Hirsch
The Horizon
Hotaling & Co.
Proof: 92
ABV: 46%
Style: Bourbon
State: IN
Price: $$$
Peggy Noe Stevens
Nose: Vanilla custard and banana pudding.Toffee and cocoa develop with nice fruit notes of golden apple.
Palate: Structured well with surround sound sweetness and complexity of spice and herbaceous flavors. Oak tannins give just the right earthy sensation.
Finish: A glimpse of smoke that was not detected on the palate spurring a different twist to the sweetness.
Comments: I would invite this to date a Black Manhattan as the amaro would go nicely.
Score
8.4
Susan Reigler
Nose: Smoked brown sugar and root beer. A little milk chocolate and orange mist round.
Palate: Brown sugar becomes chewy caramel candy. Fruity applesauce with some cinnamon and citrus zest. Silky mouthfeel.
Finish: Starts with the fruit and caramel, but soon becomes nutty oak, then black pepper at the end. Pepper tingles rather than burns.
Comments: A fine sipping whiskey, but perhaps too mild mannered to hold its own in a cocktail.
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