George Dickel 13 Year Bottled in Bond Tennessee Whisky (Fall 2005)

Interesting Nose: Licceroince, pepper very enjoyable Taste: pepper, heat but goes down smooth Long finish

Robust sweetness. One of the best values out there.

The standard Dickel bottle only with the bright blue background label is already a bit of a punch to the nose, this is no Dickel you've ever seen. Found for the MSRP of 36USD, while it isn't allocated in GA,, YET, it also isn't universally available either, as some of the larger stores hadn't gotten it in yet. Having let this "open" for a few days I believe it's putting out an even sweeter profile on the nose. So how sweet is that nose? Really sweet, damn sweet, awesomely sweet, what a great reminder of just how sweet a bourbon-whiskey can be without actually adding it after the fact. Speaking of sweet, while I don't normally pay much attention to it, this one is a nice deep, rich amber "honey" color, appropriately enough, and glazes the glass with a thick coat that beads after some seconds. Nose: Rich sweet, honey-corn sugar is huge and bold, some feint red fruit sugars, all spice, butter and salt, remarkably smooth and almost alcohol free for being a BiB dram. Letting this juice open up for 48 hours with a little O2 in the bottle is a definite plus. Front: All that corn sweetness lands first, hints of dark spice come in with a wave of salted, buttered garden corn and butterscotch-toffee. While some may detect fruit jam sugars and other notes, for me the well buttered and salted sweet corn is so in your face it doesn't leave room for much else. Finish: The buttered corn and salt linger on whispering the words "I'm G.A. Dickel, now have another sip". Any harsh barrel tannins are appropriately reduced to salt that complements the buttered corn profile so perfectly it simply disappears on the night air. I can safely say this is the smoothest 100 proofer I've had since the Col Taylor SiB, finding a BIB strength whiskey this smooth is not something that happens every day and I'm going to mark up appropriately for that fact. Also getting a well aged liquor for such a reasonable price has to be factored as well, this is really a gift from the Dickel Distillery. Sure you can complain about the lack of complexity and I get that, this isn't going to knock Little Book or GTStagg off their perch, but like the standard Dickel products, it has a lot to say for itself by staying true to it's roots while offering so much. Well thought out and well done by Nicole Austin and the folks at Cascade Hollow.

Strong bright and toasty/nutty, warms you the whole way down.

A sample from dthom as part of the "Whiskey transfer program". Nose: Very mild nose. Vanilla, shortbread cookies, brown sugar, cereal notes that smell a lot like corn flakes, very sweet pear scents, Flavor: More of what I got in the nose. Poached pear, vanilla, brown sugar, some charred oak, and then gone and right in to the finish. Very thin mouth feel. Finish: Some spice with charred wood notes, and barrel spices. Short finish with no super strong flavors coming through. I liked this but wouldn't seek it out. Not as much flavor as I'd like from a 100 proof whiskey probably due to the charcoal filtering. I can see this being a good whiskey for making cocktails if it weren't $40 per bottle.

This reminds me what Whiskey tasted like when I was a teen in 1980. This is also why I did not drink whiskey as my liquor of choice for 25 years. 🙁

Vanilla, orange, and lemon on the nose, with a little note of cinnamon on the tail end. In the mouth this whiskey is oily and thick, and it floods the tongue with oak and black peppercorn. A fair amount of heat on the finish-this pour sips like it is closer to 115proof. If you find that you like this bottle it’s a killer value-a 13 year BiB for sub-$40.