Nine Banded Wheated Bourbon Cask Strength

Nose: Carmel, vanilla and brown sugars. Palate: rock star palate. I’m not kidding. It’s like it’s sourced from Buffalo Trace and the Blantons barrels except at cask strength. It’s all here. Brown sugar, vanilla, Carmel a bit of tobacco. It’s so good. Finish: it’s a great finish. It lingers and it’s got a great Texas hug. Overall: I’ve had the regular strength a year ago and I said to my wife that is good but it’s missing something. Well it was proof. That’s what it needed. They have really done this dram a service by giving us cask strength. Don’t leave it on the shelves.

Yea the harshness really brings this down and I love a cask strength, but really nice viscosity and finish. I get like a cherry yellow cake with an odd pepper from the harshness. 2nd pour

Smoothness of the wheat together with the heat of the cask strength.Good to very good but not great. For me the heat needs more spice from rye. Cask strength wheat may not be my thing, though I really like the regular Nine Banded Wheated bourbon.