Bib & Tucker 10-Year-Old Small Batch Bourbon

December 8, 2020 Eric Burke

I’d like to thank R\West for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

IMAGE: The embossed amber glass bottle of BIB & TUCKER 10-Year-Old Small Batch Bourbon

I love the holidays. And I don’t mean that in a manner that will cause Fox News talking heads to lose their shit. I mean it literally. I love the Autumn Holidays. I love the time of year from October 1st until January 1st. I love Halloween, I love Thanksgiving, I love Christmas and I love New Years Eve. This is my favorite time of year. Between the spooky decorations of October to the food of November to the fun lights of December, I’m in heaven.

Well except for one thing. I hate winter. Even more so, I hate snow. And historically, well, let’s just say that snow is a big part of this time of year. But, among all the bad curveballs 2020 has thrown our way, one that I’ve really liked was the weather. We’ve had one weekend of heavy snow. And that disappeared almost immediately. It has been glorious. For me, that is. I’m sure that people who depend on snow for their winter recreation, or who make their living off of winter recreation, are less happy about it.

But one thing that we can all be happy about is bourbon. At least if you drink, and if you don’t why are you reading this? Anyway, tonight I’m going to take a look at the second sample of Bib & Tucker that I received. This one is 10 years old and bottled at 92° proof. Like the 6 year old version, it was also distilled in Tennessee and bottled by Bib & Tucker.

Let’s see how it tastes.

Bib & Tucker 10-Year-Old Small Batch Bourbon

Purchase Info: This was graciously provided by the producer for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $74.99.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $5.00

Details: 46% ABV. Distilled in Tennessee. Batch 2. 10 years old.

Nose: Oak, cherry, and menthol.

Mouth: Spicy with cinnamon candies, cherry, and oak.

Finish: Sweet and oaky with cherry and cocoa

Thoughts: This is delicious. Spicy on the mouth and sweet on the finish. I'm really digging the cocoa notes that come with the finish. It's a bit out of my price range for a frequent purchase, but would make a lovely splurge or gift.

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Bib & Tucker 6-Year-Old Small Batch Bourbon

December 3, 2020 Eric Burke

I’d like to thank R\West for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

IMAGE: The embossed amber glass bottle of BIB & TUCKER 6-Year-Old Small Batch Bourbon

A couple of months ago the folks at R\West reached out to me to let me know that they were taking over the Bib & Tucker account and asked if I wanted some samples to review on the site. Now, I’d walked past Bib & Tucker numerous times. I figured that anything in a bottle that pretty must not be that good. I figured that kinda like the old joke about the guy with the jacked-up pickup (or the sports car for those of you who grew up in more urban settings), they must be overcompensating for something.

That said, I like decorating my house with pretty bottles so I always intended to buy a bottle someday.

So because of that vague future plan to purchase a bottle, I said yes. Not that I expected a full bottle, but I figured the sample would let me know (when I finally got around to buying a bottle) if I was buying expensive prop whiskey or something I’d actually want to drink.

Bib & Tucker 6-Year-Old Small Batch Bourbon

Purchase Info: This was graciously provided by the producer for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $45.99.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $3.07

Details:46% ABV. Aged in Tennessee. Batch 22. 6 years old.

Nose: Cherry, mint, and wet rock.

Mouth: Cinnamon, cocoa powder, caramel, and mint.

Finish: Medium finish in both length and heat. Lingering notes of cinnamon and wet rock.

Thoughts: This reminds me of a George Dickel whiskey. And since it is distilled and aged in Tennessee, it may very well have some Dickel in it. I like it, but it will depend on the cost as to whether I decide to pick up a bottle. I have a weird psychological hangup right around $45. $45.99 and I’m thinking $45 and have no problem paying for it on a whim. $48.99 (like I see it sell for locally) and I start mentally rounding up to $50 and $50 is where I start to scrutinize the cost a little more.

I said it was weird.

I’m really liking this as a sub $50 whiskey (so $45ish and below in practice) but I’m not 100% sold on if I’d lump it in with other $50+ whiskeys. Especially since I am really liking how it plays in cocktails and I usually don’t spend that much on whiskeys that I end up using as cocktail ingredients.

Heaven's Door Trilogy

December 1, 2020 Eric Burke

IMAGE: Three 200 mL bottles of whiskey. One each of the main lineup of heaven’s door whiskeys.

