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Stagg Jr Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch 12
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
October 26, 2019 (edited October 11, 2020)
So this was either the most expensive bourbon I've ever bought or a great deal. 600 points for the RIGHT to buy, 1 point = 1 dollar spent in the store or a great 50 dollar bottle. I'm hoping BTAC is 1500 points but I'm betting 2500.
Nose - Cherry oak buffalo trace warehouse. Yeah I can't smell some of these Buffalo Trace products and not smell being on the ground there more than a decade ago. As it warms up and just sits out it gets super super sweet.
Taste - Cherry, oaked sweetness, vanilla, more cherry, caramel. Oh man, I'll be doing a blind ECBP and Stagg Jr soon. I might note it up and add it here. Bottom line is this is a perfect example of classic bourbon notes at an extremely high proof (I think this is the highest proof since the first release). I'm not wowed and I didn't expect to be. It's just awesome quality bourbon that should be available and on the shelves but the bourbon boom or buffalo traces marketing department have decided to make impossible for some parts of the country to get.
3.0 due to color, nose, proof, body, and just being darn tasty bourbon. Nobody who likes bourbon won't be happy with this one.
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@PBMichiganWolverine this is the second bottle I have seen in 4 years. We get ZERO in ohio and kentucky relatively speaking. I know other places get cases of it. The store I got it from is owned by a large family, they move HUGE volume of everything. They got 12 bottles from this batch. They get more pappy, no joke.
This is allocated as well? I thought this was standard $30-40 regularly available one?