Knob Creek 12 Year Small Batch Bourbon

Smooth and flavorful

Neat— nutty and leathery, oak, hints of pear, apple, and bay leaf on the nose. Palate gives menthol, dried cherries, oak. With a small cube the nose sweetens somewhat, Carmel syrup and cashews with a little saddle leather remaining. The leather really comes out in the palate with sugared, toasted nuts and some char. I like this one better with the cube, and it’s quite good, but I prefer the 9 yr reserve single barrel at barrel proof to this bottle.

Very fresh wood forward. Maybe some leather on the taste but it’s really a young fresh wood taste all the way through for me and into the finish that seems to lack complexity and variety.