Early Times Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon

Fantastic bargain. This bottle really opened up. Love the fruits and spices.

Initial nose is straight alcohol with some oak. It fades to sweet cherry, some orange, almost unsweetened tea. Palate is vanilla, barrel char, musty wood, and bitter burnt sugar. Short to medium finish with a pop of alcohol then more vanilla, oak, and some spice. Not very complex or particularly interesting, but hard to beat at $25 a liter and bottled in bond.

Hint of cherry, very smooth

Nose is light...caramel, oak, citrus, dried fruit. Taste is very similar to the nose. Caramel, oak, orange zest. Very sweet. Citrus and sweetness linger on the palate for a medium length.

A nose of booze and vanilla. Spice, vanilla, definitely tastes like a BIB 100 proof. Good to have in the rotation but nothing to shout to the hills about.