George T. Stagg Bourbon (Fall 2013)

Nose: Cinnamon, dark cherries, citrus, caramel, cinnamon rolls w frosting, sweet bakery nose, oranges, woody spices, oak barrel, melted butter, cookie dough on the baking sheet, spiced apple cider, creamy buttermilk Pallet: instant intense woody cinnamon spices, menthol covers pallet, sweet, savory woodiness mid pallet with balls of cinnamon explosion and on the back pallet more spice with apples and charred oak barrel Finish: french toast w cinnamon, long lingering spices, ground coffee beans, tons of oak, vanilla and robust cigar wrapper.

Sharp, with vanilla

Great bourbon. Notch up from the stagg jr. In the smooth front. But still fire. Got some rich tobacco up front and then some tannins and just classic full on bourbon tone. Had a ring of charcoal and barrell sediment in the bottom of my glass. Real man shit. A