pkingmartin
Maker's Mark Wood Finishing Series 2021 FAE-01
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
August 29, 2021 (edited December 15, 2021)
The nose starts with maraschino cherries and caramelized peaches over vanilla ice cream with some caramel drizzle followed by circus peanuts, dark chocolate, jalapeño cream cheese poppers and charred whole wheat toast with medium ethanol burn.
The taste is a medium mouthfeel starting with caramel flan, maraschino cherries and grilled peaches coated in brown sugar followed by circus peanuts, dark chocolate and jalapeño peppers with a highly charred piece of whole wheat toast and medium ethanol burn that finishes medium length with circus peanuts, dark chocolate, peaches, sour cherries, leather and medium charred whole wheat toast.
Overall, the nose is very enjoyable bringing in traditional bourbon notes with some mild spice and bread notes that carries over to the taste before the mid-palate goes towards a medium spice and tannic bitterness that throws the balance off but then slowly fades away to allow those traditional bourbon notes and charred bread back in the medium length finish.
A huge thank you to @ctbeck11 and @PBMichiganWolverine for the samples provided for me to be able to try this one.
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I haven’t reviewed this one yet, but my initial impressions are fairly aligned with yours. I think it’s the best Maker’s Mark I’ve tried, but unfortunately that’s a pretty low bar.