I’d love to start this out by quoting the song that this whiskey is named after, but I’m of an age that I identified Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door as a Guns N Roses song instead of as a Bob Dylan song for most of my young life. I may never get that association out of my head and out of respect for other people my age who have had Axl Rose’s voice inflicted upon them, I’m not going to mention this again.

Heaven’s Door Whiskey is a brand created in collaboration with Bob Dylan, musician, native of my adopted home state of Minnesota, and (as I learned while researching the brand) Iron Gate Artist. The brand website is filled with images of Mr. Dylan creating his gates. In fact, the artwork on the front of each bottle is a representation of some of those gates.

I had no idea. I thought that was pretty cool.

These bottles came out of a multipack that I found on an end cap in my local Total Wine. I originally thought it was a gift set and I had slotted it in as part of last week’s rundown. But that post got a little too long to tack three reviews onto the end of it. And honestly, I don’t know if it was a holiday gift set or just a way for folks to try their core whiskeys.

So, here are the three core releases from Heaven’s Door. A Tennessee Bourbon, a Straight Rye finished in French Oak, and Double Barrel Whiskey (a blend of three six-year-old whiskeys that was aged in a second barrel for an additional year). Let’s see how they taste.

Heaven's Door Tennessee Bourbon

Purchase Info: $56.99 for three 200 mL bottles at Total Wine, Burnsville, MN. This whiskey at the same store is $46.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $3.13 (for the 750 mL)

Details: 45% ABV

Nose: Cherry, vanilla, cola.

Mouth: Sweet. Cinnamon, vanilla, cherry cola, and oak.

Finish: Medium length and warmth. Lingering notes of cherry and oak.

Thoughts: The nose on this is delicate but delicious. I'm loving the vanilla, cherry cola notes on the whiskey. I usually turn my nose up at "celebrity" whiskey brands, but this is good. I'd buy it again.

Heaven's Door Double Barrel Whiskey

Purchase Info: $56.99 for three 200 mL bottles at Total Wine, Burnsville, MN. This whiskey at the same store is $46.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $3.13 (for the 750 mL)

Details: 50% ABV. Three 6-year-old whiskies combined then rebarrelled for a year.

Nose: Spearmint, Caramel, bubblegum, and raspberry

Mouth: I'm going to date myself on this one, but the first note I got was the "cardboard flavored gum" that came in a pack of Topps baseball cards in the early '80s. There are also mint, caramel, cinnamon, and oak notes.

Finish: Medium length and Warmth. Lingering cinnamon, and oak.

Thoughts: Not really as much of a fan of this one. I definitely prefer the Tennessee Bourbon. The oak is a bit too forward and not well integrated. This one is a meh.

Heaven's Door Straight Rye Whiskey finished in Vosges Oak Barrels

Purchase Info: $56.99 for three 200 mL bottles at Total Wine, Burnsville, MN. This whiskey at the same store is $75.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $5.07 (for the 750 mL)

Details: 46% ABV. Finished in toasted oak barrels from Vosges, France

Nose: Cinnamon, ginger, cedar, tall wild grasses, citrus zest

Mouth: Spicy and sweet. Bubblegum, citrus, cedar, cinnamon, and cardamom.

Finish: Warm and on the longer side of medium. Follows the month with bubblegum, cinnamon, and oak.

Thoughts: This is good, but not $75 good. I'd happily accept a glass if you are buying though.

Sample Roulette: Tasting 5 Blind Samples

September 10, 2020 Eric Burke

I used to keep a lot of small sample bottles of whiskey. Until one day, I didn’t. I stopped mostly because the overwhelming urge to never finish a bottle had worn off. I’d finish the bottle without remembering to put aside a sample of it. I summed up my reasoning for initially keeping samples pretty nicely back in 2017 so I’m just going to let Past Me do some of the work for a moment.

There was a time, not so long ago in the grand scheme of things, that I fell victim to a touch of hoarding. Whiskey hoarding to be exact. I had the urge to make sure I never finished a bottle. I had some vague thought that I might never have that whiskey again. And if I never actually finished the bottle, I could still have it anytime I wanted.

Yes, I imagined the nostalgia I would have in the future for the time I was currently living in. If that is confusing for you, try living it. As part of my need to deal with my, then undiagnosed, anxiety disorder I decided that I was worrying too much about what was still in the bottles. And so I came up with the plan to set aside two sample bottles from each bottle of whiskey I opened. I told myself it was for the blog. It was for posterity. It was long term research to see if things changed over time. But I was really trying to put off that future regret and nostalgia.

