Murray Hill Club Blended Bourbon

A bit hotter than last year 2018. However the nose is a bit more subtle.

This review is of batch 18. Would be nice if Nancy could pop in an let us know if anything has changed for this batch. Nose - So my first impression is that this is overly sweet, almost too much and almost getting into aspartame levels. I do still get a nice bit of oak, vanilla, caramel...it is a very traditional bourbon note and very on profile for a bit of a generic bourbon. That said it is amped up to 10, it's intense nosing, there's far more intense sweetness than a 103 proof bourbon should provide. Still, I can't really give high praise on nose alone, it's good. Taste - This is not the bourbon I remember from my first bottle. You definitely get that there is some older whisky in here. Adding water really helped this one. So with water you start to get some of the sweeter note but some fruity flavors are coming out too. I'm getting a hint of tobacco as I go. This is complex without anything jumping out and over powering the overall rich sweet aged bourbon profile. This is classic bourbon. It isn't nutty, it isn't chocolate, it isn't cinnamon, no mineral notes, no over the top oak. It is those vanillas, caramels, corn, and yes there's an oak note here but it's just classic bourbon oak. It's old enough, there isn't a lot of a "hug" or a bite but it's got a really good mouth feel and great proof. So I'm at a 3.25. A very very sold offering, a bit expensive, but the quality is here. There is a hint of a bitter finish that pushes me from 3.5 to the 3.25. I think the last bottle I had was pushing 4.0.

N: Sweet vanilla P: Creamy butterscotch that builds to a cinnamon creciendo F: Warm, long and dry with that right about if barrel char

Very hot...too much alcohol flavor with strong burn.

Vanilla forward with a spicy finish