![]() Essentially, heat rises and the barrels on those top floors age/mature more quickly and can have a deeper flavor thanks to that accelerated process. The barrels are pulled from the top floors of the Buffalo Trace warehouses. Beyond that, it’s a little watery still for highlighting in a cocktail. This feels like a good shooter or mixer for a whiskey and Coke. ![]() The end is short and sweet and leaves you with that leather, oak, and vanilla primarily. The taste pretty much stays in that arena with caramel apples and floral honey popping up next to a slight metallic note and soft mineral water mouthfeel. Vanilla extract, slightly wet oak, and that Buffalo Trace Bourbon raw leather/wet grain dominate the nose. The bourbon is cut down slightly less to a bolder 90 proof. This is a standard “small batch” though there’s not a whole lot of information on what that entails exactly. It might be fine for a shot and a beer but that’s about it. The end is very faint and almost vodka-like with a tapwater vibe. The taste is “classic” bourbon with very watery hints of leather, spice, and cornmeal next to vanilla extract, caramel, and old buttered popcorn. Once the barrels are vatted, the whiskey is proofed all the way down to 80 proof for bottling.įaint lemon candies and honey lead to an old vanilla wafer and wet cornmeal on the nose but not much else. The juice in this bottle is from the aforementioned Buffalo Trace Mash no.
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