Now back in 2017, I realized that this wasn’t something I needed to do any longer. So, I decided to split my samples between those that I was going to drink immediately and those that I might have a use for in the future. I wasn’t exactly sure what use that might be, but I figured that was a problem for Future Me to deal with.

Now, these samples were sitting pretty high up and pretty far back in the old whiskey closet. To be honest I’d forgotten about them until I started pulling out the old bottles of Four Roses Limited Small Batch. As I pulled the five or six boxes of bottles out, I came to a conclusion.

I didn’t need these anymore.

And as I looked through the bottles, I had a thought. Seeing as it is Bourbon Heritage Month, I might as well start drinking some “heritage” bourbon. Well, if you can call samples from 2011-2017 “heritage,” that is. And what is more fun than drinking a sample of bourbon? That’s right. Not knowing ahead of time what bourbon it is or if it is any good or not.

I mean, I had things mostly set up for a lot of fun blind tastings, anyway. I had limited editions sitting next to bottom-shelf turds. I had ryes, bourbons, and Irish whiskey all mingled together. I had craft distiller experiments sitting next to brands almost as old as bourbon itself. All sitting in identical bottles. And all I needed to do was put a little piece of tape over the label to completely obscure what I was pouring into my glass.

So I did. And then I thought that since it is Bourbon Heritage month, maybe you guys would like to come along for the ride with us.

Blind Whiskey Sample #1:

Nose: Mint, garden greens, caramel.

Mouth: Cinnamon, caramel, mint, snap peas.

Finish: Short and mercifully so. Cinnamon, oak, and more snap peas.

Thoughts: Not exactly sure why I decided that I needed to save a sample from every bottle back then... but I did and you get to enjoy my discomfort. Yeah, this one is not good. Snap peas are not a note I look for in bourbon. This one would have been better off being used for flavored whiskey.

Reveal: Old Crow Reserve.

Blind Whiskey Sample #2:

Nose: Cinnamon, cola, oak.

Mouth: Oak, cinnamon, cedar, cola, ginger, mint.

Finish: On the longer side of medium. Lingering notes of cedar, ginger, mint, and after everything else fades, coffee.

Thoughts: This is really good. I'm digging it. A very nice rye whiskey. Kinda wishing I could go back in time to snag another of whatever this is. Who knows, maybe it's still for sale.

Reveal: Col. E. H. Taylor Bottled in Bond Rye

Blind Whiskey Sample #3:

Nose: Peanut butter, clove, caramel.

Mouth: Follows the nose. Sweet. Peanut butter, caramel, and cinnamon.

Finish: Short side of medium. More peanut butter, cinnamon, butterscotch, and a touch of dried grain.

Thoughts: This really reminds me of peanut-brittle. It's very sweet. Almost too sweet. Very candy-like. Dessert in a glass. I'm very interested to see what this is because I can't quite place it.

Reveal: JW Dant Bottled in Bond.

Blind Whiskey Sample #4

Nose: Cedar, mint, cherry pipe tobacco.

Mouth: Follows the nose with cedar, mint, cherry pipe tobacco and cinnamon.

Finish: Medium to short. Cinnamon, mint, tobacco.

Thoughts: I'm going to guess this is a fine example of a producer who bought some 95% rye from MGP and dumped it in a bottle. Of course, since I am a big fan of MGP rye, I only ever minded that if said producer lied about it. And since this is from back when folks were doing that, I'm guessing I was irritated by this one. In any case, I like this one a lot.

Reveal: James E. Pepper 1776 Rye, 6 year old.

Blind Whiskey Sample #5

Nose: Ripe fruits, baking spice, bubblegum.

Mouth: Thin mouthfeel. Strong ripe fruit notes. Cinnamon.

Finish: Medium length and warm. Cherry (almost like cherry cough syrup), cinnamon.

Thoughts: This is either a Brandy or a bourbon that was barrel finished. If it is a brandy, cool. Tastes like brandy. If barrel-finished they overshot the mark because the finish took over. If it isn't either, then hell, I don't know. I do know I don't think I care for this one.

Reveal: New Holland Beer Barrel Bourbon.

