Weller Special Reserve Bourbon

Bite at first but smooth finish. A little heat.

This is Buffalo Trace juice, so finding information on it is hard - indeed, I couldn't find anything about the age, and all I could learn about the recipe is that it's Buffalo Trace's wheated mash bill. This is 90 proof whisky, and a fifth cost me $39.99 at the Mountain Run location of Kelly Liquors. It's golden in the glass. NOSE: I immediately got a huge blast of caramel and butterscotch, with honey butter coming in next. There was a note that I can only characterize as what, when I was a kid, we all called "Mexican candy" - brown, white, and red squares of coconut candy. Next was a strong buttercream icing note, and finally creamed corn came in. MOUTHFEEL: Smooth. TASTE: Spring water, honey, cinnamon, and light brown sugar. It surprised me that there was so little on the palate, after that nice nose. FINISH: Medium short, consisting only of oak and a slight honey note. SUMMARY: This bourbon is all right, but not anything special. It's another piece of evidence that Buffalo Trace's reputation has a lot of hype in it. RATING: On my hick scale it's the fourth level (counting from the bottom) - Okay. That comes out to 2.5 stars, 5/10, or 50/100.

Drank a lot of stuff tonight,and this is still crazy solid...