Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Bourbon

No ice with this……very complex and loved it

WOW! Cherries met me on the front palate. Organic vanilla, burnt caramel, molasses, and clove meet in the middle. The finish lingered with viscous butter cream and butterscotch notes. *Tamed oak remained present throughout the entire duration. Lovely bourbon!

Batch #132 Red hots, cinnamon bread, rye spice, brown sugar

Batch 120, 57.26 ABV. Definitely noses like high rye. The palate is less well-rounded than the Stellum single barrel Cygnus that I tried, which was also the MGP 36% rye mash bill, but 5 years old. This has less sweetness and more leather. I also don't enjoy this as well as Clyde May's Reserve 6 year, again MGP, but unknown mash bill. The Clyde has more fruity sweetness. I do like this better than New Riff Single Barrel - not MGP, but has a similarly high rye mash bill. In comparison, this has a little bit more menthol on the finish that I'm not sure I'm in love with, but overall I think this is better. I also think this is tastier than Belle Meade Reserve. I think this is good, but I also think you can do better for the price and (lack of) availability - this isn't distributed to Oklahoma, so I traded for it. Cost to me was 60 by way of trade, which isn't bad, but I'm told these usually go for more. I'll enjoy the bottle, but won't go out of my way looking for another.