Horse Soldier Premium Straight Bourbon

Will take getting used to

On a recent trip to Florida's west coast, I saw Horse Soldier in a local Total Wine.  It's produced in St. Petersburg by the American Freedom Distillery.   Although I like to pick up local offerings when I travel, I passed on it in favor of a bottle from Old St. Pete Distillery. The wife and I traveled to New York for a few days between Christmas and New Year's, and found our way to the hotel bar after a long day exploring.  The hotel bar's whiskey offerings were not extensive and almost entirely run of the mill - Beam, Jameson, Jack, Glenfiddich, and...Horse Soldier.  Easy choice.  Horse Soldier's mashbill is 65% corn, 30% rye, and 5% barley and it's bottled at 42.5% ABV.  The nose is sweet, with some typical bourbon aromas - primarily sweet caramel and corn.  The palate is more of the same, with a rye spice that builds to the finish. There's nothing unusual, surprising or different about it.  But it's a nice whiskey - well balanced and pleasant.   I have no compulsion to jump online and order a bottle, but better than sipping Jameson or Jack? Absolutely.

Very smooth! Excellent sipping bourbon.