Wilderness Trail - Family Reserve Cask Strength Barrel #17C23-3 (barrel select from Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar, Covington, KY)

The nose revealed a lot of notes: baked cookie, honey, grass, spice/rye, high proof heat, etc. seemed promising. Upon tasting though, I was conflicted… instead of working together, the various notes seemed to be vying for individual attention, and by the end of the pour were cancelling each other out. I felt like I was tasting a bit of rye, but as best I could learn it was a corn, wheat, and malted barley mash bill. It was remarkably smooth and very little heat despite being 104.2 proof. The aftertaste gave the impression it contained some sort of flavor additives, but I could not find any concrete information to confirm or deny this. All in all, I feel this particular barrel pick of Wilderness Trail’s Family Reserve Single Barrel line was not worth the price.