Evan Williams 1783 Bourbon (80 Proof)

Smooth finish. Not too smokey.

I really wanted to like this. I watched a video of a blind head-to-head of Small Batch bourbons and for one of the tasters this came in second behind EH Taylor. It just doesn’t do it for me. It’s not horrible, and I wouldn’t turn it down if someone offered it to me, I just won’t buy it again. Even at $17. It just has a bit too much of the acetone/ethanol taste to it to be good. I A/B’d this with standard Buffalo Trace and the BT blew it away. Like I said, it’s not horrible, it’s just fairly one dimensional and also has that slightly off-putting note. I’m very disappointed. I love EW Single Barrel.

Don’t buy this again.