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George Dickel 13 Year Bottled in Bond Tennessee Whisky (Spring 2007)
Tennessee Whiskey — Tennessee, USA
Reviewed
December 26, 2021 (edited February 13, 2022)
N: Caramel, peanuts, sweet corn, oak. There's that chalky, mineral note that runs through the GD line and some other Tennessee whiskeys. Cherry and other berry notes. Bit more ethanol on the nose than I recall from the other GD BiBs - it's more than I would prefer.
P: Cherry and peanuts. Lots of chili pepper heat early. Oak char comes with that. Caramel, vanilla, and more sweet corn. Sharp ethanol bite again. Finish is more of the chili pepper heat - it just keeps coming and it's hard for me to get much beyond a burn on my tongue. I'll try: hot cinnamon chocolate, vitamins (yeah, the Flintstone kind), cherry, almond, and booze. The vitamin and chili pepper heat lingers basically forever.
I'm not fond of this. I think it's easily the weakest of the three GD BiB releases. It's unpleasantly hot and boozy and lacks balance. I've picked up multiple bottles of both of the previous releases (still sitting on a sealed bottle of BiB #1), but I'll have to pass on a 2nd bottle of this. I'd look for the 11 year old (BiB #2) if you can still find it.
38.0
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