Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon
Distilled May, 2014
Bottled June, 2021
Seven Years Old
NCF, Cask Strength 122.4 Proof
75% Corn, 21% Rye, 4% Barley

The second barrel in our Beaver Scout series is here, and it's a winner!

Our earnest little scout is on to his second merit badge "Tater Harvesting!"

The nose on this one starts out with Snicker Bar goodness: chocolate, caramel, and nougat, with some peanuts and salt. You can tell it's a sweet treat with lots of cream and flavor. As it opens up you get deep oak, leather, tree bark, and some tobacco. Then finally the spices - peppercorns and lemongrass, pops of bbq sauce and chiles, some preserved lemon.

The palate is warm, thick, and oily, just how we like it. You can tell this is an undiluted, unfiltered beast. It wraps the tongue in more of those sweets, wood, and spices. Honey, lemon, some candy cream, mint, vanilla, it's all in there!

The finish is long starting in the chest with a slow trickle up the throat. A great balance between the full-flavored beastly glory of a high proof bourbon, with a dangerous level of smoothness. Do not leave this bottle unattented, unless you really like your guests and you have a spare behind the bar!