Four Roses Small Batch is a Kentucky straight bourbon made by blending four of the distillery’s ten proprietary recipes. It incorporates equal portions of both of their mash bills — one with 60% corn, 35% rye, and 5% malted barley, and another with 75% corn, 20% rye, and 5% malted barley. The selected recipes also feature yeast strains chosen to highlight a balance of light spice, richness, and fruit-forward character. It is bottled at 45% ABV.
How it tastes
Measured across 14 flavor axes. Tap a note to find other bottles that lead with it.
2 oz sampler
Nose - Cinnamon, caramel, red apple, pine needle, light oak, and medium ethanol.
Palate - Thin caramel, bitter oak, green apple, unsweet flowers, and light cinnamon. Finish is medium with bitter oak, light vanilla bean, and light ethanol.
It's been a while since I've had this. It's ok, but there are better options under $40. If you want the Four Roses experience, pay a bit more for a single barrel.
PPopeWhiskeyJack4.0
Glass: Glencairn, rested 15 minutes.
Color: Medium amber.
Nose: Caramel, vanilla, some dark fruit.
Palate: Some cinnamon and clove wirh a bit of oak dryness at the end.
Finish: Medium heat, but surprisingly long for 90 proof.
Splash: No new flavors are revealed.
Overall: 8/10 - This is an outstanding bourbon at its price point. The proof may not hold up in a cocktail, but it's a fine sipper neat.
ddmbosstone3.3
Nose: Sweet oak, buttery shortbread
Palate: Berries and a hint of vanilla at the top, but quickly goes to baking spices
Finish: Short fade into baking spices
One step up from Four Roses Yellow Label is a blend of four out of the ten recipes Four Roses uses. While not complex, this is an easy sipper that does the classic bourbon profile well- especially on the spice end.
kkevin waters3.8
Nose is full of peach, vanilla, caramel and oak. Some subtle hints of raisin and apple also appear. Palate is very similar to the nose with notes of vanilla right up front. Caramel is present as well, but flavor evolves to that peach note on the mid-palate. Finish is fairly short and has an oaky quality that also presents some cinnamon spice to the mix.
mmyglassisempty3.5
N: Butter toffee oak
P: Butter, oak, Carmel, pepper
F : oak pepper dry
Decent sipper. Tried it in an old fashioned and it was average. The flavor profile didn't change much. I think I have to play with it more. Has, what I would describe as, a buttery taste to it.
ssmokey bourbon4.5
Smooth flavor throughout, very mild burn at the end. Flavor is hard to describe, a little sweet but mild overall. I don't taste any strong flavors at all, and just a hint of floral. Overall very pleasant, equally good on rocks or straight.
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