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Blanton’s Original Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey

Sweet, practically cloying on the nose but is very Willet-like in its flavor profile. It’s sweet and spicy with a flat, malty finish. I liked it quite a bit.

Jefferson Reserve Very Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Very Small Batch

It smells and tastes—and I promise, I swear this isn’t necessarily a bad thing—like candied ashtray. It’s cigar or cigarette ash, not even smoke, but it’s faint and is complemented by fruity, vanilla-y sweetness. Definitely one of the more interesting bourbons I’ve tried. My drinking companion for the evening and I kept trading the glass back and forth and squinting at each other over it.

Peach Street Colorado Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Pre-ice it’s very… flat. Like old cinnamon gum flat with some charcoal in there. Post-ice it opens way, WAY up. It’s incredibly spicy. More cinnamon than pepper. Still a bit flat on the back end but it was almost a relief after the punch of spice up front.

Leopold Brothers New York Apple Flavored Whiskey

Sweet. Super sweet. Painfully sweet. And very, very apple-y. More like dessert wine than whiskey. Needs to be cut with… anything. Or sipped daintily out of a tiny dessert wine glass. But if you’re cutting it: Water works. Soda water works. Ginger beer works. Ginger ale works but ginger beer complements better than ginger ale.

Big Bottom Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Zinfandel Casks and 
Big Bottom Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Casks

Love! These were both very good. The zin-finished was a knock out. The zin is prominent all the way through, from nose to finish and is has caramel and chocolate notes in it making it like dessert and it’s complementary wine all in one glass. The port finish is more subtle than the zin but still has a multi-layered, dessert-in-one-glass experience.

High West Whiskey Rendezvous Rye

This may well be my favorite rye.