Whiskey Tasting

Whiskey:

Four Roses Single Barrel 100 Proof

Glassware:

Use this glass while drinking whiskey

Observation:

The whiskey is a honey-amber hue. Giving the glass a quick swirl you can see that it has decent legs, giving away that it has a good residual sugar content.

Nose:

Lots of good oak-vanilla scents. Also some burnt sugar- molassesy goodness in there. Maybe a little biscuit and peach at the end. This smells great. I kinda don’t want to even take a sip for a while. Gonna bury my nose in this stuff.

Taste:

Assertive but not bossy. It tells you up front, ”I am all about spice, honey and stone fruit.” There must be a peach orchard near this distillery. Definitely on the sweet side but not cloyingly so. This tastes like what you want a good bourbon to taste like. It hits all those notes you want to experience from

the corny honey sweetness to the oak to the spice of the rye and finishing with some kind of peachy yumminess. The meek may inherit the Earth but they won’t have a clue what to do with this.

I’ve had the whiskey sitting in the glass for about 5 minutes while figuring out what to write and it just keeps on opening up more and more. Now I’m getting a little black pepper and mint during the very long finish.

Please don’t mix with Coke or even water or a single ice cube. Four Roses is not for babies. This is an old school styled bourbon with a modern refinement to it. Highly recommended.

Alex