Maker's Mark Private Selection Bourbon

Private selection 3-2-1-2-2 Nose: Caramel, apple Pallette: caramel, butter scotch Finish: Buttery candy

Fire Fly’s BBQ Pitmaster Prime 2 Baked american Pure 0 Seared French Cuvee 1 Makers Mark 46 5 Roasted French Mendiant 2 Toasted French Spice April 2022

Nose: floral lilac, maple syrup, a little spiritous sting in the nostrils but that calms down with time. Palate: oak, bitter dark chocolate, mild roasted walnuts, strawberries, vanilla (but not a sweet vanilla), a trace of brown sugar. Not as sweet as nose would suggest. Finish: bitter oak, strawberry, slight menthol Staves: 0 Baked American Pure 2 Seared French Cuvee 2 Makers Mark 46 3 Roasted French Mendiant 3 Toasted French Spice NAS 53.85 ABV Bottled Nov. 2011 for Downtown Fine Spirits & Wine in Colorado Springs, CO

Toasted Chocolate Almonds - a lot of dark chocolate taste. Took a little ice melting to get the better flavor and make it enjoyable for me.

Been eager to try this and have only heard good things. Was fortunate enough to snag this bad boy on sale. So here it goes. Review based on 2nd pour - day after trying the neck pour. Nose: fruity, brown sugar, vanilla, do I smell char/oak? Taste: vanilla/sweet, then hits with a balanced oaky flavor that lingers a bit. First time tasting a bourbon that’s more oak forward Finish: medium to long lasting finish. Tastes of oak and char. Warms up coming down Overall: very good and enjoyable. I could sip this on the daily. Being my first oak forward bourbon, it’s a flavor profile I’d need to get used to. Pleasantly surprised that Makers fields something like this. Granted my last Makers was in college and I took shots of it. Overall, happy to get this on sale (50$), but not sure if I’ll get at full price elsewhere (typically 75 plus around me). Rating: 6.5/10- t8ke scale 1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out. 2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice. 3 | Bad | Multiple flaws. 4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists. 5 | Good | Good, just fine. 6 | Very Good | A cut above. 7 | Great | Well above average. 8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional. 9 | Incredible | An all time favorite. 10 | Perfect | Perfect.