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Elmer T. Lee was certainly one of Buffalo Hint’s longest serving Grasp Distillers, and maybe extra importantly, he’s credited with launching Blanton’s, the very first commercially obtainable single barrel bourbon. In 1986, not lengthy after his retirement, Lee was honored with this bottle, an eponymous single barrel of his personal. In recent times, Elmer T. Lee has been even more durable to return by than Blanton’s, turning into one more extremely coveted Buffalo Hint whiskey that’s nearly by no means obtainable for something near its instructed retail value. No age info is offered, nevertheless it’s rumored to be the identical greater rye #2 mashbill as Blanton’s, simply aged in Hint’s commonplace rickhouses. There’s not a lot of the bottle we’re tasting left, and I’ll in all probability by no means discover one other one, so let’s get this one reviewed, we could?
The nostril is tender and lightweight however there’s nonetheless some good depth to it with notes of butterscotch, buttery cinnamon toast, and caramel apple. There’s additionally a leathery high quality right here, nearly like suede. On the palate, this one is the definition of simple consuming, gentle and candy and oily, however possibly only a contact skinny because it heads into the end. Regardless of that, there’s a beneficiant quantity of taste baked into every sip: caramel corn, toasted coconut, toffee, and cinnamon candies with out a lot hint of spice. The end is beneficiant with a restrained heat and a little bit of orange peel that provides the finale a lingering, juicy brightness.
Like Blanton’s, Elmer T. Lee is a single barrel bourbon, so your mileage will certainly range in the event you occur to truly find certainly one of these bottles. Whereas it bares the identical trademark approachability of the various Blanton’s single barrels I’ve tasted over time, Elmer T. Lee has constantly appeared brighter and a contact extra complicated. Joyful looking!
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Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Bourbon
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