Lucky Seven The Hold Up 12 Year

,Smooth to a fault. No complexity, but easy sipper

This is batch 5. This will be a quick review. Nose - You'll hate me but it's bourbon lol. Vanilla, charred oak, and clean clean bourbon notes. The age comes out with almost magic black art swilling and glass exchanges to get this out. This isn't a negative and if anything wow we have classic bourbon without any real flaws or bad character and it's good bourbon notes. Nothing special but it's good! Taste - Here the spice and bite of oak aren't being held back. Thought the finish is starting creamy then dropping to watery and it's all yummy vanilla and oak and spice. There's a fruit here and while barton gets the apple fruit note and cinnamon spice.....I can't make any of those official claims here. It's not a clear flavor. It's sweet and balanced and the alcohol notes aren't offensive. But man, it's kind of generic. There's smoke, bit of Tabaco, Just kinda hot alcohol. Yeah it's well... final notes This is about as good as average bourbon gets. And that's what this is. This is your gold standard for good bourbon at an average level. I like that this doesn't scream barton but it doesn't scream it isn't. I love the balance. I just like this whisky, but it's pretty average. 2.25 score seems about right. This is a whisky to drink and maybe get drunk on. But it's a drinker not to be taken seriously despite the price. Not one to save or savor. But it's lovely for that goal.

Neat. Nose is fruity and spicy. Taste is sweet up front with a spicy sweet oaky finish. I get notes of brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, oak and baking spices. I get a lot of sweetness. I like it.

A solid pour. Sweet, wood and some spice on the finish. The age really smooths this out. It’s a bit pricey but for the age not all that bad. It’s so hard to find a bottle over 10 years in age that isn’t well over 100 bucks.

Absolutely delicious. Sweet nose and taste. Dark fruits, a little bread, & a long finish. Not over oaked for a 12 year. Definite buy.