Price – 750 ml – $62.99 – (King Wines and Liquor
Method – 3 ice cubes – Three fingers in 8 oz. rocks glass
Rating – 90-100 – standard rating scale for wine and spirits
Review –
This bourbon wasn’t even on my list of whiskey’s to try/buy but the local store from which I buy my hooch had it at a pretty good deal so I picked it up. I did note that it was a wheated whiskey, and being a lover of another wheated whiskey (Maker’s Mark and Maker’s Mark 46) I thought this might be a good selection. Also this is a cask strength whiskey which was another thing I hadn’t delved into yet. So those things combined, it seemed like a good exploratory purchase. At 63.9% abv, this is by far the most potent whiskey in my collection, and it definitely lived up to that on the first dram, but I’ll get to that in a bit. Continue reading