Well, there you have it. The first set of blind tastings. I’m sure that there will be more in the future because I had a lot of fun with this. I really enjoyed the two ryes and the Dant. I bought Beer Barrel Bourbon exactly once, and now I think I remember why. And I have two questions on the Old Crow Reserve: why did I feel like I needed to save this? And why did I feel the need to save it a second time? Not to worry though…this time it got dumped out after tasting notes were finished.

Four Gate Whiskey Company: Batch 7, River Kelvin Rye

July 23, 2020 Eric Burke

I’d like to thank Four Gate Whiskey Company for providing a review sample with no strings attached.

IMAGE: Sample bottle of Four Gate Whiskey Company, Batch 7 “River Kelvin Rye.” 113.2 Proof. Straight Rye Whiskey.

If you’ve been reading my work for any length of time, you will know that I am a very frugal person. Probably not as frugal as many of my readers, I mean I do buy enough whiskey to keep this site filled with reviews. But I am pretty frugal in spite of, or maybe because of, that.

I appreciate delicious whiskey but I know that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a delicious whiskey. In fact, much of the time what you are paying for is scarcity, not quality. Though they might line up on occasion, charging $100 for a whiskey doesn't make it a good whiskey. Charging $200 doesn’t make it better. Cost and quality can, and do often align, but that is more correlation than causation.

Take tonight’s whiskey. This whiskey is described as “95/5 Indiana Straight Rye” on the info sheet. I’m going to guess MGP but have not asked specifically. They aren’t selling a bottle of barrel strength MGP for $175 because it is amazing whiskey (though odds are that it is, MGP very consistently makes amazing whiskey). They are selling it for that price because they are only selling 1,484 bottles of the stuff.

Is the price unreasonable? Well, from the producer’s side of the equation..no idea. I have no idea how much a barrel of 7-year-old MGP rye sells for these days. But I did some quick math based on the retail cost and if every bottle sells at the Suggested Retail Price only $259,685 will be made from Batch 7. And that will need to be split between the retailer, the distributor, the tax agencies (state, local and federal), and the producer who will then use their cut to pay for overhead, supplies, and manpower while hopefully making a profit.

I honestly didn’t think that I was going to be defending the price of the whiskey when I sat down to write this. And I’m really not. Like I said above, I am super frugal, and a freelancer, so there is no way I can afford a bottle of their product. But after sitting down to do the math, I can at least understand why a company might feel the need to charge this high of a price. Whether that price is worth it to you on the retail end is not my call. But let’s see what it tastes like anyway.

Four Gate Whiskey Company: Batch 7, River Kelvin Rye

Purchase Info: This sample was graciously supplied by the producer for review purposes. Suggested retail price is: $174.99

Price per Drink (50 mL): $11.67

Details: “95/5 Indiana Straight Rye” (going out on a limb to say that means MGP though this has not been confirmed by the company), 56.6% ABV, 7 years old, 1,484 bottle batch. Available in Kentucky and Indiana.

Nose: Mint, bubble gum, brown sugar, baking spices

Mouth: Mint, brown sugar, baking spice, oak

Finish: Long and spicy. Cooling mint, brown sugar oak, cinnamon, and a hint of cedar.

Thoughts: This is a delicious rye whiskey. It is also, as I said above, way out of my price range. If $175 is an easy spend for you, then this is great. You should buy it if you see it. If like me, you gasp a little at the thought of paying almost $200 for a whiskey, then you should probably pass on this one. It is a very good “95/5 Indiana Straight Rye” (probably MGP) but there are a ton of those out there that are in my price range even if they don’t have the same age or proof on them.

I will, however, be looking forward to the two barrel finished batches of this whiskey that they will be putting out later this year. One in the “Split-Stave” style barrels that they have used on previous bourbon batches and one that will be finished in a “Ruby Port-Rum casks.” I’ve saved as much as could of this sample to compare on the off-chance they send a sample of either of them over.

Uncle Nearest 1884

June 23, 2020 Eric Burke

I’ve been dealing with the side effects of Depression for a long time. I was first diagnosed well over a decade ago and in hindsight had been suffering for a lot longer than that. Today has been what I call one of my “down days.” I’m not having a full-blown depressive episode, but I know that without care it could easily turn into one.

Mental illness fucking sucks, my friends.

