Skymecca
Reviewed
October 2, 2020 (edited October 6, 2021)
I saw this Evan Williams BiB in a Safeway for $14.99 and had to grab it, considering I'd read many a glowing review about how it will become the next impossible-to-find bottle like Henry McKenna 10 soon. Spoiler alert - it won't.
The nose smells like wet peanut shells and there is a lot of oak and barrel tannins. It is actually pretty thin on the palate and some brown sugar joins the peanut shells. Finish is pretty short with similar notes.
This is what it appears to be: a bottom shelf, sturdy mixer for cocktails when you have guests. It certainly isn't something I would want to drink neat if I had alternatives.
If it sounds like I'm being particularly hard on a $15 bottom shelf offering - you're right. But it's all about expectations. People pleasantly surprised that an inexpensive bourbon from the supermarket is actually pretty decent have blown this thing out of proportion, setting my expectations higher than this bottle could reasonably be expected to meet. Kind of a funny push and pull effect.
15.0
USD
per
Bottle