Journeyman Distillery Featherbone Organic Bourbon

vanilla. vanilla. vanilla. its like having an ice cream cone. Starts out very sweet with heavy vanilla. The finish is relatively short. The sweet vanilla of this bourbon has you wanting more.

It’s fully hard to describe the aftertaste of all Journeyman whiskeys that I’ve ever had, but I will try. The nose of this one smells of paint thinner or rubbing alcohol. Genuinely doesn’t smell like something drinkable. Body is relatively smooth with a simple and subtle honey flavor, which becomes stronger on the finish alongside mild cinnamon. That aftertaste... Old pennies? Galvanized nails? It’s something that strikes a bourbon drinker as an impurity, but it’s in so much of their stuff that I think it has to be either part of their process or part of their raw materials. Not bad, not much to desire. Many many better things on shelves for cheaper.

Decent.

The nose is very sweet of green apple, cinnamon, a slight hint of vanilla and oak. The palate is sweet of green apple and baking spice, slightly rich, with vanilla that opens up to coat the mouth. The finish is medium and sweet that fades quickly. Fairly simple bourbon.

Got my bottle from a single barrel aroma - spicy, brown sugar, vanilla and oak taste - initially very hot but as it breathes it opens up a sweet brown sugar vanilla base with hints of cherry and finishes with rye spice