A combination of 7 to 12 year old ryed bourbons finished in cabernet sauvignon barrels, it’s a caramel lover’s delight. You’ll find fruit in several forms: cherry, blackberry, black currant juice, and strawberry-rhubarb jam. Vanilla lurks throughout, followed by buttered cinnamon popcorn, apple pie filling, nutmeg, and caramel-drizzled bread pudding. Each pronounced note combines for a savory ride to a long, lasting, and delightful finish. A necessity for barrel-finish fans.

Reviewed by: Fred Minnick (Summer 2017)

Chocolate-covered cherries, grape hard candy, iced tea, peppermint stick, and white pepper on the nose; with time, brown sugar and toffee emerge. The palate is chewy without water, velvety, and replete with dark, mature flavors: concord grape jelly, Cherry Coke, dark chocolate, roasted nuts, white pepper, and varnish. Seamless from start to rewarding finish. (51,000 bottles)

Reviewed by: Susannah Skiver Barton (Fall 2020)

It starts out with several forms of wood—split, toasted, charred, and smoldering—and develops baking spices, baked apple, caramel, popcorn, and earth. A tingle hits throughout the palate, as rounded notes of chocolate, cabernet, roasted marshmallow, and white pepper develop over lingering vanilla. Candied corn and cinnamon butter develop into a medium to long finish. (36,000 bottles)

Reviewed by: Fred Minnick (Summer 2018)

A blend of 14 year old and two 8 year old bourbons, with one of the 8 year olds finished in sauternes casks. Fragrant, with mature oak, honey-roasted peanuts, sassafras, citrus, and sandalwood. A dense chewy palate, but without an overly heavy oak influence. Coffee beans, black cherry jam, and dark chocolate notes, with water adding cola, ginger, candle wax, and winter spice. Chocolate malt, blueberry pie, toffee, and spice on the finish.

Reviewed by: David Fleming (Fall 2021)

Dried red berries, nougat, vanilla, marzipan, buttered toast, and milk chocolate on a honeyed nose. The palate is thick and complex, with lots of spice followed by unsweetened espresso and bitter chocolate. Water brings out notes of red apple and blueberry cobbler, followed by a finish of cocoa, almond, more pepper spice, and red fruit. It finishes strong, with a balanced, explosive flavor. Well-aged and well-balanced. (17,000 bottles)

Reviewed by: David Fleming (Fall 2022)

A combination of 7 year old year rye finished in port barrels and 11 year old wheated and rye bourbons. It presents exceptionally fruity aromas, with prominent plum and floral hints, fresh-cut grass, toasted pecan, burnt butter, brown sugar, and a touch of chocolate. On the palate there are warm cinnamon apples, fried donut with caramel icing, and a hint of dry popcorn. The medium finish offers lovely toffee. Sourced whiskey.

Reviewed by: Fred Minnick (Fall 2016)

A blend of three bourbons, between 6 and 12 years old; two rye and one wheat. Nothing is revealed on the source, which is a fair part of the “blood oath,” apparently. A restrained nose of corncakes, biscuits, a bit of cinnamon and maple: breakfasty. Flavors of corn, spicy oak, and some grassy mint fight to be heard over roaring heat that flames on into the finish. Frankly too simple for the asking price. Sourced whiskey.

Reviewed by: Lew Bryson (Fall 2015)