dhsilv2
Reviewed
September 20, 2019 (edited June 23, 2020)
OK so this is a store pick, but it's a single barrel product so how special can a store pick even be?
55%rickhouse CNF and Floor 641. Good info and I know the turkey fans will know just which rickhouse that is and will even know which notes they'd expect from me. For me, I'm a bit disappointed we don't get age detail.
Nose - So there's a hair of wood funk to go with our traditional bourbon notes of oak, caramel, and vanilla. I get a touch of finger nail polish remover. I get a touch of cherry. There's a lot of alcohol on here, far more than 55% should indicate. Overall a nice pleasant all bit it a bit alcohol forward nose. Not overly complex but not boring. I like the cherry note on the finish and that bit of oak funk it a nice switch up.
Taste - Not a nice way to start this but it's hot on the tongue, really overly alcohol, rare breads don't have this much alcohol for me. So get some of the fruity cherry note but it gets hit with some off note as a swallow, it's some bad oak and just crazy astringent, it's bitter, and wow the finish is just an alcohol burnt mouth. Water certainly does help, it brings in some nutty character but it doesn't mask the off notes, it does curb the alcohol. Yeah bitter oak and it's really keeping me from even getting into the nice bourbon notes under it.
I'm really disappointed in this bottle. There's just no shaking that it's not good whisky. Hopefully, I'll get to try a better bottle and I'll put a new review up. For now I'm going with 0.5 as the nose is actually nice enough and I enjoy smelling it.
60.0
USD
per
Bottle