Jack Daniel Heritage Toasted Barrel

PROS: Wow, incredible nose. SUPER strong notes of vanilla and marshmallow. Those notes continue into the palette, too. Love the consistency too, not too thick but not too thin. CONS: Can be a little empty on the palette, flavor doesn’t linger very long.

Nose: Banana runts candies, vanilla, graham crackers, caramel, crème brûlée, marshmallow, light baking spices and toasted oak. Palate: Rich, balanced and semisweet with caramel, brown sugar, bananas foster, toasted oak and subtle baking spices. Finish: Medium length, semisweet, drying with brown sugar, vanilla and barrel spices. Distiller Review No. 999

Dark caramel in the glass, with thick legs and a viscous ring that hangs out near the top of the glass for minutes before I get bored watching and move to nosing. Nose is homemade caramel just before it starts to burn, then honey nougat, vanilla, and a fresh sugar cookie. This is all sweet, all the time. Palate opens with that rich caramel climbing and coating the tongue from front to midway, before soft molasses cookie and Nilla wafers juggle the midle and then yield to chai tea and then a slightly bitter black tea (with sugar, of course) on the close. There’s a lot of nuance here, and I’m impressed by the depth and richness of flavors. While it is all sweet, all the time, it isn’t cloying or too much. I like this, and even though MSRP is right up against the SBBP, they occupy such a different place in the flavor scale that I wouln’t compare the two, and think both should be regulars on rotation.

Fantastic pour. One one of the best whiskey’s i’ve had so far. I need to get a backup bottle!

Chuggable, dessert whiskey. Caramel, toffee, and a gentle kiss of oakey spice on the end. Maybe the best thing for my book I have acquired in a long time. So much so I went back and bought two more.

Surprised how smooth it is. Its a great sipper!