George Dickel 15 Year Tennessee Single Barrel

Bottle 123, 46.7%. Definitely like this one. I was thinking it would be more mellow and oaky being that it is a 15 year aged but it pretty hot and spicy. Then it shows it’s sweet sugary side. Has just a little smoke char. Both neat and cubed tastings were delicious. I prefer the cube on this one though, seemed to bring out more interesting notes.

A very unique and complex flavor in this one. A small hint of smokiness and lots of oak.

What started as mineral astringent verging on sour for the first, oh, 25% of the bottle, rounded out into a nicely oaked, creamy Tennessee whiskey through the middle 50%. However, the final quarter of the bottle returned to that over-oaked musty grape Flinstones vitamin flavor that I don’t enjoy from Dickel products. It’s a single barrel, and mine was a tick above 80 proof, so I’d be interested in trying one of the higher proof bottles, but I’d also just as soon get the Dickel Bottled in Bond instead, which I find much more balanced.

Wonderfully dark color. Surprisingly light in flavor for 15 years. Tannic and not sweet. Significant barrel spice, surprising for the low rye mashbill. Well rounded - floral, nutty, fruity, and of course trademark mineral bite. Incredible value - 15 years, single barrel, barrel proof. If it didn’t have mineral after taste it would be allocated and cost twice as much. An excellent bottle to keep on hand, but not exemplary.

Baked apples is the dominant flavor, caramel, a little cinnamon.

Extraordinarily smooth and buttery sweet

Amazingly smooth!