Old Forester Repeal Bourbon

A more significant oak impact when compared to the standard Old Forester bourbons which is evident by the polished leather tobacco and dry resin notes (especially on the finish). There’s an attempt to balance all this wood with notes of dusty corn coconut mint vanilla juniper and dark berried fruit (blueberry black raspberry black cherry) but I don’t think it quite gets there. This bourbon is a nice change of pace (and I understand the reason behind this whisky -- to emulate bourbons from the era of Repeal) but I prefer the Old Forester “Signature” 100 proof to this whiskey. I’m happy drinking the whiskeys of today thank you. (Price is per 375 ml.)