One of the ways that I cope is by finding things that make me happy. Like a lot of people, I spend my morning coffee time catching up with what is going on in the word. And as we all know, there has been a lot of bad news in the past few months. So tonight, I decided that I needed to find some actual good news. And since I am mentally in no condition to actually write any original works, I thought I’d share the good news that I’ve found with you.

Kentucky Tattoo Parlor is Creatively Covering Up Hate Tattoos For Free I think this one is pretty cool. Not having any tattoos myself, but really liking them on others, I can see where a person might have done something dumb when they were younger. In fact, the thought of a poorly done, painful, and permanent piece of art on my body is one of the major anxieties that have lead me to not get one myself. So it’s nice to see someone try to help those that did go ahead and do something dumb.
Nature Conservancy buys Sheep Bridge to protect ‘pristine’ Virgin River, Zion National Park habitat Zion National Park is one of my favorite places on Earth. I’ve never been more “at peace” than the two times I visited this park. Anything that helps protect it and the wildlife it helps to protect is good news in my book.
Engineers find neat way to turn waste carbon dioxide into useful material They found a way to turn waste carbon dioxide from the use of fossil fuels into the raw materials for fuel and plastics. Minimizing the use of raw materials is a good thing and if it helps with climate change? Even better.
A 9-year-old and her friends have raised nearly $100,000 selling bracelets to help black-owned businesses The daughter of a former University of Minnesota Golden Gopher football star and her friends came up with a way to help the people of Minneapolis.
They Recycle Electronics – And People’s Lives – By Giving Ex-Felons Good Jobs to Imagine a Better World Giving people just coming out of jail a leg up and giving them a job that helps keep plastic out of the landfill. Wins all around.
Nearest and Jack team up again with $5 million whiskey diversity initiative This one ties directly into tonight’s review. Uncle Nearest and Jack Daniels have pledged five million dollars to improve diversity in leadership positions in the American whiskey industry. Mark does a nice job reporting on it too.

Uncle Nearest 1884

Purchase Info: $40.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Total Wine, Burnsville, MN

Price per Drink (50 mL): $2.73

Details: No age statement. 46.5% ABV. Distilled and Aged in Tennessee. Bottled by Uncle Nearest.

Nose: Delicate and floral. Notes of mint, baking spice, and oak.

Mouth: Mint, bubblegum, baking spice, and just a touch of oak.

Finish: Warm and medium length. Lingering spice and honey notes.

Thoughts: I really like this. This may sound weird but this makes me think of sitting in a rocking chair on the back porch, watching the sunset while listening to the sounds of a quiet country evening. It’s a whiskey that makes me happy.

Four Gate Whiskey Company: Batch 6, The Kelvin Collaboration II

April 30, 2020 Eric Burke

I’d like to thank Four Gate Whiskey Company for providing a review sample with no strings attached.

For some reason, I’ve been thinking of my childhood lately. Probably because I’ve had a lot of time to think during this enforced downtime. It’s funny how scents can bring back good memories that you hadn’t thought about for years. Tonight’s whiskey did that for me. One sniff and I was reminded of time spent with my father.

My mom and dad divorced when I was young. Very quickly afterward he and his new wife were married and gave birth to my little sister. Needless to say, this caused some issues later on in life when I was an angry teenager and realized what the implications of that timeline were. But at the time, I was just happy to spend time with my dad, even though I hated my new step-mother. I was at his house for two weekends per month. He’d come to get me every-other Friday and on the way to his place, we would stop for supplies at the gas station near his house. He’d get smokes and beer for him and treats for my brother and I. A soda, candy, chips. You know, the sorts of things that were usually forbidden by my mother.

Sitting in the pickup sharing a candy bar with my dad and brother in the gas station parking lot is one of my happiest childhood memories of spending time with my dad. As I get older, I realize that it is the memories of the small “unimportant” events that I cherish the most.

Four Gate Whiskey Company: Batch 6, The Kelvin Collaboration II

Purchase Info: This sample was graciously supplied by the producer for review purposes. Suggested retail price is: $199.99

Price per Drink (50 mL): $13.33

Details: 12-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon finished in Cognac and Rum Casks. Mash Bill: 74% Corn, 18% Rye, 8% Malted Barley. Non-Chill Filtered. 63.2% ABV

Nose: Oak, tobacco, coconut, and a hint of wood smoke

Mouth: Shows a lot of influence from rum and cognac along with notes of vanilla, baking spice, and coconut. Water opens it up, bringing out more spicy and fruity notes.

