Stellum Black Hunter's Moon Bourbon

Nose: Rich brown sugar or toffee with a hint of corn and ethanol as well as a touch of fruit sweetness but oddly no trace of the “robust woodiness” that the label describes. Palate: An explosion of hard candy sweetness and robust woodiness with a hint of corny ethanol on the backside. Finish: Relatively short lived in contrast to the explosion of flavor on the palate but a hint of oak lingers as a quiet aftertaste. I enjoyed exploring the flavor of this bourbon but would likely not buy it again so it is definitely a buy but not a staple. 

Nose:  Cocoa, caramel candies, and lots of oak with some rye spice. Palate:  Cola, root beer, rich oak and brown sugar, along with slightly burnt caramel. Some dry baking spice, with notes of cinnamon and also herbaceous tones, pepper, and rye spice. Finish:  Punchy finish, with a touch of ethanol and plenty of oak. Grows drier and spicier over time. Overall:  Interesting, unique and complex.

Nose: caramel, toffee, wood, leather, orange Palate: fruit, vanilla, spices, oak Finish: spicy, tannic, long Came in first in a blind test of autumn bourbons with Old Ezra 7yr barrel strength, Dickel BiB 13yr, and Old Forester 1920. Good thing, since it’s by far the most expensive on the list.

Initial sweetness, soon followed by warming, prickly rye greets the tongue. A mid-palate fullness with a drier entry of oak, as opposed to caramel, vanilla and baking spices. A lot of depth here regardless. The finish is extremely long and ends on a maple sugar note.