O.K.I. 5 Year Single Barrel Straight Bourbon

Very creamy, candied cherry notes, christmas spices

5yr. 57.5% Bottle 78 Barrel 3 Gallenstein Selection. Very good friend let me try this rare bottle. Impressed for a 5 yr. Nose is sweet cherry. Taste is sweet like the nose. Cherries and honey with some oak. Finishes with a just little heat.

Sooo good. Perfect sweet spice blend.

Neat. Neck pour. 5 year Gallenstein pick. I was bummed when New Riff sold this brand because I don’t wait the new release to tarnish the old classic. The original O.K.I. Is my favorite bottle/label design. Including the Roebling Bridge on the new label is pretty cool though. But can the juice live up to its predecessor? The nose is crisp and really lacks the MGP young note, so that’s a big plus. Even getting some sweet oak initially, which is surprising for 5 years. Getting so solid MGP cherry on this one. Caramel drizzle. A vanilla scone. Medley of fruits beyond the cherry. Solid nose, so far so good! Very oily texture. Cinnamon, sugar and apple on the tongue. Pepper coming through too. Transitions into a cinnamon bomb over to the rye spice and pepper. The finish is where things get very very interesting. After the pepper, I get this nice dark chocolate and just when I think it’s over there is this secondary blast of vanilla and cherry. It is so oily and that must be producing this great elongated finish. Oh wow. I was skeptical but bring on the OKI! What a barrel! I think this crushes every Old Scout I have (I have 8 different barrel and I thought those were good). This is simply better and the best young MGP I have had. Crap. Brand revived, time to hunt for more!