The Walking Dead Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Disclosure: normally I would have passed on an NAS, sourced bourbon with a cheesy media tie-in, but when my local grocery store knocked this down to $14 and everywhere else in my area had it at $35, I decided to take the inexpensive plunge on this 94 proofer. Bright nose with standard vanilla/caramel, peach, and new leather. The palate brings the vanilla, caramel, and peach from the nose with minor notes of Spanish peanut skin, and maple. Very sharp bordering on "harsh" mint and oak bite in the mid-palate. Short finish ends with some cinnamon and that newly tanned leather previously noted in the aroma. Watery mouth feel for 94 proof. This bourbon doesn't have any deal breaking flaws, but nothing about it excels either; basically it's a fast train to Boringville. Hard to rate; do I give it a rating based on it's normal price of nearly $40 or my bargain basement price of $14? Let's start by saying it is nowhere NEAR worth $40 or even $30; if I paid that for it I'd be pissed so if anywhere near that I would avoid. At $14? Quite possibly a re-buy when funds are light. I'll kind of split the difference with the rating.

The palate has vanilla, honey, brown sugar, raisins and a light rye spice. Palate is slightly oily with sweet vanilla, rye. Finish is medium long with vanilla and a slight bitterness. Fairly easy to drink with a slight tingle on the edge of the tongue. I am pleasantly surprised by this one. I had very low expectations given the gimmicky-ness of the bottle. I found one for $9.99 so I opted in for it.

Surprisingly I really enjoyed this. Little sweet little spicy you have your regular bourbon flavors with prominent rye lurking in the back ground. They actually did a good job on this one it kinda reminds me of a store pick elijah craig with a tad bit more rye.

Sweet banana and chili pepper sit under the ethanol cloud on the nose. On the palate the candied cherry and dried mango skins crush it, but the alcohol still rears it’s ugly head. There’s so mush to love, but it’s a little too unbalanced for me to want more.

Color: Amber to deep gold Nose: Slight hint of ethanol, floral, stone fruits, caramel Palate: Toffee/caramel, vanilla, peanuts, mint. Light mouth feel, minimal ethanol burn Finish: Light oak, caramel. Short/doesn’t linger

As a fan of TWD, I had to try, I figured it would have a young,watered down, cheap taste but it was very enjoyable. I've paid more for bourbons that didn't taste nearly as good, I will definitely grab more while its around.