Paid: $65 for 750ml

Distilled/Owned by: Four Roses / Kirin

Store Select: Liquor Barn

Region: Kentucky

56.5% ABV

Mashbill: 75% corn, 20% rye, 5% barley

Aged For: 9 Years, 8 Months

Cask Type: New charred American oak, Char # 3 or 4

Chill Filtered: No

 

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Color: Tawny

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn

Nose: Vanilla, tobacco, oak, cinnamon, cedar, caramel, ansise

Feel: Full bodied and spicy

Taste: Clove, cigar tobacco, spicy oak, caramel, rye, vanilla, and pepper

Finish: Warm and lasting, coffee cake, baking spice, glazed donuts with bacon.

Thoughts: A lovely bottling, I think the OESK is my favorite of the Four Roses recipes.

Score: 88 out of 100