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Old Forester The 117 Series: High Angels' Share Barrels
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
April 27, 2024 (edited May 2, 2024)
Batch 3. About 65 bucks. Obviously...just dumb luck I found this one. I wasn't after it.
Nose - HOT. So full disclosure this is in a copita and maybe the wrong glass. Oak, oak, and oak. It's hot, it's astringent...and yet. I kinda like it? Pull back and you'll get lovely vanilla, banana foster, and just good rich smokey toasted marsh mellow.
Taste - Rich and full of flavor. 110 proof...you could tell me 130 with how rich this is. The back end needs more oils for THAT, but as a drinker I don't need a bit more here.
It's fruity, yet heavy oak and char...it's big it's bold. Man. I gotta add water to explain this one.
Somehow that sometimes metallic and off putting note you get on old forester has been covered in oak and pushed into a wonderful spice forward drinker. Lovely from top to bottom.
For you looking for more notes, just chocolate, smoked vanilla, bannanas, cream, charred and smoked oak, with a fruity kinda pie thing.
I'm impressed as hell.
This is a flavor bomb up front, but not a deep nuanced whisky.
Giving it a crazy high 3.25 and I'd go way higher for my enjoyment. This is everything I want in bourbon. Other than nuanced and complex age! And frankly it's got more of that than I'm letting on. There's depth here, but it comes on so intense it's hard to fully explore and savor.
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