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Ben Holladay 6 Year Bottled-in-Bond
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Distiller:
Holladay Distillery
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Bottler:
Holladay Distillery
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ABV:
50%
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Age:
6 Year
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 88
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: Slam dunk from a newly refreshed brand. Ben Holladay’s first dash back on the market is a success and a brand to watch.
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- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: The Whiskey Wash
- Excerpt: It’s not an overly complicated bourbon, but it shows a lot of promise for a new label. This, I could see myself drinking regularly. And at $60 a bottle, I could afford to.
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- Raided Score: 81
- Publication: The Bourbon Finder
- Excerpt: I’m very pleasantly surprised by this. Going into a review without expectation is sometimes a touch difficult with unfamiliar brands or products, but this was certainly a great eye-opener toward Missouri Bourbon. I’m a buyer.
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- Raided Score: 81
- Publication: Breaking Bourbon
- Excerpt: I’ll be keeping an eye on how this whiskey matures and how the company fine-tunes it over the next few years. For the here and now, it's a well made whiskey that you don’t have to wait for it to get better. It’s already beginning at a great place.
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Intro:
Ben Holladay comes to us from Holladay Distillery in Weston, Missouri. Originally founded by Kentucky-born brothers Ben and David Holladay in 1856, Holladay Distillery has a long hisory. Aged six years, this bottled-in-bond expression is classified as a "Real Missouri Bourbon," meaning it must be mashed, fermented, distilled, aged and bottled in Missouri; aged in oak barrels made in Missouri; and made with corn grown in Missouri. This is our first taste of whiskey from Missouri — let's dive in!
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Nose:
Rich biscuits, honey, toffee and sweet cream on the nose. Oddly rich, plenty of great tannin on the nose. Missouri! You’ve been holding out.
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Taste:
Moderate to rich mouthfeel, sweet oak, toffee, honey, caramel candies and praline. Grows richer with time, great structure.
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Finish:
Long finish, bold and sweet, oaky and dessert forward.
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Overall:
Slam dunk from a newly refreshed brand. Ben Holladay’s first dash back on the market is a success and a brand to watch.
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Score:
6
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources