Zachary-Robbins
Four Roses Private Selection Single Barrel Barrel Strength Bourbon (OBSK)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
December 16, 2023 (edited March 28, 2024)
Liquor City Uncorked pick, "Gallenstein Selection #17"
Barrel No. 90-1H; Warehouse No. VW
Age - 8 years, 6 months
56.8% abv; 113.6 proof
Open 3 months
Nose - Spicy caramel, cinnamon, allspice, clove, black pepper, toasted vanilla bean, eucalyptus, mint, medicinal cherry, orange peel, medium oak, and medium ethanol.
Palate - Toffee, burnt vanilla, heavy rye spice, black pepper, tobacco, mint, burnt orange peel, and cherry cough syrup. Finish is medium-long with spicy oak, brown sugar, black pepper, clove, herbs, and strong ethanol.
This is the third Four Roses barrel strength recipe I've had in the last 2 years after years of coming up short. Each time, I'm less impressed, and the price keeps going up. At $75-80, which these were a few years ago, I would have no problem buying any pick. But now they're roughly $100. I don't think the price matches what you're getting. This OBSK pick has some great notes, but I think it is too young. It finishes really hot given the proof. I actually passed up the opportunity to buy two other picks locally this week because of my disappointment with this bottle.
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