Blanton's Original

Blanton's Original

I have been wanting to try this bourbon for some time - what a great bottle, great history (created by Elmer T. Lee) and growing in profile. Good legs in the glass, a sharp coppery amber colour. Beautiful oaky nose of cinnamon, burnt sugar, vanilla and some orange in the background. And underneath some bacon? Speaking to it's creaminess, methinks....

Score 93/100

Blanton's Original

A friend of mine dropped by after his trip to the US, and he brought back a bottle of this and was kind enough to let me have a glass. This was my first top shelf bourbon, so I was really intrigued! I also loved the bottle, and the very cool stopper (and there is a fairly cool story behind the stoppers of the various Blanton's bourbons - head to...

Score 82/100

Blanton's Special Reserve

Golden orange appearance. Toasted coconut, apple, caramel aroma. Slightly sweet, toffee, vanilla, light apple, woody flavor. Not overly flavorful but pretty good.

Score 83/100

Blantons Straight From The Cask

Single barrel (#195) Nose: I can really get on board with this. It smells thick. Maple syrup, almost like an extremely high quality spiced dark/navy rum. Stewed prunes and figs. Heavy, dark caramel covered apples. I'm not going to drink this. It's too amazing. (with water) More fruit comes out, and the water clarifies the deeper notes, if that...

Score 94/100