Looneyhead
Old Pepper Distillery Kentucky Finest Oak Barrel Proof
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
January 28, 2023 (edited October 26, 2024)
First off, this looks great. I recognize that appearance doesn’t vary all that much, and doesn’t really figure, but I thought it should be said that for whatever reason it strikes me.
In other news… on the nose I get lots of oak and cinnamon, vanilla, chocolate, avocado oil, toasted caramel, charcoal, sweet glazed pork, and corn. Sweet and fruity on the palate, and very smooth. Oak, caramel apple, cinnamon sweet corn, powdered sugar, black pepper, cherry and cake.
There is a lot about this that’s really good, including a really enjoyable flavor profile. The minus marks are from a mid and late palate thinness and a very short finish. Starts over 4 but fades. It’s definitely soft for barrel proof.
Second visit 1/31/23. Getting maple syrup and butterscotch all over and clove on the palate. I do get more finish, and a tasty one at that, but it’s still short. Bumping it up a bit, but not dramatically.
All that said. I quite like it.
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