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I have a feeling this is a specialty offering from a craft whiskey company that I won't know off the It's a very light/short barrel finish if so, but the one-directional fruit sweetness says maybe a wine barrel was involved. Rating: 3/5 Guess(es): 1) King's County Barrel Strength Bourbon II) Starlight Sherry Finished Bourbon Further identification: This is a store pick from Bubble's Wine & Spirits; the sample was given by @Bruns_Bourbon

2020 vintage is all fresh Buffalo Trace new make compared to the tanked batch; it was distilled and barreled Black pepper takes over after a short while and a highly expected barrel funk permeates throughout the After a sip some of that 'vintage whiskey' magic seems to be reborn with the barrel funk, grapefruit Nearing the bottom of the glass the barrel influence reaches its crescendo. I find a light cola characteristic underneath everything but this drinks like an incredibly well crafted

Today I'm finishing out the last of the 3 latest releases of Penelope bourbon - a fantastic brand being crafted You can check out the flagship bourbon and the barrel strength batch 8 sample I previously reviewed as The barrels selected for Private Select are the best our inventory has to offer and go through an extensive This is a really devious barrel strength offering. I'd imagine if I wasn't up so late last night I may be a little more tolerant of barrel strength offerings

The master blender is responsible for the care and curation necessary to bring together various barrels It's an intentional gathering of what is needed to make whiskey, so that each barrel is a provision for

layers of Werther's caramel and the woody-metallic combination of aromas the exterior of a whiskey barrel As I arrive back with my nose in the glass after a few sips I find the barrel influence to have been TL;DR: Well crafted whiskey with plenty of citrus tones Rating: 4/5 (Really good; I want one of these

Instagram review night: I definitely get the high malt bourbon banana note that's prevalent on the single barrels I mixed the @spiritanimalsociety bourbon barrel pick with the @massbourbonalliance wheated bourbon pick It reminds me a bit of the aroma of the 8 year Willett high corn bourbon from barrel #6061. This doesn't have a ton of depth to it, but the flavors it does show off feel really well crafted.

Lee by producing his namesake single barrel sour mash bourbon. Overall there doesn't seem to be anything remarkable or unique about this particular barrel except for

I'm excited to keep exploring more single barrels whenever possible. bit by the high corn, though that preconception was shattered by Josh who let us taste a high corn barrel Barley Proof: 127.8° Age: 6 years Further identification: This is a Bottles Beverage Superstore single barrel swapped to me from @rarewhiskeynomad; Based on Blake's WFE pocket app this is an OG mash bill; this barrel Caramel is now taking center stage with an impressive heft as some of the barrel influence begins to

In 1929, the distillery was bought by the spirits goliath Schenley, which I've also written about , as distillery was likely one of Schenley's powerhouse Kentucky producers, though they were making all kinds of spirits That takes us to today, where the same distillery now distills, ages, and crafts whiskey under several First introduced in 2002 in response to a growing consumer demand for well-aged barrel proof whiskey, than the notable exceptions of a multi-release in 2005 and no release in 2021 due to a lack of quality barrels

people that have come and gone from my life through the years, so I continue to honor and explore the spirit Since whiskey can vary drastically from barrel to barrel, the bottling date is important information

This twice-barreled bourbon comes to us from the legendary lineup of Old Forester 'Whiskey Row' bourbons Mature whisky ready to be bottled, instead was stored in a secondary barrel. Today mimicking this historic bottling, this unique expression of Old Forester has undergone a second barreling Entering the second barrel at a low 100 proof allows more of the sweet wood sugars to dissolve into the

I'm actually pretty excited to experience 140.7 proof, as I love barrel strength pours when the conditions I really enjoyed Jack Daniel's 2020 limited release which was the barrel proof rye. This barrel feels well in hand and unsurprisingly it was selected for a special release of this caliber To me this pour felt a lot like your typical single barrel Jack Daniel's barrel proof picks, albeit a It certainly tasted better than the last barrel proof pick I tried.