Booker's 6 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 19 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Smells like a barbecue in progress. Fat pork being cooked over applewood. Palate Rich but supple. Mature. Winey. Sherry-like. Finish Spicy. Did someone slip some Herbsaint in here? Comment Wonderfully expansive. Seems to embrace the tastes of the south, all the way from Kentucky to Louisiana.

Dave Broom Nose Huge and ripe: barley sugar/spun sugar, apricot, lashings of vanilla, orange crème brûlée – but the alcohol gives your nose a right belt. Palate Perfumed with a floral lift. Imagine flowers encased in orange blossom honey. Hickory wood. Finish Treacle, but the alcohol blurs things. Comment A huge old-style mouthful but the high-strength masks much of the subtle complexities in what is a big-boned bourbon.