Wild Turkey Master's Keep Bottled in Bond 17 Year

Really unique WT, smoked cherry/apple, interesting.

Quick notes - bar pour, allegedly open 1-2m and 8/10ths empty. I’m skeptical after my 2016 Four Roses Limited taste out of a bottle this empty. On the nose there is bountiful old wood, allspice, over ripe banana, leather, caramel, pound cake and furniture polish. The entry builds heat quickly but plateaus early at a moderate intensity. Thin mouthfeel. Candy cigarette forward sweetness with an interesting spice profile followed by wood, bananas, cherry cough syrup, bubble gum funk and leather. The finish is moderate. They say never meet your heroes. Maybe I just don’t know Turkey. This is nothing, quite literally nothing, like Rare Breed or Russel’s Reserve - both of which I believe are stellar for their body, and fruity/spicy complexity. This tastes older - antique older. Not Old Weller “Antique” but dusty, potpourri, polish older. Mind toothpaste older. Foot in the grave older. And therein lies the appeal I suppose. I’m not a fan of the furniture polish and ripe banana that hit hard with Sam Houston 14 or Calumet 14. I don’t love the candy cigarette, bubblegum and mint toothpaste sweetness but the only thing that comes close is Bardstown Bourbon Co Discovery 3 (which has a >12y Turkey component). This is unique. I’ve never had “dusty Turkey” but this reminds me of being in my grandparents attic. The smell of furniture in the heat, floral notes, bubble gum and candy in my pocket... and lots of actual dust. Maybe that’s what this bottle is actually about - an older and more simple time and place.

I agree with all who taste smoke. Very interesting. Not a great nose to me slight ethanol. Hot palate with caramel and sugar. I don’t think the oak is too much. The finish is not overly long but best part to me again I like the smoke!

Easily the best bib I’ve ever had. Bats way above its class. Long finish. Lots of smoke

It’s good, but I can’t say it’s worth the price or hype. Nose has some ethanol, oak, cherry, and some peanut. Palate is smooth but thinner than expected. More notes of cherry and some caramel. Medium finish that I enjoyed. If you get the chance to get this it’s worth it, but I wouldn’t go out of my way.

Really oaky. Needs to sit with ice for quite a bit to open up. Good to impress but not as much to sip.