to the nose ,and even some water can’t reduce the heavy ethanol . I usually favor most of Bookers batches, but this batch is among my disappointment batches.

Smells like the box it comes in - very woody and ethanol, like fresh wood stain. Spicy, aggressive, woody with a lot of esters of green and red apples. Drops of water is needed to round it out. Good bourbon, but with the continual price increases of booker's, this isn't worth the $80-90 price tag you may find. It doesn't have a long finish or rememberable flavor that most bourbons have at this range. What it is, is that it's a high proof 6yr old bourbon from Jim beam that comes in pretty packaging and it tastes pretty good - if that's for you then I would try it