pkingmartin
Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Bourbon
Bourbon — Indiana (bottled in Nevada), USA
Reviewed
November 7, 2021 (edited November 24, 2021)
After trying the Smoke Wagon small batch, I was curious to find out how their uncut and unfiltered offering compared to it. Thankfully @Scott_E was very generous and provided me with a sample of batch 50.
The nose starts with a thick rich caramel along with a medium oak spice that fades to notes of Girl Scout Samoas followed by grilled oranges, dehydrated mangos and cinnamon apple fritter then spices of nutmeg, cloves, dill, fresh picked spearmint leaf, worn leather and rich oak with high ethanol burn.
The taste is a thick caramel coating rich mouthfeel starting with a s’mores sandwich followed by fruits orange push pop, mango lassi and apple coffee cake before a high and drying spice that then transitions to spices of ginger, dill, clove, nutmeg, fresh picked spearmint leaf, leather and medium tannic oak with a high ethanol burn.
The finish is medium length with Samoas cookies, honeycomb, orange zest, toasted walnuts, apple coffee cake, ginger, clove leather and drying but polished oak.
This is a vast improvement from the small batch that really ramps the flavors up from light to bold traditional bourbon notes along with some tropical fruits and rye spices that veers towards a highly dry spice on the mid-palate before fading to moderate tannic oak and finishing medium length with those enjoyable traditional bourbon notes reemerging with a bit of a dry oak spice.
Doing a side by side with my Bardstown Goodwood Walnut brown ale finish, it was close but the Smoke Wagon is a bit more spice and tannic oak than the Bardstown. I then did a side by side with my Barrell 15 year 2021 edition and they were equals which is impressive for an $80 to hold up against a $220 bottle.
A solid offering from Smoke Wagon, but as these are batch varieties they could vary wildly.
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@PBMichiganWolverine I can send you a sample. Still have about 2/3 of a bottle. Got some other things I can send.
@ContemplativeFox i’ve not tried this either, but I was so not impressed with the regular Smoke Wagon
@pkingmartin Ive been wanting to try this, but it's really hard to find now. Smoke Wagon has gotten surprisingly popular.
@Scott_E Yeah a very good dram with some minor flaws. I’d be thrilled to be able to pick one of these up at $60.
Glad you enjoyed. Not a bad dram. Wish it was about $20 cheaper.