Wild Turkey Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Smooth, chocolate. A little muted

This is a straight up middle of the road bourbon, which is available unlike most well-known brands , price hasn’t been inflated, and it’s dependable for mixing or simply drinking with a splash of water and ice.

Decent flavor but enough burn.

In another installment of reviews of swill I got for free - Wild Turkey! There's got to be some sub $20 bourbon gems out there. The hunt continues for one.... Vanilla, caramel and spicy rye mingle with corn and some rather tannic oak on the nose. The palate opens slightly sweet before booming full force with spice. Although low proof, the astringency of this bourbon prickles your tongue. Charred sugar with vanilla offers a very soft sweet backdrop and as the taste transitions to finish there's an odd musty candy corn quality about it. Surprisingly, the mouth feel is oily and rich. Not sure how they did it with such low proof, but that is a positive about this bourbon. The finish is pretty quick though. It gets very rye spicy and leaves your tongue feeling tingly from the middle out. For such a budget bourbon it's really not bad but I think my favorite in this space still has to be Maker's Mark.

Vanilla, citrusy, a bit thin Nice aromas

Nice pleasant taste

Gets the job done