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Southern Star Paragon Single Barrel Cask Strength Wheated Straight Bourbon
Bourbon — North Carolina, USA
Reviewed
June 10, 2022 (edited April 4, 2023)
Southern Star Paragon Cask Strength Single Barrel (Selected by Loco Jo's)
Barrel #0090 @ 109.4 Proof "Southport Select"
*NOSE: Tobacco, Brown Sugar, Baked Sweet Potato, Vanilla Bean, Clove, Old Oak, Dry Wheat. Kind of a Soapy/Grassy Funk on the empty glass.
*NEAT: Thick and Coating. LOTS of Cinnamon, Brown Sugar, that Vegetal Sweet Potato, Cheap Vanilla Fudge Swirl Ice Cream, and Dry Oak on the Back End.Medium Length Finish Coats the palate with Tingly Cinnamon and Dry Oak followed by a growing Warming Glow deep in the chest.
*SPLASH: Gets even better. The Clove from the Nose shows up on the Palate. Cinnamon is still present, but less dominant. Even more of that Cheap Vanilla Fudge Swirl Ice Cream and some Medicinal Cherry Coating.
*VERDICT: This is really good, especially at Cask Strength. As Wheaters go, this is less Maker's (thin/sweet/grassy) and a little more Larceny (vegetal/cinnamon/spicy). That being said, I find it much better than Larceny. So happy that I can recommend, without reservation, a NC Bourbon that rivals some of KY's Big Boys.
70.0
USD
per
Bottle
Loco Jo's Bar & Grill
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Thanks for this review. I think I’m definitely going to pick this up now.