Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bottled in Bond
Score: 91 Points
This wheated bourbon is a bottled in bond bourbon, meaning that it has to be 100 proof (50%). The nose goes from a sweet wheat to a sweet oak. It’s soft and approachable…
Booker’s Bourbon 2023-03 “Mighty Fine”
Score: 91 Points
On the nose I get sweet oak and apple cinnamon. The palate leans to more of a dry oak, peanuts and caramel. Similar to how salty peanuts can dry out your palate…
Remus Repeal Reserve 7
Score: 90 Points
This whiskey immediately hits me with a smoky element. I would classify this more as barrel char or even more of a tobacco note, not a “peat” note…
Fort Hamilton Single Barrel Bourbon
Score: 90 Points
I find this approachable and could easily see that it has mass appeal at 95 proof. There are flavors of brown sugar, citrus, and baking spices on the nose. The palate brings…
Fort Hamilton Single Barrel Rye
Score: 91 Points
This rye is very dark in color and starts out with heavy oak and citrus notes on the nose. On the palate, the citrus seems to go away but sweet vanilla comes in with a touch of black pepper “rye spice”, and leather…
Baker’s 7 Year Single Barrel Bourbon
Score: 92 Points
The ages on these bottles vary, however the MINIMUM is 7 years old. This particular bottle that I am trying is 8 years 6 months. It opens with a citrus element and has a ‘bright” nose. Typically, when I say that, it’s just in reference to brighter notes instead of “darker” notes, such as chocolate, tobacco, leather, etc…
Basil Hayden Toast
Score: 86 Points
There are faint notes of oak and vanilla, but they are masked by the off-putting, artificial notes…
Green River Wheated Bourbon
Score: 91 Points
If you were to make some toast and put grape jelly on it, that’s this bourbon…
JTS Brown Bottled in Bond
Score: 90 Points
The first thing that I notice is that this whiskey is not overly complex. But then again, at about $15, I don’t think it’s supposed to be. With that being said, it is interesting that the nose brings darker, dusty notes…
Russell’s Reserve 10 Year
Score: 91 Points
The nose opens up with that traditional Wild Turkey spicy vanilla. I always seem to get that rye spice note on Wild Turkey products. With that spice, it is warming but still remains approachable…