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98Classification: Straight Bourbon
Company: Bardstown Bourbon Company
Distillery: Bardstown Bourbon Company and an Undisclosed KY Distillery
Release Date: December 2019
Proof: 98.9
Age: Blend of 2 Year 10 Month, 3 Year, and 12 Year old straight bourbons
Mashbill: 40% 12 Year KY Bourbon: 74% Corn, 18% Rye, 8% Malted Barley; 18% 3 Year Bardstown Bourbon Co: 68% Corn, 20% Wheat, 12% Malted Barley; 42% 2 Year 10 Months Bardstown Bourbon Co: 60% Corn, 36% Rye, 4% Malted Barley
Color: Light Yellow Gold
MSRP: $60 (2020)
Oak | Hay | Light vanilla | Light baking spice | Light summer fruits | Lacks complexity
Sweet vanilla | Yellow cake | Oak | Light bubble gum
Oak | Light leather | Light rye spice | Short & crisp
Bardstown Bourbon Company is transparent in disclosing the blend of mashbills for their bourbons, which is appreciated. With so much of the blend being 12 year old bourbon, I expected a more complex sip. Instead, I was greeted with a light and subtly sweet flavor profile that is heavily influenced by the younger Bardstown distillate. While it doesn’t have an overly youthful flavor profile, the sip certainly left me longing for a lot more, especially for an almost 100 proof bourbon.
