Early Times Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon

For the cost, great bourbon.

Not sure why it didn’t do it for me with all of the good reviews, but all I got out of the nose (even with a few drops of water) was alcohol and the taste was mostly bitter, burnt, brown sugar. Just not for me.

Maple, oak, caramel, vanilla, pretty darn good for the price and being BIB.

Nose: syrup sweetness, green wood, vanilla, a little dusty corn. Taste: quickly notice the buttery oily mouthfeel. Creamy brown sugar raisin. Finishes with dry tannins and pecan shell that lingers a bit too long. Would have scored higher except for that tannin fuzzy tongue feel that lasts too long.