Stagg Jr. Batch 6 Bourbon
Stagg Jr. Batch 6 Bourbon: Specs
Classification: Bourbon
Origin: Buffalo Trace Distillery
Mashbill: Buffalo Trace High-Rye Mashbill (#1)
Proof: 132.5 (66.25% ABV)
Age: NAS
Location: Kentucky
Stagg Jr. Batch 6 Bourbon Price: N/A
Stagg Jr. Batch 6 Bourbon Review: Tasting Notes
Eye: Brand new pennies. Very thin rims and large droplets.
Nose: Freshly picked cherries, cherrywood being split. Vinous, sweet, full-bodied red wine. No proof or oak at all, just cherries and bright red wine.
Palate: There’s the proof - hot right on the tip of the tongue, almost painfully so, with Szechuan peppercorns and oak dryness around dried black cherries. Mouthfeel is thin-to-medium, opens a bit of dark chocolate before being engulfed in flames again. Coating, not too drying, more cherry comes out meekly.
Finish: Dark cherries in dark chocolate. The proof mercifully comes down after a tear from my eye. Bitter chocolate and a touch of burnt honey.
Overall: Ouch - another flamethrower from an early batch. There are some good flavors here, but it’s so hot it became painful. Water, please!
Final Rating: 5.9
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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