Pinhook Bohemian Bourbon High Proof

Candy corn, high proof burn

Going into this, the only Pinhook I've had is their bourbon-rye thing, and that was quite good. I've seen this in the store a few times, and I finally pulled the trigger given I love high proof bourbons and good brands. Once I got home, I was a little disappointed to learn it was only aged for 3 years, and I had the read the fine print on the back of the bottle to even find that out. However, let's see what's to be offered. The scent is incredibly, sticky sweet, with easily detectable caramel covered popcorn and vanilla taffy. The corn is strong in the scent, probably showing a high corn mashbill, as well as reinforcing the young age. Very sweet indeed, with melted cotton candy and just a slight note of chocolate covered orange. What was that fruity, bright note turns into heavy charred oak, but just the essence of the wood, as the tradition caramel and vanilla take a backseat. The high proof rounds out the finish while not being too boozy at all. This is certainly one of the most unique bourbons on my collection, but without an added gimmick, like different wood or fancy grains. I definitely feel like I'm going to enjoy reaching for this, when I want to try something different after another bourbon, but not necessarily switch tracks entirely.

Nice!

Needs to mellow out. I love barrel proof bourbon but I’m not getting a ton of flavors, just straight spicy gasoline.