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Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
September 12, 2020 (edited October 3, 2020)
Neat. Opened about 1 year.... Bottle Kill! It’s Saturday, work has been insane. I looked at this bottle of Elmer and thought “You will help repair my warn out soul!”
Sad to see this single barrel go. I love this nose. Best Mash Bill 2 nose I have come across. For a 90 proof bourbon, there is so much here. Delicious honey on some fresh cornbread. Really nice caramel and vanilla with a hint of strawberries. And with that low proof I can just breathe this in deeply at will and live in this glass.
Texture is light but velvety. Honey sweetness on the tongue, transitions to cornbread at first and then is followed by the desert. Buttery caramel. That caramel note is so sweet and rich. Yum.
I wish Elmer was more available because I think it’s the perfect bourbon to get someone into bourbon. It’s so smooth but actually has flavor compared to most Bland-tons. That velvety texture, sweetness, lingering caramel would be such a good way to show someone what this bourbon craze is all about. Even with this praise, hard to understand the price this goes for on secondary. It’s not a hitter. It’s an amazing under-$50, smooth, light desert. Good bye old friend, you treated me well on so many rememberable nights.
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