Rebel Yell 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon

This was one of the most fawned over releases of '16. An age stated 100 proof wheated bourbon? Wheater fanboys rejoiced and subsequently swooned. Well, I bought into it and had a blind SBS w/ a WSR store select and Lot B: Slight astringency, light on the nose like the others. Thin cherries, plain ol’ white sugar. Finish is fine but fleeting. There’s a medicinal astringency here; it doesn’t announce its presence right away and isn’t aggressively offensive, but it’s there and kind of gets in the way of really enjoying this neat. In the end I'd rather pay $18 for a bottle of WSR, they're both fairly boring but even boring bourbon is still bourbon.

Sweet oaky nose. Mouth feel is above average. Palette brings more oak with sweet vanilla on the front/mid tongue. Super peppery finish. Add a splash of water and it opens up nicely. Rafferty's Little Rock AR $50

Fantastic nose. Hard to believe it's 100 proof. The nose is full of brown sugar and maple syrup. On taste, I get cinnamon.

Great oak and complexity. By the end of the bottle I was getting some nice dark cherry flavor. A fantastic bourbon.

Would give this a 4.25-4.5. Extremely sweet. Not much burn. Very unique. Somewhat floral.