Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Buffalo Trace is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey from the Buffalo Trace distillery. It is made of corn, rye and malt and from I understood it is quite a large amount of corn, much higher than the 51% required by Kentucky Straight Bourbon. It is a small batch bourbon made from 25-30 barrels in a batch. On the nose I get caramel, vanilla and some spices. The taste is vanilla, oak and some caramel. It is very smooth to drink but I wish the ABV would have been higher, maybe 46% instead of 40%. A slight burn in the aftertaste. A nice Bourbon.

The Four Roses single barrel is also a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey from the Four Roses distillery. This is bottled at 100% and since this a single barrel the taste will change from barrel to barrel. From what i have read is that for this Bourbon is that they use a bit higher rye content than the normal Bourbon. The nose is strong, I smell vanilla and a very spice smell probably from the high rye content.The taste is of spices and some oak. It is a full bodied whisky and even at 50% one can drink it neat. It has a long nice aftertaste.

I like the Four Roses single barrel better than the Buffalo Trace because it is stronger and has high impact in the mouth. But I understand that for some people the single barrel could be to much and then the Buffalo Trace would fit them better.