Stagg Jr. Batch 2 Bourbon
Stagg Jr. Batch 2 Bourbon: Specs
Classification: Bourbon
Origin: Buffalo Trace Distillery
Mashbill: Buffalo Trace High-Rye Mashbill (#1)
Proof: 128.7 (64.35% ABV)
Age: NAS
Location: Kentucky
Stagg Jr. Batch 2 Bourbon Price: N/A
Stagg Jr. Batch 2 Bourbon Review: Tasting Notes
Eye: Liquid bronze. Thin rims, droplets hang on.
Nose: Black Cherry Dr. Brown’s soda, cola syrup, proof hits on the second sniff. Caramel sauce over butter pecan ice cream.
Palate: Lots of proof, not too…wait, yes, very hot. Cherries all over. There’s stronger fresh cherry here than in Traverse City Whiskey Co.’s Barrel Proof Cherry Whiskey. Baba rum cake with a candied cherry on top. Mouthfeel is syrupy and coating, hot like eating cinnamon candies, with red orchard fruits building, peaches and red plums. Peppery heat grabs my tongue and won’t let go.
Finish: Cola syrup, less cherry and more cola syrup - Pepsi in particular. Sits in the corners of my mouth and the tongue for a medium-to-long length.
Overall: Delicious. Velvety and creamy, the strong cherry never gets anywhere close to cough syrup, staying fresh and/or candied. Enough proof to keep the sweetness in check. Little hints of oak, but no dryness, just adds to the creaminess and body. Mouthfeel just keeps getting better. Even though it’s a tad one-note, it’s a great note.
Final Rating: 7.8
10 | Insurpassable | Nothing Else Comes Close (Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel)
9 | Incredible | Extraordinary (GTS, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B518 and B520)
8 | Excellent | Exceptional (12+YO MGP Bourbon, Highland Park Single Barrels)
7 | Great | Well above average (Blanton’s Original, Old Weller Antique, Booker’s)
6 | Very Good | Better than average (Four Roses Small Batch Select, Knob Creek 14+ YO Picks)
5 | Good | Good, solid, ordinary (Elijah Craig Small Batch, Buffalo Trace, Old Grand-Dad Bottled-in-Bond)
4 | Sub-par | Many things I’d rather have (A.D. Laws Four Grain, Compass Box “Oak Cross”)
3 | Bad | Flawed (Iron Smoke Bourbon, Balcones)
2 | Poor | Forced myself to drink it (Buckshee Bourbon and Rye)
1 | Disgusting | Drain pour (Virginia Distilling Co. Cider Cask)
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