Clyde May's Straight Bourbon

Apple pie a la mode in bourbon form...but, in a good way, not a cloyingly sweet way. Baked apples, vanilla, spices, and buttery pastry on the nose...well, and on the palate, too. You're getting what you're promised. There's a peach note at the end, too, so if you're more into cobbler, you can go that route. It's a little hot and young tasting, which doesn't have to be a bad thing, but it does harsh the mellow, eating-pie-in-Mema's-kitchen vibe a bit more than I'd like. Then again, my Mema back in Texas was drinking (and making pecan pie with) Weller's before it was a trendy luxury brand...so maybe a little boozy burn is just par for the course at her house. Not a half bad little dram.

Mild nose, good flavor, some tobacco notes, smooth finish for 92proof