Zachary-Robbins
Old Soul High Rye Straight Bourbon Single Barrel
Bourbon — USA
Reviewed
February 14, 2022 (edited February 21, 2022)
Pick by Wake County ABC; Named "Capital County Select 2021"
Barrel No. 16J05-1
Mashbill: 75% corn / 21% rye / 4% malted barley
Barrel Entry Proof: 120.0
54.5% abv; 109 proof
NAS and Non-Chill Filtered
Open 2.5 months
Nose - Sweet grain, dusty caramel, corn dust, light vanilla, light baking spices, light oak, and medium ethanol.
Palate - Old-fashioned hard candies (and not the good kind), diet cinnamon bun, candy corn, corn dust, grain and more grain, light caramel, and light black pepper. Finish is medium with dry rye spice and oak, black pepper, grain, light sweetness, and medium ethanol bite.
Some people in my local Facebook groups really liked this bottle, so I grabbed it based on those recommendations. I don't get what they were tasting. I thought that this could be a nice high proof blend of MGP and Cathead, maybe something that differentiates it from standard MGP. It tastes like young MGP bourbon, and not a very good one. Being a single barrel pick at this proof and price I was expecting better. At least match the typical Smooth Ambler cask strength picks. It simply is a bad value considering the market of MGP bourbons and all other bourbons. I would skip this if you see it, unless you get to sample it first.
59.95
USD
per
Bottle
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