Smoke Wagon Desert Colt

Not a bad whisky for $40, although it tended to make my throat sore when drinking it, which I didn’t love.

Very fruit forward, particularly on the nose. Red apple, lemon. Slightly bitter as well. The nose is similar, cherry with some vanilla. Red hot candies. Spice and oak on the back end. Maybe its nothing to write home about, but pretty good nonetheless.

The batch I had sat at 59.89% abv. And boy could you taste every bit of that. This is dense and bold, with loads of barrel spice and tons of character on the palate. But I can’t say the nose is all that great for such a high abv. It’s classic bourbon oak and cherry, just louder, but with not much sweetness or any other interesting notes behind it. Maybe some pepper. But that’s much more prevalent upon the taste. And the burn of the abv is harsh, which I tend to like, but you’ll want to prepare for it. I’ve had better from Smoke Wagon, but I’m still a very big fan of what they’re doing.

Very impressive bottle for $40! Huge value buy. Im getting all the classic bourbon notes (vanilla, oak, orange peel) with a nice kick on the finish (medium)