Old Forester Single Barrel Bourbon 90 Proof

Mouth: fruity smooth sharp kick Similar but slightly inferior to E.H. Taylor

Very good. Leather and peppery oak. Vanilla hides in a finish that lingers a bit. Enjoyed!

Nose: oak, butterscotch, caramel, clove, little bit of vanilla, pepper, leather, lemon. Body: really tasting the leather, oak, and pepper. Mostly bitter, masks over the other sweet notes such as the vanilla, caramel, and maple syrup. Finish: Medium, bitter and spicy, can taste the leather mask the entire palette and throat. Tingly. Also tasting a lot of rye. Overall a hot bourbon with a very predominant leathery note, while sweeter notes take a backseat to the bitterness.

Bonfire pick: Clove, pepper corn, leather and a hint of baked apples on the nose. More clove and pepper with notes of dark fruits. Has a finish line a rye. Mellowed with water but doesn’t really bring out more flavors.