Hancock's President's Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon

Pretty smokey

Sweet front, spicy middle and back. I like it. Wouldn't pay shelf price for the bottle, but a fun pour for 18 bucks.

Was skeptical. But I thoroughly enjoyed this. Nose: mildly sweet brown sugar vanilla cherry. Taste was an enjoyable follow up with sweet tobacco, iced tea, juicyfruit and oak. Finished very nicely on a caramel fruit oak fade. Pretty much over and done with BT products in general for a while now. But for me, this little gem is my favorite of the accessible bunch.

Assessed in a Glencairn spirits nosing glass. Aroma - Neat - Fruit basket, mango, nectarine, orange, gentle & clean, with the faintest hint of cinnamon stick. Adding a splash of water . . . A bit of a caramel, peanut brittle type confection has developed. Taste - Neat - Buttery, oily, unsweet apple and banana and extremely mild tobacco. Adding a splash of water . . . A bit more fruit has shown up now from the nose. Dried apricots and mango. Final thoughts- This is a very approachable and easy-sipping bourbon. It isn’t terribly complex, but with what it does, which is fruit primarily, it excels at. It certainly doesn’t warrant the cult-following collectibility, but If given the chance to buy at MSRP again I would. I find myself enjoying this one with a tiny drop of water rather than neat.