2XO Oak Series American Oak

The nose is loaded in oak and peppery notes mixed with the sweetness of vanilla and butterscotch. The palate is sweeter and loses most of the oakiness. Vanilla, honey, fig, and apricot infiltrate the roof of the mouth and coat the tongue. Disappointingly, the finish is rather fleeting with nothing really hanging around to trigger a salivating event and the want for the next sip. If you like your whiskey experience to be short and sweet, than this is the bottle for you, but if you enjoy a lasting complex finish than seek other options. At $80, this is a one and done as there are so many more better whiskeys at this price point to invest in. Overall: Nose - 3/5 Taste: 3/5 Overall: 3/5 Repurchase: No Type: Friday Night Pour

Beauty of a bottle. Smells good. Nothing crazy on the nose sweet baking spice with almost a sweet bbq sauce note. Mild oak. Tastes of faint apple taffy, nice vanilla, caramel baked monkey bread flavor in the mid with some nice heat,some citrus in there as well. Seems to get sweeter with the heat then the dry oak finishes it out. Ends sweet and dry. Well balanced, well worth the price. This is definitely what you think about when your talking about a classic bourbon.

Nose: heavy peach and apple with a strong vanilla. Light hint of spiciness and dark caramel. Hint of citrus after tasting it. Taste: heavy oak up front gives way to a sweet vanilla with a very spicy cinnamon finish. Fruity notes sneak their way into the mid palette. Water buries the fruit notes and brings out the sweeter vanilla and caramrl notes Alright on its own but it definitely would seem like a good for cocktails

A light, high, fine nose with a soft amount of wood and even less char. Very delicate and inviting. The flavor matches the nose in quietude. A reticent mouthfeel with some notice given to the rye, but overall, a very even tempered straight bourbon. A welcome and even fade to the finish, ending with a touch of dark pie crust.

A rich smokey, caramel, vanilla, oak, almost barbeque pork/roasted honey ham nose, a robust sweet vanilla oaken body, spicy body, not overpowering, notes of caramel/honey ham, w/ a smooth quickly fading sweet oaken finish. Tasted neat in a sampler tulip glass.

After an initial blast of heavy charred oak, it transitions to a sweet brown sugar with a little spice and even a hint of dark fruit. It has an incredible sweet and moderate to long finish. It is very enjoyable at this price point.