Figs, coffee beans, milk chocolate, freshly baked banana bread on the nose. On the palate, rich dark spice. Butterscotch, more fig, plum, and dark fruits. Walnut, hazelnut, and sugar cream pie. Bottled at 108.9 proof. Balanaced, but VERY DARK in the best way. Stave profile: 7 Roasted French Mendiant, + 3 Seared French Cuvee
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Weller Full Proof Single Barrel 2022
Warehouse M, Floor 5, Barrel #100 – nose presents licorice, candy corn, and big spice. The palate is an extreme concentration of cinnamon, apple peel, burley tobacco barn, and Wilson’s leather shop.
Hoosier Gold Bourbon
Five different whiskies, three mashbills, and a finshing barrel, this is a total KTICHEN SINK blend bottled at 102 proof that manages to fire on all delicious cylinders. Light and fruity nose with tropical pineapple and some pear juice as well as spice. On the palate a total fruit bomb with cherry, banana, lemon, and melon with with a LOOONNNGG spicy finish that manages to come back to sweetness on the end. Balanced, drinkable, with massive flavor. What else could you ask for?
Weller 12
Caramel, leather, fresh cut oak. Soft entry with fruit up fron, then massive oak bomb on the finish. Pushing the boundaries of age for a wheated bourbon but the softest oak bomb you’ll ever taste.
Knob Creek Bourbon
Nine years old,100 proof, around $35, it’s hard to understand why Knob Creek bourbon isn’t bought by the truckload, since every other super premium of this caliber has gone allocated, completely dropped its age statement or DOUBLED in price. The nose is sweet corn, mint, and chocolate orange. Extremely pleasant and elegant. The palate is a cinnamon spice, orange vanilla cream, oak inflected dream. Perfect to sip neat, but also decent with a cube. PURE BOURBON PLEASURE
Four Roses Small Batch
Comprised of OBSK, OESK, OBSO, and OESO, the four bourbons that make up Small Batch are arguably the all stars of the Four Roses recipe universe. Mingling rich fruit and soft spice on the nose. Touches of caramel corn and apples. On the palate, one of the softest and spiciest combos you’ll ever taste. Dried fruit, creamy vanilla, and long strands of cinnamon on the finish.
Basil Hayden Bourbon
Sweet orange tea, marmalade, ginger, and honey on the nose. On the palate, soft apricot and peach, lemon drizzle, honey and malt with a warming spice. Extremely well-behaved and pleasant!
Nulu Bourbon World Single Barrel
Cinnamon toast crunch, figs, apple pie, lemon yogurt. On the palate, soft apple, butterscotch, toffee, vanilla. Tropical fruit emering, passionfruit, then leather spice to finish.
Willett Family Estate 8yr Single Barrel Bourbon
Smack of oak tree, sorghum, brown sugar, teriyaki. On the palate, more nutty oak with almonds, walnuts and walnuts. Burly tobacco, sizzling bacon fat, and a 2×4 to the tongue. Licorice and a berry note in there too. This is complex, massive, and just non-stop!
Maker’s Mark 46
Warm baking spices, dusty cinnamon, vanilla bean, and orange. On the palate, sweet and spice one two punch. Subtle fruit on the mid-palate, a bit tropical, then a flood of anise, cinnamon, cardamom, and a touch of tea. Warming, fantastic.