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Four Gate Batch 14 Old Sherry Pike
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
September 5, 2021 (edited October 18, 2021)
Had to add this one, and for the 1000th time, what a horrible ap this is. Guys, DESKTOP! let us do this from our computers.
Anyway blend of 6 and 12 year. Heaven hill and Barton, not a huge fan of 6 year old heaven hill but whatever. Finished in a sherry cask they got from Kelvan for 88 days. I'm not sure this is a special cask based on the details.
Nose - sweet vanilla, nice sherry fruity elements, and then some funky earthy oak notes that are out of place. The problem is the funk is overwhelming this. Overall, a bit odd, but we'll get into it and come back with water.
Taste - Heaven Hill's dusty nutty youthful bourbon notes jump out at me. Then just intensity of bourbon, and finishing chocolatey. Wow, going in for a second taste. OK, well balanced and well put together bourbon giving hints of youth and some age. The barton cinnamon apples is really coming through for me. There's a very old oak note half way through this as well. Finish is medium long, spicy. The sherry is certainly here but it isn't juicy or heavy.
Water - HIGHLY recommend hitting this with water. The water brings through some nice vanilla pudding notes on the nose. The taste gets sweeter, the sherry fruits jump out. I'm now getting berries and even some gummy candies. Oh there's water melon on the end big time. Night and day improvement. I suspect this lends well to this one opening up big time so a heavy hand with water won't be needed in 6 months.
I'm pretty happy with this beyond the 200 dollar price tag. This isn't one of their epic blends or finishes but this is great bourbon. 2.75. I wish they'd used less heaven hill or sourced something else (or older heaven hill, but that's expensive).
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@joely0 it's werid...sometimes it takes me to the comment, like it did here. Other times it doesn't. Don't really understand it.
No worries and yes its such a pain to use but there is one other reason to do so... finding and replying to our comments! On the app you can go to your feed and from there click the timestamp to get right to the comment. On Desktop you can not, and I have not figured out how to get directly to comments without going to the product itself, then finding the correct review, then clicking on comments. its several extra steps on computer. Yet, I prefer to do these extra steps rather than use that horrid app!
@JoelyO hey sorry I didn't respond sooner. Yes from the ap you can add. It is the only possible reason one would ever even consider using that phone ap imo a least.
I am new on Distiller and I think the app is horrible! Just the worst! I only use my laptop but I think I accidentally requested a review from the table rather than asking for a bourbon to be added! So from a couple of your reviews I take it from the phone app we can add a bottle? I am very much enjoying your reviews! New follower!