WhiskeyMike901
Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
November 22, 2018 (edited January 7, 2019)
Tried Four Roses SiB at Thanksgiving feast, what a treat! For $35 a bottle a great bourbon from Four Roses.
Enjoyed neat from a Glencairn. Nose is darker and richer than the FR Small Batch (FRSB). I'm picking up dark fruits, dark chocolate, and barrel notes, whereas the FRSB is much lighter, fruiter, and more floral. Both are great expressions from FR, but very different.
On the palate dark rich notes continue with more chocolate and dark fruit, especially cherry flavors with cinnamon spice and nice heat on top of a tartness. Some tasty toasted barrel wood also comes out here and the SiB is more barrel forward than SB. Again FRSB is lighter, fruiter. Both are excellent in their own right.
Finish is medium to long in length, with lingering dark chocolate, and long toasted barrel notes. Quite nice.
Overall the FR SiB is another great bourbon from FR at an attractive price point for the quality of flavors it provides. I love the FRSB just as much but it's flavor profile is much different, I'm sure by design. If the mood calls for a lighter more floral fruity expression, the Small Batch will never disappoint. But if you like a darker richer experience, the SiB is it in the FR line. Both great! Well done FR!
In the $35 range I feel this is a perfectly acceptable bourbon for the quality. I also really like Henry McKenna BiB and Eagle Rare though at this price point, much more actually. And my bottle of 14 year old Knob Creek for $38 beats the pants off the FR SiB in flavors. So while I really like the FR, I think superior options in its class certainly exist. Cheers!
35.0
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