Chattanooga Whiskey 91

Nice sweet notes with a caramel finish

Very close to Makers Mark same notes

Sweet brown sugar and vanilla. Nice spice on the end along with a little heat. Surprisingly good.

I'm impressed this whiskey is a long way off from typical lincoln county process bourbon/tennessee whiskey and yes Jack D. is just a bastardized bourbon and yes I drink it and the select/barrel proof stuff. Not sure if Chattanooga is a craft distillery at this point but there are no craft notes here but the taking of small batch literally like 8-12 barrels screams craft. Age says 2+ year and screams young craft but the product in the bottle says 4-6 year quality. The malting of the rye isn't new but I think they do it well and the increasing of the malted barley almost make this a wheat bourbon in terms of sweetness, softness and approachability. This nose is just lovely to live in; it's light caramel, vanilla, sweet cling peaches in light syrup (by product of the corn sweet-ness associated with bourbon), a hint of dried apricot even a touch of cherry flavor (think cough drop) and light wood accents even a bit of floral, milk chocolate and honey. This is the closest nose that I've found to Old rip van winkle 10 if you remove the cherry and chocolate. Palate is the honey comes off as a thick molasses, corn sweet ntoe, the peaches are more prevalent than on the nose, cherry rounds out the fruit, the wood is just an underlying thread flowing through some baking and rye spice rounds out the palate late as it goes to the finish. Finish is kind of hard to gage. The wood and general sweetness make this seem medium because they stick around a bit but the spice fruit and any floral notes are long gone very quickly. I'm going to say short finish but be aware that a sweet woody note will linger as almost an after taste. Price is great for what you get on the nose and palate, finish eh could hang around a bit longer rather than fall off a cliff. Can't wait to get the 111 proof and see if more flavors develop or are just ramped up and see if they have a 5 star superstar bourbon on our hands.

Awesome sipping bourbon. Sweet and smooth.

So my son was only able to find the 91 in Florida after loving the bottle of 111 I took down at Thanksgiving. I'm back in Florida and this bottle has been open a couple months. Gotta try it. Immediately, I recognize the similarity to the 111 albeit more subtle. Same beautiful mahogany color. The nose is less hot but the alcohol is still a tad noticeable. Mama baked some cherry cobbler, WOW. Never got the cherries on the 111 but they're here tonight and very pronounced. Even get the pastry. Early on its tart cherries but it evolves to sweet cherries with cinnamon and caramel. This one evolves through the evening and oddly, the alcohol is more prevalent late as opposed to earlier. The 91 is only $5 less than the 111. Assuming both are available I'll stick with the 111,which has become a permanent fixture at my bar