![]() ![]() There’s a clear sense of old leather gloves next to brandy-soaked cherries covered in dark chocolate, creamy honey, and eggnog spices with a hint of sour mulled wine next to pecan waffles, brown butter, and maple syrup. This is also where I realized thank ranking this would be damn near impossible. This was classic again but, again, went further down the rabbit hole of flavors. The end has a sense of salted caramel and cinnamon candy next to malted vanilla ice cream, huckleberry pie, and dark cherry tobacco rolled into an old leather pouch. The taste hits on a buttery toffee vibe with a dark and old leatheriness next to dark chocolate tobacco, dried ancho chili peppers, and more of that sharp woody cinnamon with a whisper of salted black licorice lurking in the background. The nose opens with a lush and creamy grit vibe with spicy cinnamon and clove next to pecans, maple syrup, singed cherry bark, and old lawn furniture with dead leaves strewn about. It’s classic but the goes in so many different directions while still feeling like something nostalgic. The end has a sharp turn into dried red chili pepper cut with pipe tobacco, dark chocolate bars, cedar bark, burnt orange, and lime leaves with this whisper of cinnamon cookies at the very end. The palate leans into cherry hand pies and vanilla wafers with a counter of dried wild sage, orchard tree bark, and meaty dates. Taste 3 Zach JohnstonĬinnamon, butter brown sugar, walnut, and raisins meld on the nose with some vanilla to create a moist oatmeal cookie next to buckwheat pancakes griddled in brown butter and topped with apple butter, and maybe some apricot jam with a dash of nutmeg, dark chocolate shavings, and creamy vanilla whipped cream. It hits every bourbon note clearly and boldly. The end has a dark chocolate-covered espresso bean feel next to more vanilla malt, dark cherry tobacco, and an old braid of cedar bark, sweetgrass, and wicker on the finish. ![]() The taste opens with sweet and creamy honey next to cherry pie, vanilla malted shake, sour mulled wine with plenty of dark wintry spices, and a touch of oatmeal cookie. There’s a clear sense of old lawn furniture next to floral honey, burnt orange, black tea, and cherry bark with a moment of cream soda. The Single Best Bottle Of Whiskey From Each Of The 50 States.The Best-Known Basic Bottles Of Bourbon, Blind Tasted And Ranked.We Blind Tasted Classic Bourbons And Were Shocked By The Winner.The Affordable Vs Expensive Blind Bourbon Bottle Battle.We Put A Whole Bunch Of Bourbons To A Giant Blind Test And Discovered Some Absolute Gems.There wasn’t a fault or bad note in the entire panel to pick at or rank.Īlso Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Bourbon Posts Of The Last Six Months This was especially important as these bourbons are all the same ABV/proof (as per “bottled in bond” law) - so there is no difference in strength to examine. I had my wife put the Costco bottle in there at random so that I had no clue where or when it’d pop up. Henry McKenna Single Barrel Aged 10 Years Bottled in Bond.Evan Williams Bottled-In-Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.George Dickel Bottled in Bond Tennessee Whisky Fall 2008.Redwood Empire Grizzly Beast Straight Bourbon Whiskey Bottled In Bond Batch no.Huber’s Bottled-In-Bond Indiana Straight Bourbon Whiskey Kirkland Signature Bottled-In-Bond by Barton 1792 Master Distillers Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.Taylor Small Batch Bottled In Bond Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey Chattanooga Whiskey Bottled In Bond Vintage Series Fall 2018 Straight Bourbon Whiskey.Filibuster Bottled-In-Bond Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey Aged 5 Years.New Riff Maltster T50 Crystal Malt Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Bottled In Bond Aged 6 Years.Can Costco’s bottle stand up to those towering bourbons? Or will it reveal itself to be a cheap - $24 (!) - bottle of bourbon in a one-liter bottle? This is about testing the bourbon waters with the biggest and most-lauded bottles in the whole goddamn game. I’m not giving Costco’s Bottled-In-Bond any wiggle room to eke out a win here. I’m blind testing this bourbon against nine stone-cold classic bottled in bond bourbons - all of them f*cking delicious. Now, it’s finally time to take a look at the third bottle in that trio, Kirkland Signature Bottled-In-Bond by Barton 1792 Master Distillers. ![]() Their Small Batch and Single Barrel versions are some of the best whiskeys in their categories at the absolute best value per dollar of any bottle out there right now. Costco hit a trifecta of great bourbon expressions this year with their Master Distillers series by Barton 1792 Distillery. ![]()
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