Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon (2020 Release)

Ive got the 2020 edition of Cowboy Bourbon. This is Garrisons top of the line product. Limited edition run each year this one totals 6768 bottles. Its 133.9 proof uncut unfiltered and comes in packaging fit for an egyptian pharaoh. I missed out on last years and vowed if I saw it again I would grab it. I mean the reviews hail it as a world beater. I found it at Total Wine for $220 but got lucky and bought it at my local Specs for $177. Yeah I know this is quite a lot for a 5 year old bourbon. You read that right its aged for 5 years.... but its in Texas so that translates to about 15 anywhere else. I'll paraphrase the master blender-(Its blended from about 100 honey barrels some of which are almost empty from evaporation in the Texas heat leaving pure gold). I poured it neat, added couple drops ,let it breathe really doesnt matter. Regardless how you drink it this is hands down by far the absolute best bourbon I have ever had. It is so amazing I will actually have to rescore every other bourbon. I just reviewed ECBF B520 and gave it 5 stars. I ran them side by side and Elijah is skinny and weak next to this well muscled specimen. Rested in glass its glorious with the darkest shade of mahogany ive seen. Nose is thick dense aroma of pecan and walnut, blackberry jam, fig newtons and toasted oak. There's brown sugar, oatmeal and scorched caramel as well. As you move your nose location the notes change. Proof is so unintrusive its unbelievable. The mouthfeel is 10w40 and reaches every nook and cranny. Palate is simultaneously explosive and refined. Its a sledgehammer in a velvet glove. Only thing I can compare it to is the flavor delivery of an 18-21 year old scotch. The proof is dangerously masked. Rich pecan pie with singed crust, butter toffee, toasted figs, dark caramels and sweet non drying wood tannins. Some pipe tobacco and mild char present in the background. Flavors are ultra deep and completely saturate the taste buds. Finish is continuation and does not relent. The dark sweetness and nutty maple progresses to satisfying oak and dusty bookshelf providing complete balance. This is an experience whiskey. Its expensive and hard to find but if you consider yourself a bourbon lover you must find a way to at least sample this. Is it worth the $ 177 I paid, absolutely and id pay double.........100/100 perfect score.....You get the condensed barrel notes and refinement from a much older bourbon without being over oaked combined with the vibrancy and power a younger whiskey can offer...This may be a case of it hits my preference perfectly but I would be quite shocked if experienced drinkers dont love this

"Sooo I’ve been seeing this bottle pop up in liquor stores that I frequent as of late and was eventually talked in to buying a bottle witch wasn’t hard because I’m a whiskey junkie . Anyways on with the reviews 5 years in the Texas heat will apparently leave you with ones of the darkest and sexy look juice I’ve seen !! I had already suspected that the first pour was going to have a heavy oak punch and boy did it’s wowzers expecting that I had a couple pour and figured to let is sit for a couple weeks and open up . I’m now on two weeks bottle open and there is still a heavy oak present but it has mild down . nose: has an oak and leather smell with spice and sarsaparilla . Taste : No surprise oak , leather, spice and some Carmel Finish was decent the oil if heavy and soak tongue well even got a slight butter taste . Even though it’s high proof at 133.9 it was surprisingly smooth , but it did lack complexity and wasn’t worth the price tag at $215 to $400 depending where you look. All in all I will say I did find myself wanting more and weirdly made some of my other collect taste a bit dual probably because of the heavy flavor there wasn’t much flavors but the ones that where there we very distinct and long lasting.