We’re again in the present day with much more Bardstown Bourbon Co.: Two totally different releases, in actual fact, from their Collaborative Collection. For many who have hassle maintaining with the entire BBCo. releases, the Collaborative Collection showcases the distillery’s varied completed whiskeys produced in partnership with breweries, wineries, Cognac homes – just about anybody who places a wine, beer, or spirit in a barrel. Let’s dig in!
Bardstown Bourbon Co. Plantation Rum End – The primary rum completed whiskey from BBCo., this one is a 10-year-old Tennessee bourbon completed for 22 months in rum barrels from Plantation. The aroma is shiny and delicate with light notes of toffee, roasted nuts, and a candy citrus aspect that evokes orange marmalade and a little bit of candied pineapple. The palate is equally gentle on its toes however with a bit extra rum-inspired taste. A lush crème caramel notice on the outset builds with extra darkish sugar depth into the mid-palate, accented with banana chips and dried pineapple. Because the end arrives, notes of cinnamon spice and oak shift gears to a drier profile, nearly grassy, with fading notes of tropical fruit and black pepper. Rum ending usually makes for a sweeter, extra syrupy whiskey, large on the molasses and brown sugar character, however BBCo. has flipped that script with an providing that’s extra exceptional for its restraint and comparative class. 104 proof. A / $160 [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]
Bardstown Bourbon Co. Château de Laubade II – The sequel to the spectacular 2020 Château de Laubade launch is a little more complicated in its building. Whereas the unique was a 12-year Indiana bourbon completed for 18 months within the French brandy-maker’s Armagnac casks, this newest providing is a mix of two totally different bourbons, one sourced from Kentucky and the opposite from Tennessee. Ending instances have been additionally diversified, as half the barrels have been aged 24 months on a decrease ground and the opposite half 16 months on the highest ground. The aroma shouldn’t be practically as daring as the unique, and the cocoa, espresso, and plum notes have been supplanted by extra baking spice, which takes on a pleasant pie filling high quality with notes of cooked stone fruit. Some pepper, chewy caramel, and peach preserves spherical out the remainder of the bouquet. The palate showcases a delicate warmth and wealthy sweetness with silky notes of peach pie, vanilla custard, and cinnamon sugar. The beneficiant end turns nearly sweet candy with notes of golden raisin, sweet apple, and barrel char. Not fairly as balanced as the unique, however a decadent and gratifying sipper however. 107 proof. A- / $160
Bardstown Bourbon Co. Plantation Rum End
$160
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