euzlpz scored this whisky 94 points 
The profile of this batch reminds me of Old Rip 10, only it's much, much more complex, and has an unbelievably long finish. THIS BOURBON LOVES WATER!! It NEEDS water to unlayer its complexity, even as much as 40% I highly recommend you get some GOOD bottled spring water and really play with it at all levels of dilution...if not you are missing out BIG TIME...it's good neat but so much better with lots of water* (it really tames the burn too-- and the burn comes from an extended fermentation process-- which makes the enormous flavor possible!) The beautiful thing is that the body is so solid, you lose absolutely nothing by adding water-- it's amazingly well balanced even at a 40/60 ratio...truly unforgettable. I hope you like it as much as I do...my unbiased score is a 94 (I very rarely rate above an 85 no matter how much I love a whiskey)...my biased score is a 98.
*There are many whiskies I prefer neat...many I find are improved with a sprinkle of water, and very few I find drink optimally with a bath-- this is one of those few. I enjoy this most at 33% dilution. Crystal Geyser is my bottled water of choice...please don't use tap water, even Dasani would taint this beauty (I've tried MANY different bottled water brands, Dasani is at the bottom of my list, though better than city tap...some rural country tap is excellent ). Some other good ones are VOSS, and Water Of Fiji...Crystal Geyser is much cheaper and much better IMHO.
*There are many whiskies I prefer neat...many I find are improved with a sprinkle of water, and very few I find drink optimally with a bath-- this is one of those few. I enjoy this most at 33% dilution. Crystal Geyser is my bottled water of choice...please don't use tap water, even Dasani would taint this beauty (I've tried MANY different bottled water brands, Dasani is at the bottom of my list, though better than city tap...some rural country tap is excellent ). Some other good ones are VOSS, and Water Of Fiji...Crystal Geyser is much cheaper and much better IMHO.
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Uncork and pour, it will find you from an arm's distance before you take the first sip. Old-school meets new age in very memorable fashion...notes of praline pecan pie, German chocolate cake, English butter-toffee, gourmet caramels, Earthy vanilla bean, nutmeg, cocoa de menthe, banana soufflé with all the trimmings, eggnog-- made with outstanding sipping rum that is heavily oaked...wow...this is so unexpected...
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ALL notes from the nose match...in addition...Bailey's Irish cream (imagine if it were crafted with care by a master French-Irish fusion chef-- no I've never heard of one either and Yes-- I take myself seriously). Banana bread with walnuts, sweet and spicy tobacco, crème brûlée, demerara sugar, molasses...some tropical earthiness...
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Long, spicey, succulent, sweet, rich, oaky, creamy, gourmet dessert-like...Kona coffee with loads of cream...delicious German chocolate, Mom's apple pie with good vanilla Ice cream (lots of egg yokes and nutmeg...cinnamon)-- drizzled in delicate clover honey...tobacco lingers...banana soufflé follows-- and folks, I'm not talking about your average banana notes often found in Irish and Candian whiskies...no, these along with every other discernable note are of the quality you can expect from the finest gourmet restaurants...lingering Irish butter made from grass-fed cows (Kerrigan's)...a hint of smoke minutes later...and 15 minutes later as I was writing the "comments", mint has yet again returned...
