Breckenridge Bourbon

Corn on nose, vanilla honey in palate

Not at all bad, but does not justify its price.

These notes are from a blind tasting (Flaviar Advent Calendar) The smell is a nice mix of both sweet corn and corn husk. You also get brown sugar, some dill, menthol, and then clove shows up. The taste is candy corn, brown sugar, and toasted vanilla to start then some nice rye dill spice and clove to round it out. There isn’t much going on but what is there is pretty nice. The finish is medium - the rye spice and clove are the dominant flavors on the finish. I enjoyed this one. I’d happily have this on the shelf if the price is right. Pretty decent stuff.  Overall Grade: C+  (Above Average)

It’s very enjoyable for a young whisky – seems to be a Colorado trend – and the corn presence is evident but not overwhelming. It has honey and spice notes – maybe nutmeg and cinnamon.

Nose: banana, tobacco, leather Palate: Finish:

Vanilla and honey

Breckenridge Bourbon 43%   This was another Flaviar sample. I had sampled a Breckenridge years ago and honestly it didn’t leave much of an impression on me.   The smell on this is a huge blast of rye dill spice.  Smelling and tasting blind I thought this was a rye whisky.   As it turns out it’s very high rye (38%) and it certainly shows in the smell.  Past the rye dill spice you can also get some traditional corn sweet caramel smells.   The taste, like the smell is dominated by the rye.  Again…when tasting this blind I thought for sure this was a rye whisky but those sweet corn and caramel flavors show up after the initial rye blast.  Very nice flavor on this.   The finish is short to medium, like the rest of this whisky it’s rye that fades into the corn sweetness.   Overall I think this is a good bourbon but not all will like it due to it’s high rye content.  If you like bourbons with a good grassy rye dill kick to it then I suggest you try this one.  I do like this but it’s a little boring overall for me.  I feel like the Rye content is just enough that I want to go and grab a rye whisky instead of drinking this Breckenridge in front of me. It’s definitely a good bourbon and I would certainly recommend it to anyone looking for a high rye take on a craft bourbon.   Overall Grade: C+