George T. Stagg Bourbon (Fall 2019)

Rich honey, ripe cherry, honey crisp apple, and warm earth on the nose. Warm pastry, cooked apples, apple strudel, and caramel with a touch of Aleppo pepper. The finish makes me think of spilled Dr Pepper on a scorching hot pool deck with the light smell of evaporated, chlorinated water in the back ground. It’s a hot summer and you’re with your friends celebrating the last days of summer. Good times.

Honey bunn and sweet vanilla starts with a super spicy (wow) finish. 1792 is very comparable.

Very strong alcohol, numbed all taste buds from tasting the flavors within the bourbon. Nice after taste.

Leather, spice and everything nice... Dark-medium amber. Sloooooow legs. Rich vanilla, spice and sun dried oak in the nose with a singe if ethanol. All of this in a cognac glass while out. Some floral and tobacco notes as well. Not thick but certainly oily. This is hot - leather, tannins, brown butter, toffee, pecans. Further in I get red apple, cinnamon and more sweetness comes out. Finish lasts forever, brings back more cinnamon and vanilla with tannins bouncing back and forth. I neglected to write this down earlier but 3/4 the way through my pour I picked up something that reminded me of fertilizer. Full disclosure, I’ve never tasted fertilizer. There seemed to be a noticeable mineral quality underneath it all. Kind of fascinating as this isn’t something I’ve gotten from a bourbon before. Maybe I’m nuts, maybe it was because I was sitting outdoors in August, maybe I should start drinking less once the pandemic is over...

Absolutely delicious and would grab a bottle at retail if I ever got the chance but not worth the secondary prices in my opinion.