Nose: Oak, green apple, cherry, honey Palate: Vanilla, apple Finish: Short with baking spices and more oak Revisiting Cooper's Craft, when Brown Forman originally released Cooper's Craft in 2016, they bragged about a special beech and birch charcoal filter finishing process that was designed to mellow the liquid. This is a post aging step not to be confused with the Lincoln County Process out in TN. The process helps explain the oak presence in what is a pretty low-proof offering. As I described it before, this is a very MTR offering that could be compared to Buffalo Trace's Benchmark. It's an OK sipper but isn't anything special. Perhaps the only special thing about it is that with Brown Forman's recent decision to close down its Cooperage, this brand is most likely going away as well. Why have a brand dedicated to the Coopers when you have none?
Coopers' Craft Original 82.2 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
About this bottle
Coopers' Craft celebrates the role and heritage of the coopers, who meticulously construct and repair barrels for whiskey making. It was specifically created as a tribute to the Brown-Forman Cooperage, which has been operating since 1945, and is the only American brand to have its own for making new barrels. It also marks the first new brand the company has launched in 20 years. The bourbon is matured in Brown-Forman Cooperage barrels, then filtered using a proprietary beech and birch charcoal-filtration system and bottled at 82.2 proof.
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*Edit: This review is of the 100 proof Chiseled and charred release I get a fair amount of citrus, a bit of underripe apple, and cinnamon on the smell. The taste is sweeter than the nose, but the citrus is very present. There’s some vanilla, and ginger. The finish is a bit of citrus pith, somewhat bitter. There’s toasted wood, as well as more tannic wood notes. It is a decent whiskey, there’s plenty of what we expect from bourbon, but also some unique flavors that keep it interesting. A note on the bottle, this bottle seems purpose built to be a decanter, or infinity bottle. Smell: 15/20 First sip: 21/30 Following taste and finish: 20/25 Esthetics and Value: 18/20 I will give 3/5 of my subjective points as it is an interesting expression. Total: 77/100
Blind taste test - bought 50 mL bottles at Blarney Stone on McKinley Rd. Color is a nice medium amber color. Smell is fantastic - like a soft Blade and Bow with a hint of tannins, butterscotch, and mild baking spice. Taste is really sweet cake and caramel with TONS of vanilla, some bready and light nutty notes on the finish. Really like this one. Upon reveal, the apple/pear aroma is what I couldn’t out my finger on. Very nice!
Nose: Green apple, vanilla Palate: Vanilla, caramel Finish: A short finish, continuing the sweet profile with some more hints of fruit and just a little bit of heat Overall a very light-bodied, sweet sipper that is extremely crushable. For some reason, I want to call it a "table wine" whiskey: an everyday bourbon that is very no frills but still enjoyable.
The nose has a heavy applie smell along with hints of wood. The taste compliments the woodiness of the nose along with bringing along hints of spice. The finish is not long lasting by any means but it brings a pleasant spice while rounding out with a light fruitiness complimenting the initial nose.
Usual Brown Foreman profile, which to me is darker flavors accentuated with a slight nuttiness. Can never really go wrong. More brown sugar than vanilla. Almost like molasses. Some cinnamon, under ripe apple. Hints of pear or other white fruit. Slight ethanol. Not a lingering finish.
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