Southern Star Paragon Single Barrel Cask Strength Wheated Straight Bourbon

Southern Star Paragon Cask Strength Single Barrel (Selected by Loco Jo's) Barrel #0090 @ 109.4 Proof "Southport Select" *NOSE: Tobacco, Brown Sugar, Baked Sweet Potato, Vanilla Bean, Clove, Old Oak, Dry Wheat. Kind of a Soapy/Grassy Funk on the empty glass. *NEAT: Thick and Coating. LOTS of Cinnamon, Brown Sugar, that Vegetal Sweet Potato, Cheap Vanilla Fudge Swirl Ice Cream, and Dry Oak on the Back End.Medium Length Finish Coats the palate with Tingly Cinnamon and Dry Oak followed by a growing Warming Glow deep in the chest. *SPLASH: Gets even better. The Clove from the Nose shows up on the Palate. Cinnamon is still present, but less dominant. Even more of that Cheap Vanilla Fudge Swirl Ice Cream and some Medicinal Cherry Coating. *VERDICT: This is really good, especially at Cask Strength. As Wheaters go, this is less Maker's (thin/sweet/grassy) and a little more Larceny (vegetal/cinnamon/spicy). That being said, I find it much better than Larceny. So happy that I can recommend, without reservation, a NC Bourbon that rivals some of KY's Big Boys.

Stopped at the distillery since I was driving by! Picked up a bottle of their White (wasnt a fan tbh) and a bottle of Paragon Cask Strength. Barrel # 00110 to be precise, and glad i did. Sweet and fresh to the smell, smooth on the toung with a nice warmth going down. Neat as it should be. I will keep this one for special evenings, would be perfect with a good cigar.