Four Roses 9 Year 3 Month Old K&L Exclusive OBSV Single Barrel Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Another stupendous cask from our friends in Lawrenceburg. The very special whiskies coming out of Four roses today are some of Kentucky's very best. They do allot of things the old way, while their competition has chosen to move forward with modern accoutrement, Four Roses continues to insist on old practices that set the product apart from the pack. First there is the proper souring step, yeast cultivated each week there by offering depth of character unsurpassed by other modern distillers. Cypress fermenters, slow low distillation, and a lower than standard fill proof are just some of the quality components that make Four Roses the best bourbon money can buy. Now take the fact that all their great bourbon go into just three standard products and you have a recipe for some incredibly high quality store picks. They're they only big KY producer that let us bottle proper cask strength bourbon for our store picks. We picked these out in Cox's Creek with the great Al Young and the wonderful Mandy Vance. This OBSV is more evidence that Four Roses don't need to be 10+ years to be superlatively good. The aromatics here are big boisterous spice and dark stewed fruits balanced by slight hints of graphite and earthy dry forest notes. The richest most unctuous palate imaginable that gets hot in the middle in the best way, but goes down without any edges. This is the real deal and nothing on the shelf touches this 120 proof monster for the price in terms of power, complexity vs balance.