2024 24 Days of Whisk(e)y - Day 17

Day 17 of the 24 Days of Whisk(e)y ... tonight, bourbon! We're drinking Baker's "7 Year" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Single Barrel. These always come in at 53.5% ABV, mine was distilled on 03-2015 and came in at 8 Years, 0 Months. This comes from James B. Beam distilling. I've had this before in the past, and it's a good high-ish proof bourbon without going to Cask Strength. 

On the nose, I get some apricot, vanilla... it's a bit light at first. After a bit it opens up some and I also get brown sugar, a bit of granola bar and a touch of peanut - but not as much peanut as expected from a Beam product. The taste is much more sweet with the brown sugar and vanilla, I get some hot cinnamon as well, a hint of licorice and a hint of peanut. I can tell it's not low proof, but it doesn't come across as too high proof either.

The finish is brown sugar, a nice delayed proof warming, wood bite and a hit of licorice. With water, the nose is similar, but the taste and finish has more wood. This is a nice solid bourbon. I picked this up for $62, and I will say there are several bottles around that price I do like better, Wild Turkey Rare Breed, for example. I might buy this one for some variety, and I probably like it better than the Maker's Mark from earlier... I'm going to go ahead and rate this one a 3.75/5.0. Cheers!