Angel's Envy Cask Strength Bottled in Bond Bourbon

Color: Medium Copper-Amber Nose: Fairly light nose, considering the 100 proof. Some familiar oaky-ethanol, but nothing thats jumping out at me. Hmmm... let's see what the palate offers... Palate: (Pour #1 Neat) The palate follows closely on the nose. Slightly sweet on the front end, with a slightly syrupy mouthfeel. The alcohol from the nose translates to a moderately warm chest hug right out of the gate. Very spicy... which sits at the back of the tongue. I'm not getting a whole heck of a lot from this neat pour. I'm hoping for more revelations from pour #2, with the addition of ice.... Not much else new to report with the addition of ice. The chest hug is stubborn, and doesn't back off after subsequent pours like most other bottles do. As you can imagine, the "spiciness" does get tamped down a bit as the ice dillutes the juice. What the hell IS that, that just came through on that last sip? Ah, lost it. Maybe caramel.... Finish: Finish is petty short with tingly tongue and spicy oak tannins. Final Thoughts: OK.... this is a decent pour. Lacks complexity (which is fine), but is all in all an inoffensive neutral bourbon. Pleasant but unremarkable. I'm glad I bought it at the price I paid. Anything over that would bring my rating down. I appear to be the outlier here. Everyone else seems to love this. Perhaps it will improve over time...? But going on my first impressions, 3.00 stars for being enjoyable, yet uninspired. Added 1/11/26: I'm revisiting this tonight, and I'm thinking that I may have been a bit too harsh on it originally. This is "good " bourbon. Upping my score to 3.25.

Nose: Sweet oak, fruit cocktail, burnt sugars Palate: Toasted oak and vanilla Finish: Short-Medium, a nice balance of spice and sweet This is a review of the original distillery-only limited release, however I can report that this is now available as a regular release and marks Angel's Envy first foray into non-finished bourbon. What is amazing about this release is not just that it's straight bourbon but it's simultaneously bottled-in-bond AND cask strength. It fits all the requirements for Bottled-In-Bond: one distillery, one distilling season, at least four years (in this case the liquid is just shy of six years), and 100pf. Master Distiller Owen Martin achieved hitting 100 proof without adding water by batching together 27 low-proof barrels and two higher proof ones. The final batch hit the magic number. The result is a solid bourbon that fits what you would expect from Kentucky Bourbon. It has a nice coating mouthfeel, a finish that hits harder than you'd expect for a 100pf, and is a solid sipper.

Neck pour out of the new 750 ml version just released in stores as their first unfinished major release: Almost no nose to speak of, and a buttery-vanilla, very pure taste on the palate... It could use a heavier oak presence and is very subtle for the higher proof. One can see why Angel's Envy put a finish on this to begin with, but it certainly doesn't offend on its own and might improve on future tastings

N- banana pudding, bread crust, brown sugar, peach cobbler P- caramalized peaches, honey, caramel, oak F- long, warm, oak, caramaliser sugar

Just ok. Not enough flavor coming through for me. I thought it drank a little hot too. Good finish though.

Nose: butterscotch, caramel, brown sugar Taste: caramel Finish: long, peach