Lightly charred oak | Vanilla | Cinnamon powder | Leather | Black peppercorn | Touch of fresh apple | Light overall delivery

Cinnamon syrup | Rye spice | Dry oak | White peppercorn | Baking spices | Vanilla powder

Rye spice | Cinnamon spice | Faint oak | Dry | Short

Echo Spirits Distilling Co. is a craft distillery located in Columbus, Ohio’s Grandview neighborhood. The company states that its goal is to be “an echo of a time when we knew the people making our local products.” The company tries to source as many ingredients as possible from Ohio, even down to the paper used when printing its labels. Ironically, Batch 24C is a blend of bourbon from MGP in Indiana and Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky.

Opening with a nose that comes across as earthy, the delivery of the aroma is light overall. The tasting notes for the palate would make the midpoint come across as a spice bomb, however, all of the flavors present are on the subtler side and integrate together versus building off of one another. The result produces distinct, manageable spice notes that blend in with lighter sweet vanilla and syrup that all come across as more muddled than not. The finish produces the most pizzazz, with a rush of spice in the form of rye and cinnamon kicking things off. A faint oak note follows along with an overall dryness that caps off an incredibly short finish. Batch 24C is a perfectly acceptable average sip however, considering the blended components, I was expecting more than what it delivered.

The bourbon in review is 1 of 376 bottles.