Review #84: Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon, 46.5%, OB, Barrel #43, dumped 6/18/13, Warehouse H, rick #50

"the original single barrel"

It's not as exciting as it used to be, but still pretty exciting. From Buffalo Trace's rye recipe. It comes with a horse on top. The label has lots of useless information, but doesn't say how old it is (so not very/not consistent). The brand is owned by Age International, so a lot of it (including some other bottlings) probably goes to Japan.

color is a little orangey.

nose: nice rye notes on top of corn and vanilla. (duh.) lots of pumpkin pie spices (esp. cinnamon), some kind of creamy orange liqueur (is there such a thing?), rye bread and a little milk chocolate. sawn oak.

palate: more of the same, but a little minty. a little thin. there's a little plummy fruit, I think, and also a kind of weird generic cola taste.

finish is long, more of the same.


This is good! It's a well-made high-rye bourbon that turns out to be curiously disappointing -- maybe the flavors turn out to be a little weak, or predictable, or maybe there are a couple medicinal notes that don't quite fit in with the generally sweet profile. But it's good!

score: 84