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Ezra Brooks Distiller's Collection Single Barrel Bourbon #7167119 (Macadoodles Springfield)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
October 18, 2020 (edited March 26, 2022)
Neat. Opened about 3 months. Binny’s barrel 7167105. Boy, I was not a fan of this one. The neck pour was just young and overly nutty and nothing else. Probably one of my lowest reviews of the year. But I always give bottles a second chance after some shelf time. If it fails again, it goes to the mixer shelf...
Lots of fresh hay still but it is coupled with some nice honey and graham cracker. Lots of peanut shells still. I’m getting more nuance this time though! Vanilla, cinnamon, and butterscotch. Okay, the nose is a lot better than I remember...
Nice viscous, syrupy mouth feel. Cinnamon and chocolate on the tongue. Transitions to an even deeper chocolate and then hits the peanut. Chocolate circles back for the finish and the legs transition to the vanilla that lingers for a quite a bit. Redemption! It’s like a peanut butter cup! Simplistic yes, better than the one note peanut only it was before.
Ah this is why you never give up on a whiskey until you give it some room to breath. This dud is now a solid enough pour that I will enjoy neat instead of as a mixer.
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