Rebel 10 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon

I saw Rebel 10 for the first time ever in my area so I had to grab one. Ive seen wildly divergent reviews of this, so i wasn’t sure my $90 was safe. I shouldn’t have worried! Its a 2024 release and “only” 10 years old - i know there are older releases out there. Also I understand this is very likely a wheated Heaven Hill and therefore essentially a bottle of a rejected Old Fitzgerald single barrel which is pretty cool. The nose and palate are pretty simple - oak, some kind of yeast or laquer. So far, fine but not impressive. But the instant the finish hits, this thing surges to a high rating. It is Luden’s cherry cough drops, all day. My favorite note of all time. Honestly as I noted the nose and palate are just normal, but that finish - insane. I immediately bought another bottle and it’s the same barrel. Whew. Love this, but it is incomplete without a great nose or palate. But that finish - ridiculous. Your mileage may vary.

Purchased through a store recommendation. The guy wasn't kidding when he told me how good this was. Lovely baking spice aromatics. Complex flavors await the palate once the sipping starts. Obvious citrus and orange peel started things off. Midway till the end a welcomed array of leather, subtle tobacco, and warm vanilla lingered on. A touch of dry/bitterness emerged on the aftertaste. Another thing to point out is how ridiculously drinkable this is to have neat considering the proof. $80 well spent IMO.

Nose: soft corn, honey roasted nuts, sweet oak, and orange Taste: oily, but almost almost invisible or indiscernible on the pallet until you swallow, then the flavors come in waves. Black pepper pops all over your tongue, orange, burnt cinnamon stick, sweet caramel and oak, vanilla, and wheat Finish: after the waves of flavor pass over, you're left with a tingling tongue, dotted with black pepper and a bright, bitter flavor of raw walnuts and sweet oak

Aroma- bold wheat profile. Bubblegum, dark fruits presence (plums, blackberry jam), oak presence is nice rounding out the aroma. Not a “wow” moment here.. but quite intriguing. Taste - wheat is very evident here again, really enjoying the balance of the wheat and the oak. The dark fruits come through here again but with the addition of a slight cherry note. Overall - at the price point and for a wheated 10 year… it’s fantastic.

Received a sample in trade. Glass: Glencairn, rested 15 minutes Color: Medium amber. Nose: Caramel and apples. Some honey. Palate: Sweet with caramel and fruit. Some baking spice and cinnamon. Finish: Long with medium heat. Splash: No new flavors are revealed. Overall: 6.5/10 - a good dram, at a good proof, but probably not a daily drinker for me.

Nose: vanilla, red fruit, cherry, caramel, cinnamon, apple pie Palate: soft, coats the palate but isn’t long. It’s sweet, cherry some oak at the end of the palate and a hint of cinnamon. Finish: sweet oak, decent finish that doesn’t really make it to your chest but heats up palate but doesn’t linger for long.