Heaven Hill Distilleries Select Stock Kentucky Straight Bourbon 14-Year (750ml)

Nose: Straw, Golden Grahams, it's lighter, but brighter and more prominent and inviting than the bourbon with a candy caramel, vanilla, and light cinnamon sweetness.

Palate: It's fruity and sweet, bright but with a little viscosity from the age. Stewed peaches, honey, there’s some hints of black pepper and cinnamon as well as a touch of orange.

Finish: Burnt orange peel, anise and black pepper. Then almost a numbing sensation on the back of the throat like you'd get from a particularly intense cough drop. Maybe it’s just the proof but I don't think so, it’s more of a sensation than it is a taste. Odd.

14 years - 135.8 proof - bottled by Austin Grice on 3/8/23