Bulleit Bourbon

Bulleit Bourbon

Neat. The pour is a deep, reddish amber with thick, slow tears. Nose is baked cherry pie, cherries jubilee, sweet maraschino cherry. Taste brings mild burn in the back, subdued warming alcohol, with tart wood, resinous cherry wood, and subdued oak tannins. Freshly baked cherry pie and hot cherries jubilee are forefront. Much more dessert like than...

Score 75/100

Bulleit Bourbon

My wife and I'd picked up a few different bottles of bourbon so that she could cook up some spicy pork ribs that can only be called sexy. We'd picked up Buffalo Trace, Bulleit bourbon and Wild Turkey. Three different whiskies that I'd never tried before, but ones that I'd had interest in for a while. I'd enjoyed the Buffalo Trace quite a bit, but...

Score 80/100

Bulleit Bourbon

Bulleit's marketing _blah blah_ starts like many other companies' spiel: _Inspired by his (Tom Bulleit's) great-great-grandfather Augustus Bulleit, who made a high-rye whiskey between 1830-1860_ Yadda yadda yadda. How convenient that Four Roses seemed to have found ol' Gus' secret recipe and was willing to sell some barrels to...

Score 84/100

Bulleit Bourbon

I quite like this bourbon - it doesn't blow me away (I'm not a huge bourbon fan) but makes a good sipper while BBQ'ing (which I'm doing as I write). Deep amber, good legs, very solid. Nose of cake-y vanilla surrounded by honey and oak. Tastes sweet with citrus, a little nutmeg followed by a medium smoky finish. Not as complex as I might like but a...

Score 75/100