Stagg Jr. Batch 4 Bourbon
Stagg Jr. Batch 4 Bourbon: Specs
Classification: Bourbon
Origin: Buffalo Trace Distillery
Mashbill: Buffalo Trace High-Rye Mashbill (#1)
Proof: 132.2 (66.10% ABV)
Age: NAS
Location: Kentucky
Stagg Jr. Batch 4 Bourbon Price: N/A
Stagg Jr. Batch 4 Bourbon Review: Tasting Notes
Eye: Oversteeped black tea. Thin rims bleed medium droplets.
Nose: Fresh corn - sweet and, well, corny. A bit of proof heat, Luden’s drops, yet less artificial. Buttered sweetened cornbread. Candied cherries on top of a sundae.
Palate: Lots of heat, but tolerable. Intense dark chocolate, dried dates and black cherries, a dark sweetness that introduces smoky notes. Barrel char and maple sugar. Mouthfeel is syrupy and super coating, creamy, spicy, brings out more chocolate along with cracked peppercorn heat that keeps building. Lovely barrel-aged maple.
Finish: The maple and wood smoke gains a foothold over a long finish, stays coating and rich. Some dried cherry, too.
Overall: This rounds out quite nicely after a hot start. Sweet for sure, though the overall balance is kept through a heat-sweet meld.
Final Rating: 7.6
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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