Nose: The nose on this bursts with raspberry, blackberry, redcurrant, and blueberry all stewed with plenty of holiday spices and folded into a cobbler topped with dense buttery buttermilk biscuits. Still, that’s not balance - which is a shame. This starts off really weak and then builds over the palate to a truly solid finish. Palate: The palate has moments of classic bourbon vanilla, caramel, cherry, and winter spice.įinish: The end gets creamy with a honeyed vibe next to salted caramel and eggnog with a hint of tobacco. Nose: The nose is very light and you have to dig for moments of brown sugar, mild oak, and maybe some brown spice. It’s very crafty but balanced with classic bourbon notes. Palate: The taste is all about the creamy and nutmeg-heavy eggnog with an oaty vibe next to a nice counterpoint of sweetgrass and vanilla pipe tobacco.įinish: The mid-palate has a sweet winter spice vibe that leads to a raw and sweet carrot and apple cores next to a hint of new wicker. Nose: The nose opens with a clear sweet porridge craftiness before dark fruit and almonds mingle with sweet apple wedges and vanilla sheet cake with a hint of leather, creamy oats, and toffee. There is a lot going on with these very diverse bourbons - so let’s dive right in! After that, I ranked each pour based on quality, profile depth, and balance. My wife was kind enough to shuffle, pour, and catalog these for me for the blind tasting. Thirteenth Colony Distilleries Southern Bourbon Whiskey Small Batch.Remus Repeal Reserve VII Straight Bourbon Whiskey.Rabbit Hole Limited Edition Artist Series Single Barrel Heigold Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.Shortbarrel Single Barrel Series Kentucky Straight Bourbon.Eight Settlers Devil’s Gate Bourbon Whiskey Small Batch.Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series: Tale of Two Islands.New Riff Single Barrel Barrel Proof Bourbon Kentucky Straight Whiskey Topflight Series by ReserveBar.Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch No.Watershed Distillery Straight Bourbon Whiskey Aged 4 Years Bottled In Bond.Garrison Brothers Guadalupe Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Casks.Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series: Amburnara.McBrayer Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Small Batch Barrel Strength Batch 3: Legacy Collection Remus Straight Bourbon Whiskey Highest Rye Aged 6 Years.Wheel Horse Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Small Batch.Milam & Greene UNABRIDGED A Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskies.Blue Run Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Trifecta Blend.Backbone Bourbon The Forge Blended Bourbon Whiskey.Old Elk Straight Bourbon Whiskey Four Grain.Our lineup today features the following 20 new bourbons: That means that some of these are just hitting shelves right now while other bottles are 2023 batches of standard releases from around the country. And there’s really no better way to filter through the static than taking away labels and preconceptions to find the gems in a blind taste test.įor this blind tasting, I grabbed 20 new releases from this year, month, and even week. That means it’s high time to do a massive blind taste test of some new bourbons. We’re already halfway through Bourbon Heritage Month.
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