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.

A different bourbon

Bourbon has been for me really bad. Jack Daniels and Jim Beam. Awful stuff to drink. So when I tasted the bourbon Makers Mark that I got as a birthday gift I was suprised.
Makers Mark is a bourbon that is distilled in Loretto, Kentucky. Its trademark is is the almost square bottle which is sealed with red wax. And they use the scottish spelling of whisky, not whiskey. The taste of the whisky is very flavourful. It has a taste of oak, vanilla and much more. A few drops of water in the whisky and it ggives away more taste. Very good.
 I wonder if I will every visit this distillery. Wold be fun to try it out there they distill it. I can always look at the pics from their site, http://www.makersmark.com/.