ABV: 43 %
Origin: Kentucky, USA
Type: Straight Bourbon
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a vanilla heavy sweetness and apple flavoured hard candies. It’s very mild. When it settles there’s an immidiate oakiness mixed with brown sugar and with sweet liquorice in the background. A hint of cinnamon floats around as well. This is a good nose. It’s very straight forward and pleasant yet it lacks power and complexity.

Mouth: It starts out with a mix of oak spices and some spicyness from the ethanol. It’s less sweet on the palate and the fruit candy is not as pronounced and it feels a bit pointy and unbalanced. The oakiness soon doubles down and overrun most of the flavours which adds to the unbalanced character. The vanilla is still there and a hint of anise replaces the sweet liquorice. It feels a bit more herbal overall.

Finish: The transition is mild and the apple flavoured hard candy returns. It then flips to heavy oak with a lot of oak spices. The distillate feels a bit harsh which isn’t all that great. The oak takes over completely and the finish is basically like chewing on a piece of oak. This is a good bourbon overall but the base flavours doesn’t seem to stand up to the oakiness.

Additional information
Up until 2015 this had an 8 YO age statement and was called ”Double aged”. Now it’s supposedly about 6 years old, but no age is presented on the bottle. The mashbill consists of 77 % corn, 13 % rye and 10 % malted barley.

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