John J Bowman Single Barrel Bourbon

$16 pour at a bar (actually got 1.0 oz free but that was the price), neat in a rocks glass, did not remember barrel information The Bowman line has intrigued me for a while but I never took the plunge. Fortunately I got a free pour because my friends and I were spending good money on a Monday night. The primary takeaway from this was SWEET. I could not believe how smooth and sweet this whiskey was at 100 proof, almost like candy. This was very good at one note, but had no complexity. Maybe it was the barrel? Either way, I'll probably pick up a bottle of Small Batch or Port Finish before this.

Some apple on the front with mulling spices

Orange, Carmel, dried fruits, slight spice. Overall delicious.

Really good. Some heat but nice flavor overall

If you like sweet you might like this. Little too sweet for me.

I thoroughly enjoyed this bottle. It reminded me of Eh Taylor but smoother. It has a nice dry wood and pitted fruit notes. Lots of cherry and red apples. It’s just magnificent and is really hard not to continue to sip on this. I can definitely tell of the BT nuances. The copper distilling process must smooth this stuff out just a touch I feel the reviewer on this must have gotten a bad bottle because this would be at least a 91/100 in my book. Cheers 🥃

Spicy on the front. The floral on the end is a bit slight but it's there