ctbeck11
Uncle Nearest 1856 Tennessee Whiskey (Sourced Whiskey)
Tennessee Whiskey — Tennessee, USA
Reviewed
July 30, 2021 (edited August 16, 2021)
Nose - toasted banana, toffee, vanilla, chocolate, apple, clove, tobacco, cinnamon, brown sugar, peanut, mint, anise, black pepper, grass, herbal notes, dry oak, moderate ethanol burn.
Taste - salted caramel, vanilla, bananas foster, lemon, molasses, apple, bubble gum, leather, tobacco, dark chocolate, black pepper, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, spicy oak, moderate alcohol bite, finishing medium short with caramel, baking spice, chocolate, and herbal flavors.
My experience with Tennessee whiskey doesn’t run much deeper than Jack Daniel’s and Dickel. This is sourced, but it isn’t much like either of those usual suspects. The nose is sweet and spicy with toffee, chocolate, and a good amount of rye spice. The palate carries more of the rye spice, chocolate, and a dark molasses note, rather similar to Foursquare rum.
This is pretty good. It’s a bit youthful on the palate, heading toward sour territory, but stops just short of it. The nose is sweet, spicy, and fairly rich, and the palate has some nice heft to it. Actually, I was going to rate this one notch lower, but it grew on me as I worked my way through the dram. At $60 a bottle, I’d say this isn’t a great value, but you could do much worse. Thank you to @ContemplativeFox for the sample!
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@Zachary-Robbins Oh true. With the BiB, you get a 13 year aged stated whiskey for $10 less than Uncle Nearest. Maybe it’s time for me to pick up another bottle of that. I liked the one I had last year.
@ctbeck11 It's pretty close to the BiB, but younger.
@Zachary-Robbins I think that’s fair. I haven’t spent much time with Dickel products, but if this is close to some of their core range offerings, but at a much higher price, then I don’t see a compelling reason to purchase this one.
After finishing a bottle I personally think this is a waste of money. It definitely tastes like marked up sourced Dickel, and you can get BiB or Single Barrel Dickel for significantly less.
Sounds pretty good, I like Tenn Whiskey
@Jose-Massu-Espinel I can see why. There’s a good amount of complexity. It doesn’t have that same stereotypical cloying quality that Tennessee whiskey often presents. I was pleasantly surprised.
@ContemplativeFox Yep, I could see this being fairly compelling at $40. Not so much as it is.
i loved this one
I came to pretty similar conclusions here. It's grown on me but not one I'd buy again