St. Elmo Dark Cherry & Vanilla Bourbon

This is not your typical Bourbon, it’s more a mixer, it’s says right on the bottle it’s mixed with “Dark Cherry and Bourbon Vanilla Beans” and the suggestion for serving is with coke. When it’s drank with coke I find it quite tasty. It’s a take off of the drink St. Elmo’s Steakhouse serves. I guess more than anything it “partial pre-mixed cocktail” add coke and voi’la you perfectly mixed St. Elmo’s cocktail. So if I am grading this as a bourbon not so much, as a “partial per-mixed cocktail” not bad.

Very sweet. Drink with coke.

I love this! With the vanilla and the molasses added, when enjoyed neat I get a funky rum vibe, almost a black strap rum. I like rum, so I'm okay with that. But this isn't meant to be enjoyed neat. The reason I would give it a 4 is because it is perfect with cola as at the restaurant. Here's why I'm going to be buying more of this juice: 2.5 ounces in a cocktail shaker with ice, 4 dashes of bitters, stir for one minute, pour into a cold rocks glass, add a cherry. No vermouth needed. This is absolutely ideal as a Manhattan. Well done!