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Doc Swinson's Alter Ego Triple Cask Straight Bourbon Finished in Sherry & Cognac Casks
Bourbon — USA
Reviewed
August 29, 2021 (edited May 6, 2022)
This will be an interesting one.
Nose - Oddly high alcohol notes coming through, this is 47.9. A buttery kinda creamy wine cask element. The predominate element is this berry note. I'll go back at some point on this but really cool fruity and sweet casks, but you can already tell this has young MGP bourbon in it. I know zero about the ages here but it's got MGP that's not old enough.
Taste - Ok so a bit thin. OK so nice PX sherry comes in, nutty XO, and young bourbon. I like the wine casks, I like the creamy mouth feel. But god you can't get past that MGP needs 10 years of age. I really think the wine casks here do a great job of hiding some of the youth, but this comes up short.
All and all if you were to compare this to jos Magnus, this is comically worse, but this is a nice and offers a more creamy easy drinking offering. The real question on this is how does it do with ice?
And like all MGP that's too young, gotta love how it takes on ice. What's fun is the wine casks start giving me oloroso elements. It's much more enjoyable.
All and all this would be great 50 bucks, it's 65. It's fun and different. But god I wish they'd used older MGP. That would make all the difference as I think they used really fun casks.
1.75. Not a guilty pleasure at all. But I hope you normally drink better.
65.0
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