Larceny Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch B521

Excellent. No burn. All good.

Saturated wheat nose. Moss covered oak. Viscous, bready, sugared wheat. More oak. Quality body and heat. Kentucky hug.

Nose is pungent with plenty of fusel alcohol but also cereal grain (oats?), golden delicious apple, milk chocolate, cashew, musty barn, wintergreen, sweet corn, and nutmeg. There’s some nice complexity here, but there’s so much ethanol that it’s hard to fathom. (After 20 min in the glass the ethanol did subside, allowing the more pleasant notes to shine) Palate opens spicy and nutty with walnut, vanilla, oak, and the slightest hint of stone fruit. Less peanut flavor than other releases. There’s a defined mid-palate with some nice chocolate/caramel notes; I am reminded of a Choco Taco, and that definitely doesn’t suck. Finish is a huge spice bloom of cinnamon, allspice, clove, ginger, pink peppercorn, and oak chips, Mouthfeel is medium bodied and prickly on the tongue that stops just shy being being too harsh. Drying effect after the flavors fade. There are some flaws here, but overall a pretty solid offering with a flavor profile that is on point for the brand. As these releases tend to be quite consistent to this reviewer, I’d say either you like Larceny Barrel Proof or you don’t and I do. Believe I paid around $79.99, and have no regrets.

Pours a deep gold into a rocks glass (sans rocks). Nose has some ethanol and is quite spicy...but also brown sugar and vanilla to keep it from being too 'rye like'. But seriously, this is spicier than I remember it being in the past (bottle is about 1/3 empty, so I've done some damage in the past couple years). Flavor is bold, and outstanding, and fairly long...and I don't get nearly the spice on the palate...but more fruit, brown sugar, vanilla, and maybe a note of cinnamon. A splash of water softens the nose a bit and admittedly opens up the flavors a bit, but doesn't seem to introduce anything new or rewarding. Don't find this particularly wheat-forward, but it is more evident on the palate. Decent legs...this is a nice sipper. Got this bottle nice and cheap back in the day...and for $55, this is an absolute steal

Thick and flavorful. Sweet wheated bourbon profile, with caramel, vanilla, brown sugar, oak and char,

I don't get the high reviews on this one? I've tried over and over to try and like this bottle but i can honestly say it's just not my cup of tea. I prefer having just standard small batch Larceny over this. It's hot and the flavors remind me of green tea. I'm down to my last 1/2" in the bottle and I've felt the same way on this bottle every time. The fortunate part of this is that i picked this up for retail at an ABC state run store in NC so i didn't have to get gouged like everyone does in FL. 3/3/23