Excerpt: The taste veers off in a different direction with a strong taste of cherry cola, along with vanilla, a touch of black pepper, and hints of caramel and molasses in the background. The cherry cola flavor lingers through the finish with just a hint of spice.
Excerpt: I would love to see this Basil Hayden’s Bourbon 10 Years instead done as a limited edition 10 yo Old Grand-Dad BiB or, dare I even dream, a limited edition OGD 114 release.
Excerpt: This just goes to show that adding more time in the barrel along with an age statement isn’t always the magic bullet that consumers hope it will be.
Excerpt: Maybe I'm too used to over-proof whiskeys, but this is positively sessionable; just "easy." It's not a whiskey that invites deep analysis or hard thinking. It's for when you just want to focus on the conversation.
Excerpt: The light-bodied palate delivers modest apricot, peppery oak, and vanilla, with sandalwood on the finish. Very nice flavors, just a bit timid.
Excerpt: The finish on this bottling hit me as decidedly short, with the spice and barrel notes quickly fading away into nothing. It’s quite a letdown.