Winter Whiskey is one of those bourbons you’ll want to share with friends and keep in the bar for those occasions when your palate craves something really good but also something different.
The finish ties it all together expertly with torched sugar, chocolate mint, and lingering notes of marmalade and chai tea. It’s perhaps not the stunner we were given at the end of 2023, but there’s certainly nothing to complain about here.
Pound for pound, there’s no better value in barrel-proof wheated bourbon right now. I’m not sure why the price hasn’t increased along with Heaven Hill’s other annual barrel-proof trio, Elijah Craig, but I’m not complaining.
Campari could have easily made this another three-figure limited edition like Generations, but they didn’t. I’m not sure who we thank for that, but I’d like to think Jimmy had some input.
The first Legacy Series release stood out as a rare example of a celebrity brand that was more than marketing and a shiny bottle. This latest Jypsi Legacy Series release is equally impressive and will likely find lots of fans. It’s an entirely different animal, however, from Batch 001.
Cognac finishing like this is somewhat unique for an American whiskey, but it really sings with this well-aged malt, delivering a bright, silky aroma of ripe apricot, flamed orange peel, and soft wood smoke alongside the expected roasted and dark tones of the toasted oak.
In the crowded world of single-barrel, cask-strength bourbons distilled in Indiana, this one is notable for its complexity and depth of flavor.
No one is going to be disappointed with this one. It’s not quite the flavor bomb from earlier this year, but what it lacks in potency it more than makes up for in approachability.
Just look at that bottle. Leaning nonchalantly up against the wall of what appears to be a very nice Las Vegas bathroom. I can almost imagine it taking a long drag off a cigarette and telling me to lighten up. If an inanimate object could exude cool, it would be this one.
The nose is brooding and dark with a crispy foundation of chocolaty barrel char slathered in notes of dark berry jam, orange marmalade, and overcooked caramel. It’s one of the more intense Wild Turkey noses I’ve experienced.
