Smoke Wagon Small Batch Straight Bourbon

Just amazing overall

Piny aroma and spicy aftertaste. Sweet, fruity, and complex vanilla flavors upfront. Very good!

Caramel, spicy. Long lasting finish. Amazing!

Great mgp juice. Vanilla dessert nose, spicy rye shows up on the pallette. Big fan.

MGP bourbon with that banana runt, floral nose. The palate is light a little fruity and has a little heat in the finish. Good value.

Proof is a little more noticeable than on the straight whiskey. Solid bottle, nice hug at the end.

Neat. Neck pour. Excited to try this! I have been a big fan of Smoke Wagon. I think Aaron is grabbing some high quality MGP barrels and selling them at fair prices. The Straight Bourbon is the best budget MGP out there. Time to see how the Small Batch steps things up. Interesting. Nose is bright. Eucalyptus pops in my mind first. Only 100 proof but this neck pour is hot too. The Rye and pepper are really coming through too. Starting to get some cinnamon and baking spices. Gosh, I have to really dig to get the usual MGP sweetness. Not much caramel or vanilla. Floral, rye, and pepper really take center stage. Nice creamy texture, but again odd first hit for a MGP. Pepper and dark honey. Floral again. Okay, there is some caramel but gosh, it switches to rye, citrus, pepper again. Either I am off or this needs to open up. If I were drinking this blind I would think it is an okay rye. Little mint of the finish too. So a bit disappointed off the neck pour. It’s not bad, just not the step up from the delicious Straight Bourbon I was expecting. This comes across as a Rye to me and lacks the MGP sweetness and dessert qualities I enjoy so much. Bah. Letting this sit for a bit.

Really like this pour. Nose of some spice with lighter fruit (almost like citrus or apple) Has classic bourbon notes on the palate with a great, spicier finish that lasts for a bit. Can pull the rye and fruit out on the finish for sure. Would recommend this one for the money. One of the best bottle designs is a bonus.