Milliardo
Old Bardstown Estate Bourbon 101 Proof
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
December 5, 2019 (edited April 15, 2020)
This year for the holidays I’m going to try a brand new whiskey every day in December. #lifegoals
Dec. 5:
I’ve been hanging on to this one with excitement for a while, because I love Bardstown, and based on its sudden pop up on my store shelves and the full wax top, I assumed greatness. Seeing the low rating just now is disappointing, and I hope the community is wrong.
Color is encouraging. Nose is sweet with caramel and honeysuckle. Honeydew melon. If I try really hard I can get some lemon. Not very powerful, but a solid bourbon nose.
Body is gentle. Very sugary. Powdered sugar. All the sugar. The mouth feel is odd. It feels like you’re biting into something juicy. Saliva glands gone insane. That melon flavor is there too. I enjoy this body.
Finish is spicy with black pepper. If you sip casually, the finish is almost nonexistent. But smack your lips around and take a deep breath, and you’ll see just how hot this finish can be.
This drink is fine. It’s not super special, but at the price point it’s perfectly passable. To further drive the value argument, this honestly reminds me a bit of Kentucky Owl, of course at 1/3 the price. Decent value drinker. Won’t buy another, not regretting the purchase. Community got this one right.
I don’t know if I actually have 26 more new whiskeys lined up, so if you’re reading this and there’s something readily available out there you’d like me to enjoy/suffer through this holiday season, leave it in the comments.
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@Milliardo You can check my last review on standard Old Bardstown, it's a reasonably well made low end bourbon from Willett, and the price point drives up the value/rating. I'd love to pull a bottle of Confiscated KO off the shelf but my 100$ bill tree died and out of respect I'm honoring it's last harvest!
@BeppeCovfefe Haven’t tried standard old Bardstown, but my comparison is honestly less of an elevation of this bottle and more of a strike against the KO Confiscated from a cost/value perspective. I do think they have similar flavor profiles though.
Kentucky Owl generally goes for over 100$ in some parts, if this is the upgrade to standard Old Bardstown then count me interested.