Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof Tennessee Whiskey

132.7 (Highest single barrel ive tried so far) Aroma - deep tones of rich caramel, bananas cherries. There is even notes of dark chocolate and alcohol dark fruits. Really decadent aroma. Taste - Well that first sip ripped the enamel off my teeth. Taste follows the nose but the alcohol presence is like Mr. Koolaid man bursting through walls and body slamming your taste buds. Extremely long caramel and booze soaked dark fruit finish. Overall - This is the highest JDSBBP proof offering I have had to date. And it is awesome. The nose is just an explosion of awesomeness.

Amazingly smooth for such a high ABV. Fairly neutral taste, nothing stands out, yet nothing detracts. Great whiskey overall.

Specially selected by Chris Fletcher Master Distiller (2021) Barrel No. 22-01655 Barrel House 2-11 Bottled on 02-18-2022 65.8% abv; 131.6 proof Open 2 weeks Nose - Hot banana bread pudding, vanilla icing, cinnamon, allspice, sweet oak, and medium ethanol. Palate - Cinnamon bun, soft gingerbread, banana bread, caramel vanilla cream, maple candy, and tobacco leaf. Finish is long with sweet and spicy oak, burnt maple, black pepper, cigar smoke, and medium ethanol. Back to regularly scheduled programming with this single barrel. I think the last one I bought was an outlier because this is delicious. It drinks sweeter and lighter than its proof. I've never thought Jack Daniel's SBBP were complex, but to me it doesn't matter because it hits the right dessert notes. As an added bonus, this 375 mL bottle was only $33 when they could've easily marked it up to $40. I'm very appreciative that 375 mL are available in my new home base, I get to try 2 single barrels for the same price as the full size.

One of my hardest bottles to rate. When I put this in blinds with my other top barrel proof bourbons ... sometimes it finishes a ways down the list, but often it will win and beat some absolute hitters. Nose: Vanilla, spicy, dark Juicy Fruit with some black cherry. Like Juicy Fruit gum with some light spice and cinnamon. Sometimes I can find the artificial banana in the background and sometimes I get a BBQ note. Flavor: Starts very sweet, but with a hot, charred, tannic oak note and sometimes some cherry. Then gets spicy and peppery. Finally, a burst of cherry and some artificial banana shows up and then spicy again at the back-end. Body: Thick, coating, and very buttery rich. Finish: Dark caramel, butter, spice, black cherry, artificial banana, dark and dried fruits, tannic and drying oak, leather, dark chocolate. Artificial banana really shows on the finish.