Blanton’s Original Single Barrel 1998 Japanese Import

Blanton’s Original Single Barrel 1998

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DISTILLERY: BUFFALO TRACE

AGE: NAS

BOTTLED: 1998

REGION: KENTUCKY, USA

BOTTLE STRENGTH: 46.5% / 93 PROOF

BOTTLE SIZE: 75CL

Dumped 28th August 1998 from Cask #2.

First released in 1984 by Elmer T. Lee who was the master distiller at Buffalo Trace distillery, which was then known as George T. Stagg DistilleAs I sometimes say, it’s reassuring to learn from the label that CAD are using oak casks and not plywood straight from Ikea or, sob, Home Depot. Colour: light gold. Nose: it was a fatter, but also a feintier spirit, more on craft beer, low wine, sour fruit juice, fermenting cherries, whey, fermenting bananas… What an adventurous nose! With water: wood glue! Not sure we should have added water, my friend. Mouth (neat): oh the good old times when quality control was done at the pub. This is really extra-wacky, sour and acidic, very fermentary, with some metallic sides and something that’s just not right.  Blanton’s Original Single Barrel 1998 Japanese Import.

Anti-rust paint? Plastic? With water: doesn’t improve mucho, except that you’ll find more elderberry liqueur and some dried fermented litchis. Which is all an acquired taste, I would add. Finish: medium, on something like sweet wine that started to referment – or something. Fish oil, toothpaste, paper and carbon in the aftertaste. Comments: ah the good old times of free whisky. I mean, free whisky as in free jazz. It’s got something very charminry, Blanton’s Original Single Barrel was the first single barrel bourbon commercially released.

Tasting Notes; sweet, citrus, oak, creamy vanilla and baking spices.

Please note that the seal around these bottles is prone to cracking in transit. This does not affect the liquid.