Broken Barrel
Cask Strength Bourbon
Broken Barrel
Proof: 115
ABV: 57.5%
Style: Bourbon
State: Kentucky
Price: $$$
Peggy Noe Stevens
Nose
Decadent caramel and dark chocolate. Savory, yet vanilla sweeps in. Fennel and cumin. Bright red cherry and peach.
Palate
Chewy sweetness of the cocoa elements with nutmeg and licorice. Dark raisin and walnut, oak, crouton and clove.
Finish
Finishes with just the right spike of clove and dark chocolate. Lovely streaks of oak and cherry.
Comments
Distinctly complex and well-proportioned, a charmer.
Score
9.0
Susan Reigler
Nose
Very savory with bright herbs like freshly cut grass, which then turn to applesauce and brown sugar.
Palate
Spiced pecans with a light sprinkling of brown sugar accented with a bit of apple peel and supported by a strong oak frame. Certainly dry.
Finish
Long with oak and nuts until a pop of sweet caramel.
Comments
Of the dry and savory school, making it a good candidate for a traditional, but certainly not a black, Manhattan.
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