Test the superb print and also you’ll see that this new launch from the Bardstown-based non-distilling producers at 15 Stars have bottled a whiskey that may be a mix of 12 12 months outdated and 15 12 months outdated straight bourbon inventory. Naturally, solely the youngest can seem because the formal age assertion, however a little bit digging reveals extra information. The whiskeys are sourced from each Kentucky and Indiana, although there’s no info on which age corresponds to which state — or whether or not there are three and even 4 mixtures of the 2 variables.
Bottles are individually labeled with batch and bottle numbers. Ideas on this newest 15 Stars launch comply with.
15 Stars Bourbon Artisan Assortment 12 Years Outdated Overview
This isn’t a shy bourbon, racy on the nostril with a thick smear of oily wooden, cherries in syrup, and a maple character that amps up the sweetness. It’s wealthy and well-developed, displaying aromas of tobacco, each dried and calmly smoked, with some black pepper cracked excessive. Whereas by no means excessive, it’s positively a powerhouse that’s brief on subtlety.
The whiskey’s palate is wealthy and undulating, initially so fruity at instances that it will possibly evoke ideas that sherry was concerned in its manufacturing. However these raisin and prune notes slide shortly right into a extra austere, wood-driven high quality, coming off as a little bit one-note till a great deal of spices emerge with a crash, offering a wintry lifting high quality. Leathery and dense, the expertise could be alternately scattered and a bit closed off and inaccessible, with the heavy flavors of clove and allspice including a sharper, nearly pungent really feel to the midpalate. I ponder if maybe it’s merely over-oaked and the wooden is having its means with the expertise.
Tannic oak continues to dominate a end that seems like it might choose to see a extra soothing chocolate-caramel high quality come into focus (or at the least which I would like), although hints of plum and gingerbread that peek by the display screen of wooden show there could also be some life left within the factor. Come armed with a glass of water to mood it appropriately.
109 proof. Reviewed: Batch #001.
B / $179
15 Stars Bourbon Artisan Assortment 12 Years Outdated
USD179
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