![]() ![]() You get a sense of dry cornmeal on the nose next to apple crumble, plenty of wintry spice, a hint of mulled wine, wet brown sugar, and a thin layer of wet-yet-sweet cedar. All of this is to say that this is a masterful blend of four to five-year-old barrels into something bigger than the individual parts. The whiskey in the bottle is a blend of three bourbon mash bills (one is 21 percent rye, another 90 percent corn, and a 45 percent wheated bourbon - all from MGP), which create a four-grain (corn, wheat, rye, and barley) bourbon. This whiskey from Penelope really helps solidify the brand as a powerhouse in blending. Best of Class Small Batch Bourbon, Up to 5 Years - Penelope Private Select Bourbon Penelope Bourbon I personally like this one over a rock or two or mixed into a killer Manhattan, but it works really well neat too. ![]() The Barton 1792 juice is part of the famed Sazerac portfolio (which includes things like, you know, Pappy and Weller), making it a refined bottle of whiskey. This is always a solid pick for any burgeoning bourbon lover. The mid-palate is just hot, hot, hot as a sense of Irish Spring soap arrives next to sweetgrass, vanilla tobacco, and a pile of firewood on the finish. The palate delivers on those promises while adding in notes of cinnamon sticks soaked in mulled wine, grilled corn cobs, and dried cherries soaked in brandy and covered in dark chocolate. This is hot on the nose with a supporting act of classic bourbon notes of vanilla, toffee, and booze-soaked oak. The juice is bottled as-is at 125 proof without the usual chill-filtration that 1792 goes through. This bourbon is around eight years old, though there’s no age statement.
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