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Maker's Mark 46 Cask Strength
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
October 29, 2020 (edited March 19, 2021)
Neat. Neck pour. Feel a bit burned by the 2020 Makers limited release. That just didn’t hit me right... even with that recent experience, I purchased this 46 without hesitation. 46 itself is a solid pour and I always like the Cask Strength better.
Really like the nose. Honey. Hard caramel. Praline. Brown sugar and cinnamon. Slight hit of pepper. Some nice oak. I want to say it is more floral than fruity. Very nice.
Great, creamy and viscous mouth feel. Really coats. And it is sweet up front. So sweet. Vanilla and apple upfront. It starts bright and sweet but evens out in the taste into those pralines and caramel. Really dense bready note towards the end of the taste. The finish is a long caramel hard candy with a hint of oak that hangs in the back of the throat.
I like this quite a bit. It’s sweet, it’s interesting, it brings a lot of flavor. It doesn’t have a stand out component or note though. I have had Private Selects that I would rank ahead of this. RC6 ranks ahead of this but it is better than the regular Cask Strength for sure.
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