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St. Augustine Double Cask Bourbon
Bourbon — Florida, USA
Reviewed
August 2, 2017 (edited October 21, 2024)
One of the worst whiskey calamities in my life involved this bottle. I picked up on our epic roadtrip from Wisconsin to Florida to Texas (and back...4,400 miles, 14 states, 3 weeks, and a 7 month old in the back seat)...and sadly, this bottle spilled all over the trunk of my wife's car somewhere between Mobile, Alabama and Freeport, Texas. On the plus side, the trunk now smells like bourbon (could be worse), and I did manage a couple of drams before it all got sucked up as a libation to the roadtrip gods. The even better news is that, if I had to pick a bottle in the trunk to have spilled...it would've been this one. The basic character is good - sweet and spicy - but this really needs more time to mellow and age. Yeah, yeah, yeah - hot climate equals faster maturation, but this bourbon just tasted young and hot. A good initial offering from a good distillery (their gin is killer); I have high hopes for future releases.
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Hey, e mail me at [email protected] and we can correct your mishap. We want happy customers, always!
regarding your "hot climate" comment, it's typical for these new distilleries to import their juice from other states, like Kentucky, or more likely the sourced product out of Indiana, so the "warmth" likely doesnt affect anything.