Hooker's House Bourbon - Pinot Barrel finish I will start with the disclaimer that I can see why many would dislike this whiskey; it has many different flavors than the usual bourbon and the wine tannins can confuse things further, especially for those not familiar with those flavors. However, I do not believe there are objective flaws with this whiskey other than the fact that its flavor combinations are polarizing. I happen to really enjoy the weird stuff going on all at once. N: spent peanut shells, maple, bookshelves, and the wood of an old wharf T: herbal, medicinal, thin, digestive herbs, and perhaps juniper. the pinot tannins seem to manifest themselves in this fashion like an Amaro F: dry and tannic... like a temperate-climate grown pinot