K. Luke - Toasted Barrel, Barrel Strength Bourbon

Tasting Notes: The nose here is plush - elegant spices with clove and lemon oil giving lift while toffee and old fashioned donuts continue to sweeten. Buttery and inviting with a smidge of blackberry jam, dried cherry, plum and light leather continue on, the longer it rests the more deep and perfumed caramel cake and layered it grows.

The palate is dense yet silky, giving plenty of chess pie in both mouthfeel and sweetness, but still plenty of warming French oak-esque baking species to compliment (freshly ground cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and black pepper). The longer it opens the more those species settle into charred marshmallows, butter pecan ice cream, torched citrus peel, and seasoned oak.

The finish is long and lingering, following in the footsteps of batches 1 and 3 with plenty of buttery caramel sweetness and well seasoned oak in balance.