Journeyman Distillery Featherbone Organic Bourbon

Caramel taste with a heavy syrup texture and alcohol burn. $20 bourbon at a $50 price, not remotely worth the price

Every year, after Thanksgiving, I join my wife's family in the annual trek to the Christmas tree farm outside of Three Oaks, Michigan. I can give or take on all the Yuletide trappings, but since Three Oaks is home to Journeyman Distillery...I'm willing to put up with a day of holly jolly crap to swing by the distillery. I picked up a few items this year; the Featherbone bourbon is the weakest link. A spicy-sweet, but unremarkable, nose leads into a noticeably sweet, gingerbread spiced palate that has just too much young spirit character and not much of a finish. I'm feeling generous enough to call it three stars since this isn't bad, just disappointing considering the comparative quality of their other products.