Isaac Bowman Straight Bourbon Finished in Port Barrels

Similar to Angel’s Envy

I’ll drink any of the Bowman Brothers Bourbon. Again, I think they are underrated and make great quality stuff. This one is another “smooth operator”.

The 2 big port finished players in the bourbon space would be Isaac Bowman and Angel’s Envy. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Port wine it typically is a desert wine, sweet, and a higher ABV than most wines. Nose - lot of sweetness, brown sugar, I can definitely pick up the grape port flavor, little bit of citrus. Palate - brown sugar and grapes/raisins right out the gate, some caramel and butterscotch, then rolls into the port tannins, little bit of oak, barrel char, I personally thought a really nice amount of pepper on the back end. If you’ve had a port wine before then shouldn’t be any mistaking the wine flavor. Finish - goes dry with oak, mint, then the grape and the sweetness starts to creep back a little bit. I didn’t get much in bitterness as I’ve seen in other reviews, thought it balanced out pretty well. If you like finished bourbons then yes highly recommend. If you like a sweeter bourbon then definitely recommend. If you’re normally a rum drinker then I might actually recommend this as an alternative spirit. If you are a tried and true straight bourbon then this might be out of your comfort zone a little bit. I have an idea for what I want this bourbon to be and I think it largely centers around proof and maybe slightly longer aged in each barrel just to step it up a little bit. It didn’t have a buttery or mouth coating texture which I think would really complement the flavor profile. An over 100 proof I’d really be interested in trying. With that being said this has some really good flavor to it and with it being a finished bourbon at the price it sells that’s a good buy all day.

So, it’s hard for me to get past the smell. A little rubbing alcohol... a sweet finish.