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Southern Star Paragon Single Barrel Wheated Bourbon
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Distiller:
Southern Distilling Company
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Bottler:
Southern Distilling Company
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ABV:
50%%
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Age:
NAS
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: Drinkhacker
- Excerpt: A straightforward wheater with plenty to admire.
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- Raided Score: 85
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: It’s like a younger Knob Creek Single Barrel, and that’s nothing but a compliment.
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Intro:
Distilled by North Carolina's Southern Distilling Company, this is "Paragon" — a single-barrel wheated bourbon bottled at 50% ABV. Let's dive in!
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Nose:
Bold baking spice on the nose, combined with peanut brittle, peanut butter, toffee, honey and a fat stack of sweet tobacco.
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Taste:
Pleasant and sweet, packed with caramel, honey and tobacco. Pepper, peanut brittle. This is like Knob Creek Single Barrel with a few less years on it in profile, and it’s amazing how much oak and toffee there are for the wheated mashbill.
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Finish:
Big, woody finish that’s full of caramel, tobacco, peanut butter and butterscotch.
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Overall:
Overall, this single barrel is batting well for a relatively new operation (Southern Distilling was founded in 2013), and the proof helps tremendously. It’s like a younger Knob Creek Single Barrel, and that’s nothing but a compliment.
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Score:
5
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources