My local mom/pop liquor store here in Excelsior Springs, MO scored a case of Stagg Jr August '17. She is a nice (smart) lady. She often prices the top shelf spirits a little under the suggested retail price, so her small town customers will give them a try. I was able to get my first bottle of Stagg Jr. for $46. I have seen stores in nearby Kansas City price it as high as $100. This has to be the most impressive bourbon I have ever tried. (I have never tasted Stagg original or a Pappy.) Smooth enough at 129.5 proof to sip neat, but the flavors are even more pronounced with a few drops of water to open it up. (Drops, not a splash!) The taste and aroma of warm dark brown sugar is full forward, underlain with the sweetness of corn, jazzed with rye spice, and followed by a lingering orange zest. The finish is long and inviting.
50.0
USD
per
Bottle