John J Bowman Single Barrel Bourbon

Very sweet

Blind tasting

Neat. Maple, vanilla, raisins, leather, and pepper on the nose. Very syrupy texture and super sweet on the tongue. Lots of vanilla and maple followed by even more vanilla. It’s delicious but simplistic.

After reading up on this one and seeing how this distillery is know owned by Sazerac (Buffalo Trace) and uses a combo of two of their mash bills, I thought I’d see how it compares to their other products. Right away it reminds me of Blanton’s. So I poured one of that as well to compare The nose has sweet vanilla, some light baking spices, and a hint of plumb. The palate sweet and has a continuation of the nose with a little leather and oak. The finish is on the shorter side of long. Nothing really harsh about this one, except maybe a little ethanol vapor at first, but it subsides and is not noticed in the rest of the dram. This is definitely in the same family as Blanton’s. Slightly higher proof makes it stand out. I would say the Bowman has a little more oak and blanton’s has more leather.

Ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!! Delicious!!