Maker's Mark Wood Finishing Series 2021 FAE-01

Nose is reminiscent of fresh citrus and pine needles. The palate brings under ripe apples, and caramel followed by spice. Slightly bitter on its way to the finish that passes through the apples again and chlorine. Not the most original or best from the finishing series.

The nose starts with maraschino cherries and caramelized peaches over vanilla ice cream with some caramel drizzle followed by circus peanuts, dark chocolate, jalapeño cream cheese poppers and charred whole wheat toast with medium ethanol burn. The taste is a medium mouthfeel starting with caramel flan, maraschino cherries and grilled peaches coated in brown sugar followed by circus peanuts, dark chocolate and jalapeño peppers with a highly charred piece of whole wheat toast and medium ethanol burn that finishes medium length with circus peanuts, dark chocolate, peaches, sour cherries, leather and medium charred whole wheat toast. Overall, the nose is very enjoyable bringing in traditional bourbon notes with some mild spice and bread notes that carries over to the taste before the mid-palate goes towards a medium spice and tannic bitterness that throws the balance off but then slowly fades away to allow those traditional bourbon notes and charred bread back in the medium length finish. A huge thank you to @ctbeck11 and @PBMichiganWolverine for the samples provided for me to be able to try this one.