Stagg Jr. Batch 5 Bourbon
Stagg Jr. Batch 5 Bourbon: Specs
Classification: Bourbon
Origin: Buffalo Trace Distillery
Mashbill: Buffalo Trace High-Rye Mashbill (#1)
Proof: 129.7 (64.85% ABV)
Age: NAS
Location: Kentucky
Stagg Jr. Batch 5 Bourbon Price: N/A
Stagg Jr. Batch 5 Bourbon Review: Tasting Notes
Eye: Fossilized amber.
Nose: Fresh cherry off the tree. Plenty of proof that passes on the second sniff. Chery shell on vanilla ice cream.
Palate: Hot, but candied heat. Pull-apart cherry Twizzlers. Much more bourbon than I’m used to getting on a Stagg Jr. Oak and pink peppercorn. This is hot, but there is flavor here. The oak takes over on the mouthfeel, turning thin and astringent especially on the back palate.
Finish: Cherry, bitter and oaky, unfortunately quite long.
Overall: A hot mess. Somehow oaky like a 20-year-old bourbon in something less than half that age, without enough flavor to back it up.
Final Rating: 4.6
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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