Larceny Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Excellent. Great first bottle.

Continuing to work through the unreviewed bottles in my collection. Also continuing my Pantone color-identification test. Pantone 152 seems to be quite bourbonesque, combining aspects of what I've referred to as burnt orange and mahogany (clear, of course). The color of the Larceny is identical to the Weller Special Reserve tasted alongside it. The Larceny shows a not-insignificant dusty/musty note on the nose. Underneath that is some caramel and spice cake. The palate is an improvement, and is slightly more viscous than the WSR; the 92 proof comes off as more integrated than WSR's 90. Again like the WSR, there is a woody tannic bitterness on the finish, along with some vanilla. I love the different releases of the Larceny Barrel Proof far more than this, it's "younger brother." But it's not just the higher proof that I like: I enjoy both Elijah Craig and its Barrel-Proof version (both of which, like Larceny, are also Heaven Hill products). Like the WSR tasted with it, Larceny isn't a sipper for me, or even a daily drinker; but unlike the WSR, I do not feel compelled to keep this one on hand. 3.0 on the Distiller scale. N.B.: All spirits tasted neat in a Glencairn glass.

Not as powerful as the nose suggest. Standard stuff well done.