Willett Pot Still Reserve Bourbon

Citrus, green grass, small cherry, oily.

Fresh floral oak. A bit of a funky barnyard sort of taste with some sweet vanilla notes. Light and sweet. Not an everyday drinker but a good option for those not looking for the typical rich bourbon notes.

On the nose getting caramel, nuts (peanut and cashew), prune, an odd unappealing varnish note and ethanol. There’s a good bit of old gym shoe and moldy basement in there as well. Wholly unpleasant. Palate opens with basically a musty, spoiled corn note and vanilla, followed by...absolutely nothing. I’m not kidding; this thing has literally no mid-palate at all. And when the opening note sucks mightily, that is NOT good. Finish is short, with the varnish in the nose making an appearance along with some cinnamon and toasted nut. It’s by far the best thing about this bourbon, but still not “good”, and not nearly enough to save it. Mouthfeel is watery. Man, this shit is just odd. Musty, funky, and weird as hell, this is a huge miss for me. Thank god it was only an airplane bottle I paid $10 for. A full size bottle would literally be a drain pour. Considering a 750ml is normally $45 and what you can get for that price? Oh HELL no. Buy at your peril. Now to get something to wash my mouth out...

Nose is butterscotch, oak, and topsoil. Taste is mild on sweetness, just a little caramel at the very front. After that it's boiled peanuts with a light dried fruit flavor like raisins at the end. Palate feels dry afterward, oaky flavor leftover but dissipates quickly.

It has a lot of hype and mixed opinions. The finish is a little weird to me, but it’s not terrible. No plans to rebuy.

Very high alcohol taste, not very complex. Drank with Christina as part of a tasing at Willett