Sam Houston 15 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Has a bite up front, but a clean finish. Not one I would come back to

Really good. Everything you could want. Sweet, wood, some spice. You can taste the age.

Batch KY-01 Nose is really dominated by cherry, dark chocolate and mild oak. There is clove and then some banana laffy taffy scent. Some marshmallow, coconut oil and sweet chocolate show up the longer the whiskey sits in the glass. Tobacco is the prominent note towards the end of the nose. Flavors pop immediately. Banana sundae appears. Cherry syrup, chocolate fudge, vanilla, and then some oak creeps in with a little black pepper on towards the back of the flavor ride it puts you on. Mouthfeel is pure velvet. Finish is ginger snap cookie with heavy dusting of granulated sugar. There is a little leather and tobacco that flash before a nice warm oak and carmel syrup finish off the sip. The finish keeps going and leaves that little banana bread note. There is a certain barrel char and dusty funk here that makes you want to sip again and again. Excellent release! Phenomenal complexity here from some Barton bloodlines. One of the best bourbons I've had.

Great proof, heavy cherry on the nose and first few sips. Dark chocolate and oak on the leg. Mine was a TX-1 and a great buy at less than 100$. Not sure it’s worth more than that else where.