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Angel's Envy Private Selection Single Barrel Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels Bourbon (Liquor Barn, 2021)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
February 5, 2021 (edited August 3, 2021)
Neat. Neck pour. Gallenstein pick. 105.8 proof. Curious about these for $90 when the annual cask strength cost $200. The proof is a little lower I suppose, but that isn’t worth an extra $110. I’ll compare to the 2018 cask strength at the end of this.
The nose is very subtle. A light peanut is the first thing grabbing me, but then there is a confectionary sweetness surrounded by berries. Blueberries even. Little caramel with those peanuts like a peanut brittle. The nose is pleasant but takes too much digging for little value.
Mouth feel is very syrupy. That port is really coming out front, very sweet. There is more flavor to this than I was expecting. Mainly those peanut brittle notes for me, there is a brine to it to which really rounds out that specific flavor. Then the port influence comes back at the end and lingers a decent amount.
Comparing to the 2018 Cask Strength. Geez, very similar on the nose. The 2018 is better. Stronger flavors, more port influence. Sweetness is more pronounced. They are very similar though.
So it is good, but overpriced for what it is. It doesn’t have a stand out feature or note, it is just good all around. The cask strength is a step up but no where worth double+ the price. This existing for $90 makes it too hard to justify the cask strength at $200+.
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