Hewn Dark Hollow Pennsylvania Bourbon

My inlaws were visiting each other in NJ earlier this year, and while on a road trip to PA, my father in-law grabbed a bottle of this for me, knowing well of my Bourbon "hobby"... Although I really love that he thought of me and wanted to include this with my Christmas haul, I gotta say, this is not a favorite. It appears to be fairly young (under 4 years), and you can see it AND taste it. It's a light golden color for starters, but the main things is that the flavor has that, "I really needed to sit in my barrel for a couple years longer" quality. I tried making an Old Fashioned with it, but even that didn't cut it. It's simply too young-tasting. Tastes more like a cheap Irish Whiskey or Scotch to me than Bourbon. 2 stars because of the sentiment with which I acquired this bottle. Added 8/10/25: This stuff is gross. Wanted to give it a second chance tonight... but it's even worse than I remember it from my first tasting. Dumping it down the drain... and lowering my generous rating of 2.0 stars down to 0.5 stars.

It’s got a strong wood aroma and taste to me but it’s not overpowering on the taste and blends well with the sweetness of it. Very smooth and enjoyable to me.

It had an awkward taste to it. It was strong but there seemed something off. Maybe the way it was made. I may be too young in the whiskey to understand.

Bright, but tastes like a very young whiskey. Flavor is fleeting and does not a much depth, yet fairly smooth. Medicinal notes with hints of apple

Young tasting