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jbayrd43

Barrell Craft Spirits Gray Label Bourbon 15 Year (2018 Release)

Bourbon — (bottled in) Kentucky, USA

Reviewed December 17, 2019 (edited October 14, 2020)
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
2019 release Nose: caramel, citrus, vanilla, cherries and herbs Taste: fruit jumps out first with little burn. Orange zest, cherry pie, leather and vanilla. Slightly tart. The longer it sits in your mouth the more it ebbs and flows between these different flavors. Great mouthfeel. Water brings the fruit forward on the nose and the leather, fruit, cherry pie and wood out on the taste Finish: slow building heat that’s never overpowering punches through the fruitiness of the taste and eventually fades into cinnamon and then spearmint that lingers for several minutes. The minty, menthol finish is the most defining note of this pour. Opened my bottle ASAP to see if I wanted to stock up on this. It’s a good pour but I will not be going back for more at this cost **Edited review after bottle was open for 2 weeks. The menthol finish isn’t quite as intense and seems more balanced with the spice and cherry. Bumped rating up .25. This is growing on me. **3rd edit- once the bottle had time to breathe (3 months) the menthol characteristics have a faded substantially and I’m left with waves of Rye Spice, citrus, peppercorns and cherry that come and go and come again in the finish. I said I wouldn’t buy more...and that was a lie... 15004 bottles made, but only 15000 available to the rest of you fools at the moment. I never want to be without this and I will buy this bottle at every available opportunity if the price is right.
259.0 USD per Bottle
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  • cmurray22
    May 13, 2020

    Edit 3 most likely after Forbes rated it. Subliminal Bias. 😀

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