Revisiting this one. Nice amber, slow legs. Very aromatic with lots of floral and sweet-sour (green apple?), bing cherries and more of an oak backbone than I remember getting before.
Light body, slightly oily, hotter than it smells! Initial punch of oak and floral sweetness, then some burn and a medium finish that maintains the oak and green apple sweetness. There’s a very subdued baking spice the deeper I get as well as a sense of char. It also seems to get sweeter (light brown sugar) and more viscous as I go.
I like this a lot more than the first few rounds with it. It’s fairly straightforward, traditional and delicious.
What it’s not:
- especially complex
- spice laiden
- earthy
- nutty
What it is
- corn forward
- nicely oaked
- light bodied but still oily
- traditional and satisfying KY bourbon