Joseph Magnus Hand Selected Private Barrel

Neat. OHLQ Barrel 1378. MGP. Graham Cracker and oak upfront. All spice and vanilla. Cinnamon. More spice notes and less dessert notes for a MGP. Hint of apple. Thinner texture than I was expecting. Spicy on the tongue with that cinnamon and spice still dominate. Caramel and vanilla with lots of cinnamon again. Tingle on the tongue. Get that Apple again the more I sip. Caramel and cinnamon with the apple on the legs. Pretty fitting for a fall day watching the leaves change and fall. It’s good. It’s unique for MGP too. I don’t think I have described something and a caramel apple with a layer of cinnamon. That’s a cool combination.

106 proof store pick. The smell is cinnamon, oranges, caramel, and a bit of wood. Tasting it brings out some spicy cinnamon, oranges, maple, and caramel. There’s a bit of up front burn but it quickly gives way to the fruit and caramel taste. Finishes with a bit of heat and oak.

Whiskey Elite Pick: nose is molasses, caramel. Palate gives baking spices, and oak. 4/5 Kenwood Liquors Pick: very sweet like candy, hints of butterscotch. Palate gives baking spice, oak, dates, subtle caramel. 4.25/5 Potomac Wine & Spirits: 4.5/5 Go big blue liquor: 4.25/5

Central Ohio Bourbon private barrel: First Love 104 proof Nose: tobacco, maple syrup, vanilla, caramel, ethanol, graham Palate: thin, sweet, oily, dried fruit, tannins Finish: medium, burst of cinnamon, oak, earthy end

Drinks hot. Tasted sweet and spices on the front and the finish tasted like a cherry bomb. Atlanta Capitol City Pick.

Sherry finished. A little too funky for me. Nose is oak and ethanol. Pallet is vanilla, oak and fruit.