Larceny Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch C922

Mixed berries, vanilla, and oak are present on the nose. I noticed heavy spiced apple, berries, maple syrup, and a nice burnt oak flavor. Finishes with the oak and maple note. Flavorful and delicious.

C922, blend of 6 and 8 year straight bourbons, bottled at barrel proof of 126.6, Sept 2022 release. On the nose, sweet caramel corn and maple syrup with a little ethanol. In the mouth, vanilla, brown sugar, caramel, graham cracker, an ethanol blast, and then spice and pepper takes over. Spice lingers in a relatively long finish that is sweet and a little hot. Medium coating mouthfeel, brown copper color in the glass. Less tannic oak and more ethanol than C921. This is a big bourbon, sweet, easy, a little tannic oak, but balanced and complex enough to enjoy neat. An ice cube flattens and calms the sweet and ethanol, balances it with the spice. Breaking Bourbon named this as their #1 Best Bourbon of 2022. It is good, but that good? Will have to revisit this.