Buffalo Trace Single Oak Barrel 189
Added on Friday, Nov 25, 2011 at 06:35 PM
  Bottler: OB
  Age: 8 yrs Type: American
  Vintage: 2003 Subtype: Bourbon
  ABV: 45.00 % Region: Kentucky
  Price: $46 Availability: Specialty Stores
Wheat Recipe, Entry Proof 105, Entry Weight 508, #3 Char, 12 months seasoned, Top Cut, 8 Growth Rings/Inch, 47 Staves, Harvest Location B, Warehouse L, Concrete Floor, Warehouse Location L-3-27
Member Ratings and Notes
Sku
 
Nose:  Huge vanilla, some spicy notes, pine and soy sauce.
Palate:  Sweet with corn syrup and pine.
Finish:  Short and sweet.

Sweet, inoffensive, some nice pine and umami type notes.
Tim
 

N: Initially spicy, some toffee and butter. Some oak and very very light vanilla.

 

P: Rich mouthfeel, soft, smooth. Juicy Fruit gum, vanilla, drying with a bit more toffee. Vaguest hint of banana, peach.
 
F: Smooth finish, more Juicy Fruit, nice and sweet but not overly so. Vaguely banana and vanilla.
 
Not bad. It's a little restrained and doesn't quite develop into anything but it's a different and welcome take on a sweeter bourbon profile, getting some fruit for that. Usually those notes are kind of thick and overpowering but they just add here. 
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