Weller CYPB

Hot, spicy and harsh finish.

This is lovely, as all Wellers tend to be - mellow, sweet, almost coquettish with the short finish but mature in choice of perfume. LOVE the way this smells. Reminds one what Bourbon should be. Only detraction is a personal one: I want the proof jacked up by about 10. But I like my firewater to whip me on the way out.

Slow start to the legs, dripping down the glass then catching up mid-way. The nose is sweet, medium in intensity - crisp apricot, green apple, butterscotch, wildflower honey, oak, leather, grape candy, orange peel. The palate is soft and gentle to start - a buttery mouthfeel without a lot of complexity - candied sugar, vanilla, butterscotch, cake batter, lavender - rye-like cinnamon spice finishing the sips with a medium length. By comparison to the 107 might have you thinking the 107 has bigger sweetness (and at the same time, more spice on intro), but going back to the CYPB I think definitely shows a rounder sweetness, and an oakier sweetness. That said, when blind and the 107 tamed with a bit of water to even the playing field, I still had 107 take the win on my first rodeo with this new limited edition. That said, the CYPB is continually offering up sweetness when drinking it alone. Each sip grows sweeter compounded on the previous sip. As it opens up I hope to keep finding more layers that I didn’t in the first visit. UPDATE 8/14: Another pour, this time along W12. Much more difficult to differentiate. The nose on this pour just rules - it is everything you want in a bourbon nose. I personally favored the sweetness of the CYPB to the 12, but noticed it was a slight bit harsh to drink compared to the more mellow 12. That said, you still get, perhaps more, oaky sweetness out of the CYPB. Personality in favor of polish, this definitely made me look at the CYPB differently. It is a really lovely drinker.

It was wound really tight at first taste (neat). After a few drops of tepid water, it opened up really nicely. Smoothed it out a bit. Little burn right at the end. Quite enjoyable.