Mayor Pingree 15 Year Black Label Bourbon

Tasty but too hot for my liking (i dont dig high proof)

Potent nose of cherry pie, 'smores, leather, toasted cherry wood, lemon-lime gummy soda candies, and fresh raspberries. There's a lot going on here and it smells amazing. Rich and mouth coating with chocolate covered cherries, toasted oak, tobacco, nutmeg, vanilla frosting, root beer, anise, and cinnamon spice. The finish is very long lasting and lingers for minutes. Balanced with sweet chocolate covered cherries, tobacco, and toasted oak. Serious bourbon and really amazing stuff. This 15 year MGP is not something you stumble upon any more. This is some special stuff

Nose: blackberry, chocolate covered blackberries, caramel and toffee in the background. On the fresh bottle crack first pour some ethanol but smokey caramel ethanol. A very nice nose before my first sip. After my first sip the nose went into overdrive like someone squeezed a bunch of blackberries into the glencairn. Delicious. Body: large Palate: chocolate, caramel, toffee, a sweet chocolate laced orange. Smoked caramel on the back palate. Finish: long and smokey sweet caramel. After a few sips a late pepperiness to the finish emerged unexpected and thought provoking. Note: this well aged beauty is from 1010. I didn’t win anything in the second raffle but I had the opportunity to buy this sweet little gem. I wanted an aged pingree and I got it. Here’s what I could find on this bourbon from the whiskeyfellow “This one is Batch 6, utilizing a mash from only seven barrels of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley sourced from MGP/LDI and aged 15 years! A portion of the aging process occurred in a climate-controlled warehouse in California before being transferred for final aging in Michigan. It is non-chill filtered and weighs in at a hefty 114°. There are only 684 bottles available”. My take home is this fresh out the bottle is a “whoa” dram. A friggin rock star of a bourbon. It is dangerously easy to sip at 57%. But it’s a flavor bomb and the mouth feel and finish hitting me first. Just huge. After a second sip I’ve decided this is super super good. 4.25/5 in the love category.