Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon

10/12/19 Beer Bourbon & BBQ fest in Leesburg

Tried this on a bartender’s recommendation in Austin. Pleasantly surprised by the depth and variety of the flavor profile.

2018 edition 47%. Nose - Clay, dirt, crayons, and I get some sweetness in the back. But yeah imagine a box or crayons where some mud and dirt and clay were somehow added and then left there for about a year. Open that up and mix in at the very end a hint if alcohol and a hint of I dunno maybe caramel. Taste - The opening is clay then it shifts sweet giving off some traditional bourbon notes. Now we go back into waxy crayons, clay puddy, and then back to sweet with some bourbon notes. Maybe some flowers? not in a good way just kinda earthy and floral flower notes. I mostly suffered through this stuff again to provide a PSA. Garrison Brother's has gotten a lot of love and a lot of hate. I can't tell if batch variation is a thing or if some people like this stuff. I've emailed the distillery and they've assured me clay puddy isn't a note I should taste or smell, but I've talked to numerous people who have gotten the same notes which makes me think if this is off, it's a COMMON off note. I would like to try a different batch to see if this if this is just me, but either way unless you enjoy drinking dirt, this pretty much sucks. The nose is far worse than the taste where there's actually some bourbon quality notes. Still it tastes awful. Overall you can't mix this to make it better. You can only drain pour it or share it with others to stop them buying one.

Way too much wood flavor for my liking