Review #10; Bourbon #7: New Riff Bottled in Bond Bourbon

Background: This bourbon comes to us by way of upstart distillery New Riff. This bourbon was aged for 4 years before being bottled in compliance with the bottled in bond act. This Bourbon has not been chill filtered.

Nose: Brown sugar, Vanilla, Cinnamon and Pepper with some oak.

Palate: Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Spicy rye

Finish: Medium length, sharp, mostly spice and you can tell its high rye. Pepper, leather, oak, cinnamon, hint of vanilla. Can tell the age from this aftertaste.

Conclusion: It’s not terrible. Maybe it is my bottle or perhaps I need to do it blind but it isn’t bad. You can definitely tell it’s young, but overall it wasn’t disappointing. To me, the price is a little high for what it delivers, so I will not be rebuying this bottle. I will be interested to see how this ages a few years down the road.

Rating: 4/10

1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.

2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.

3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.

4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists.

5 | Good | Good, just fine.

6 | Very Good | A cut above.

7 | Great | Well above average

8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.

9 | Incredible | An all time favorite

10 | Perfect | Perfect


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