ItsSteve
Very Old Barton 86 Proof Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
January 16, 2019 (edited September 23, 2019)
Easy drinker, very smooth, thin, and soft..Honeysuckle, apple nose. Slightly sweet and tart. There's a beam-like nuttiness, cinnamon on the tongue..very slight bubblegum. In the same flavor family as Beam High Rye (Basil Hayden, OGD). I doubt many would notice if you filled an empty Basil bottle with this.
Stupid good value and tragically hard to find
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@ItsSteve 👍 I’ve tried the VOB 86 and 100, and enjoy both. Still looking for the 80, and now wondering if it might be even closer to BH.
@RailroadBill No doubt that this is not BH. In my mind, BH brought out a subtype within bourbon of lower proof, high rye, delicately complex bourbons that focus more on flavor profile rather than proof
Though it is good, and somewhat “Basil-like”, I don’t think you’d fool many BH drinkers.