Henry McKenna 10 Year Bottled in Bond Bourbon

Ethanol, brown sugar, honey, and cinnamon on the nose at first. Longer nosings yield mint and peanuts. On the taste a menthol shoots up front but immediately dies down leaving behind buttery caramel and spicy wood tannin. The finish lingers a little with honey and a cherry cola. I get why folks would be excited at $30 but for $60 you can do better.

Good

Smooth start, subtle spicy finish. Nice

A little lighter in color. Nose is pretty oaky and maybe some brown sugar. Very smooth for the proof. The heat comes a little later with brown sugar and plenty of oak. Overall simple but the finish is the best part. Long oaky and much more complex than the beginning. Now I get the vanilla, leather, and oak. Great great finish!

High corn, really boozy. And almost mint freshness, though. It has a pleasant, tingling mouthfeel and aftertaste, almost like Szechuan pepper. That burn cuts through everything for quite a while. I imagine it would stick around for a while, even with ice or in a cocktail. But eventually, it opens up, and then there's the taste of sweet peanut, caramel, and toffee. Really lovely and complex.