Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon (2021 Release)

Butterscotch, smooth, drinkabke

N: Sticky plums, cocoa powder, ground coffee, honey, mint and dried herbs, fresh cut wood and sawdust, pencil shavings, honey roasted peanut, milk chocolate (or maybe chocolate milk?), vanilla, maybe some bread pudding. Subtle but still solid hit of ethanol which is eventually numbing. P: Rich cocoa, sticky toffee, honey, oak and earth, bread, and then the dreaded GB wet cardboard hits. Some people call it the Garrison funk and quite like it. My palate is apparently different. Once I taste that wet cardboard, I taste almost nothing else. Pushing it to the sides of my tongue, I do get some plums or raisin, dusty book, little more earth, but also more wet cardboard. F: Plenty of heat - hot ethanol burn going down with oak and cinnamon spice, caramel, touch of vanilla with dark, dried red fruit, and then some wet cardboard. Well, I suppose I wish could taste this the way @Ctrexman does, but that's just not the case. None of the GB I've tried has really worked for me. Think this is likely my last one. More for the rest of you... _______________________ Please come join an unofficial Distiller community on Discord (now one whole year old!): https://discord.gg/4nfePCdyKM. We chat spirits (and other things) in real time while being a great resource to each other for recommendations, finding deals, and generally enjoying the journey together. (If the link is expired, please post a comment and I will gladly and usually quickly provide a new one. Lately, I have not been able to tag people who have asked for the link, so please check back when you can. Or, better still, look for a more recent review of mine which should have the most current link.)

Best Bourbon I’ve ever had! Great finish. Uncut, but not too hot!

Rich and velvety with chocolate, caramel, brown sugar, honey, buttered bread, barrel spices, barrel char, leather, oak and quite a bit of heat. A dribble of water brought it into my preferred range. Long, drying finish with some lasting bitterness. This is a complex and delicious whiskey! Thanks to @ContemplativeFox for the sample.