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Reviewed
February 25, 2023 (edited February 27, 2023)
N: Banana, cinnamon, caramel, oak char, touch of maple (like a maple cookie, not syrup), cherries, vanilla.
P: Banana, caramel, cinnamon, butterscotch, oak, more pronounced maple than on the nose, which adds something of a smoothness - reminiscent of Gentleman Jack.
F: More maple, leaning toward maple candy now, butterscotch, cinnamon, oak.
This is one of my absolute worst whiskey buys. This is JD Old No. 7 with just a hint of maple influence, which is fine - I like Jack and I have fond memories of maple cookies from my childhood. The two flavors meld and merge nicely. In fact, I may just buy some maple cookies to go with my next bottle of Jack. And that together will probably cost about $20, not the $110 this one set me back. And it came from a big box store that doesn't really do secondary markups, so that has to be pretty close to MSRP (unless I'm just missing something). There's nothing wrong with the juice here, but it is not worth the squeeze. It's a $30 bottle at best, and that might be generous. It's probably a 3.5 for the whiskey, but docking a full point for the ridiculous cost.
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110.0
USD
per
Bottle