Wilderness Trail Bottled in Bond Small Batch Bourbon (High Rye Bourbon)

I’ve heard good things about this one, which is their bourbon with rye (they have a wheated bourbon as well). Let’s get right to it. This is batch 15F02 The nose has a light perfumey/floral thing going on, in a good way. Not in a grandma perfumey way. There’s vanilla, light strawberries, light corn, maple syrup and yeast rolls. The palate is sweet and fairly oily with a slightly dusty/grainy feeling on the tongue. There is sweet corn, vanilla, honey, a little bit of butterscotch, and a hint of rye and a slight bitterness on the tip of the tongue. The finish is medium in length with a slight bite of heat at the very beginning of the finish, but dissipates quickly. At first you get a big bump of rye spice and then it goes to a lingering sweet vanilla on the back of the palate/top of the throat and honey on the mid palate. This is a very enjoyable bourbon. This one really benefits to resting in the glass for 10+ mins. It kept getting better as I came back to it. Though it’s youth is somewhat obvious, it’s not harsh or off putting at all. This is a sweet gentle bourbon that touches on the lighter side of the spectrum of flavors and then finishes with a slight rye punch.

Thin, young, rye comes through nicely, this is good but I prefer the SiB a lot more

Brown sugar, mild sweetness, with some rye spice. Good not great. Tastes maybe a bit young

Mythical Wilderness Troll pick. 4 year 4 month. Cinnamon and extra burnt caramel. Baking spices. Caramelized Peaches and apricots. Vanilla frosting. Dusty corn. Raisins. Just a hell of a lot going on. Slight hint of green youngness and the alcohol has a bite on the nose. Very oily and viscous. Very sweet overall. Burned, almost rock candy like caramel. The fruit is a darker cherry than what I was getting on the nose. That vanilla frosting note is still quite strong too. The lighter caramelized apricots come back on legs and finish. Hands down the best Wilderness Trail pick I have had. The youngness only shows itself in the alcohol and slight bite. Otherwise it is all just these deep delicious dessert flavors. The sweetness on this one is so over the top. It’s straight candy awesomeness.