Stagg Jr Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch 13

Nose is cherry cola, vanilla, caramel, tobacco, oak. Flavor bomb! Spice and heat. The hellfire burn lingers in the back of your throat and chest. Good stuff. Will add a few drops of water to the next glass to see how it opens up.

So good burn throughout. Def need an ice cube

Delicious, might be better than 2019 GTS. After opening up for a little over a week this bottle has smoothed out so much. Might buy a couple more of these to stock up. Wish I could have found the batch #12 to compare

Nose is fairly fruit with raisins and red apple, as well as chocolate, barrel char, oak, and holiday baking spices and yeast rolls. Very pleasant nose. The palate has a thicker mouthfeel with the tongue feeling dry while the bourbon is sitting on it. There are baking and rye spices, leather, raisins, caramel and oak. The finish begins spicy with a little burn as it goes down slowly. Then follows through with lingering oaky and fruit notes on the mid palate for an overall long finish. I enjoy this one a lot. A little more fruit than batch 12. In fact, I think I like this one more. I also get less ethanol on batch 13. Though I’m comparing this new batch 13 to a third empty batch 12 that has been open a few months.

Not as sweet of a nose as batch 12 but still very good! Buy all I can!