Finish: Long and warm with lingering notes of dark chocolate, coconut, and capsaicin-style spice.

Thoughts: This is absolutely delicious. This might be my favorite of the samples they have sent over. I love the coconut notes. When I was growing up a Mounds candy bar was my favorite treat at the gas station. This reminds me of that. I love this one. Partially for how it tastes, but also for the happy memories it drug up from the depths of my childhood.

Uncle Nearest 1856

March 5, 2020 Eric Burke

There are times when my love of history gets the better of me and everything gets put on the shelf to satiate my curiosity. See I picked this bottle up a couple of weekends ago thinking that as I was running short on things to write about, I might as well pick up one that I’d walked past a couple of times and give it a shot.

I knew that it was named after the first Master Distiller of Jack Daniel’s (and the guy who taught him how to make whiskey). I also knew that Nathan “Nearest” Green was a slave and had been left out of the official story somewhere along the way. I knew all of this because I read it in an article by Clay Risen in the New York Times back in 2016 (though later I learned that the name “Nearis” that he used was incorrect). If you go read that article…stay away from the comments, the racists came out in force for that one…I think I need a bath now.

But by picking up the bottle, I was reminded of the story and decided to see what I could find that had been learned in the intervening years. I read articles, listened to podcasts and watched videos. I learned that Fawn Weaver, credited as “an African-American real estate investor and author” by the New York Times had also read that article. Unlike me, she read it and noticed the things that were missing and decided to go on a quest to find the missing pieces of the story. Pieces like the fact that Nathan Green was not Jack Daniel’s slave, there is no record he owned any and that Jack was friends with Nathan’s son, giving him pride of place right next to him in a company photo.

Along the way, Ms. Wever helped to convince Brown-Forman to follow through on their decision to start giving Nathan Green his rightful place in their history books. Quoting the New York Times from the article above on why the company needed the push:

The company had intended to recognize Green’s role as master distiller last year as part of its 150th anniversary celebration, Mr. McCallum said, but decided to put off any changes amid the racially charged run-up to the 2016 election. “I thought we would be accused of making a big deal about it for commercial gain.”

It’s on their website and in the tour scripts now. I guess it’s a case of better late than never. Not that I blame them. These days you can get in trouble from one side for bringing it up and being “politically correct” and from the other side for ever leaving it out in the first place. It really could have been seen as a no-win situation. Luckily they got a little push and jumped at the chance to do the right thing.

And the Uncle Nearest brand of whiskey? Well Fawn Weaver, with input from Nathan Green’s descendants, decided that the best way to honor the man was to put his name on a bottle. CBSNews says that “Some of the proceeds from the whiskey's sales go into a foundation designed to ensure that each of Green's descendants get a college education. So far, 10 of them have graduated from college.”

If you have 10 minutes or so, I’d recommend checking out the video below (the Vimeo settings won’t let me embed it, but just click on the image to go to the Vimeo page). It is beautifully written and shot. It has Jeffery Wright in it (dude’s a National Treasure). It’s also a much more involved version of the story above that includes more details than I could include here. It may be a long advertisement, but if the story is true and they bring the receipts, does it matter?

Uncle Nearest 1856

Purchase Info: $49.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Blue Max, Burnsville, MN

Price per Drink (50ml): $3.33

Details: 50% ABV

Nose: Dry oak, wintergreen, brown sugar, nutmeg

Mouth: Honey, Flintstone's Vitamins, hot baking spices

Finish: Warm and medium length. Notes of caramel, honey, chewable vitamins and baking spice.

Thoughts: This is pretty good. It has strong mineral notes, and since it is sourced from somewhere in Tennessee, my guess there is at least some Dickel in there. I like it. I’d recommend it.

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Blind Whiskey Sample #1:

Reveal: Old Crow Reserve.

Blind Whiskey Sample #2:

Reveal: Col. E. H. Taylor Bottled in Bond Rye

Blind Whiskey Sample #3:

Reveal: JW Dant Bottled in Bond.

Blind Whiskey Sample #4

Reveal: James E. Pepper 1776 Rye, 6 year old.

Blind Whiskey Sample #5

Reveal: New Holland Beer Barrel Bourbon.

Four Gate Whiskey Company: Batch 7, River Kelvin Rye

Uncle Nearest 1884

Four Gate Whiskey Company: Batch 6, The Kelvin Collaboration II

Uncle Nearest 1856