Tasting 3 unique bourbons from Bardstown Bourbon Co., BTownBourbon bourbon whiskey cocktails
One of the aspects of the independent distillery scene that I find consistently fascinating is the exceedingly different routes that various distillers ultimately take to the same goal. Everyone wants to eventually end up with their own, home-distilled product sitting in a place of honor on store shelves—or almost everyone, anyway—but the start-up time for a brand new distillery is of course prohibitive to accomplishing this quickly.
We were recently able to sample all three products released by Bardstown Bourbon Co. to date, so we’ll use this tasting to illustrate the ways that each is unique.The recently released Discovery Series #1 is perhaps the most familiar type of offering to those who have seen plenty of sourced Kentucky bourbon releases, although things are complicated by the fact that this is a blend of four different Kentucky straight bourbons, ranging in age from 5 to 13 years old.
On the palate, the 121.2 proof makes itself felt, with a rush of hot cinnamon candy and heavy oak throughout. This is quite potent, and actually fairly dry for the proof, with a leathery/old wood quality that lingers in an extremely long finish that is slightly astringent. I felt like there were multitudes here that I wasn’t quite able to get to, past the proof, so I added a little bit of water at this point and was quite impressed with the transformed spirit I tasted next.
On the palate, this is a very smooth, sweet and crowd-pleasing sort of dram. Light caramel meets with cinnamon sugar and gingersnap cookies, with hints of brown sugar and toasted bread. The fruit notes are there, but once again they’re actually more subtle than I was expecting—there are some notes of stewed plums and jam, but you couldn’t mistake this for any kind of “fruited” or fruit-flavored whiskey, unless the color threw you off.
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