Evan Williams Single Barrel 1988

Evan Williams 1999 Single Barrel

Wow. An exceptionally smooth dram. I've not tried a lot of bourbons but this is the best I've tried so far. Great neat, cut or as a mixer. My new favorite!

Score 90/100

Evan Williams Single Barrel 2002

Evan Williams is the second biggest-selling bourbon after Jim Beam, and their annual Single Barrel series is the world's only vintage-dated single barrel bourbon. Evan Williams himself is considered by many to be Kentucky's first distiller, and was also a politician and a member of the Board of Trustees in Louisville. The brand is owned by Heaven...

Score 90/100

Evan Williams Black Label

I'm a little pissed at how much I overpaid for this bottle at a private liquor store in Vancouver. That aside, it's not too bad. On ice, the nose is sweet, lightly spiced, with cinnamon and oak, brown sugar and furniture polish, even a bit of cedar. On the palate there is a lightly perfumed sweetness, a yeasty sweet taste like sugar cookies. The...

Score 78/100

Evan Williams Single Barrel 2002

This Evan Williams is from Barrel no.1049 barreled on 4-11-02 and bottled on 11-21-12. Nose: Charred barrel, melted caramel and molasses. It's accompanied by some leather note and brown sugar. But, the predominate smell is the barrel char and leather. This Bourbon takes time to open up for the other notes to come through and balance out the...

Score 88/100