Reviews #51-56 - Seelbach’s Sample Series #1
Background - this is gonna be a simple review of the Seelbach’s 6-Bottle 50ml sampler pack I just picked up. Won’t be going into depth on background and mashbills, just tasting notes and rating for each!
Beyke’s Blue Corn Bourbon Batch 2
Nose - Getting a good bit of vanilla here, like a vanilla icing. Not much else though, but that’s fine with me. Pretty inviting.
Palate - Medium mouthfeel. Little rush of burn up fromt but vanilla icing really shines on the palate too. Getting some strong toffee and caramel with a little nuttiness here as well.
Finish - Medium finish, mostly toffee and peanut brittle here.
Rating - 6.5/10. Solid dessert-y pour.
Beyke’s Blue Double Oaked Bourbon Batch 1
Nose - The same vanilla icing here with some new flavors of burnt caramel and
Palate - Smoother with a bit thicker mouthfeel here compared to the other one. Definitely some oak presence up front, some burnt caramel, chocolate, marshamallow, and more vanilla icing like the other as well. Definitely some more character here.
Finish - Longer and stronger finish than the other. Slightly bitter dark chocolate and toffee coming on strong
Rating - 8/10, definitely a nice step up with more character and flavor.
Seelbach’s 15 Year Bourbon Batch 4 “Last Call”
Nose - creme brulee with strawberries and cherries on top
Palate - Great viscous mouthfeel, super smooth for 118 proof. Really coats your whole palate with a lot of brown sugary sweetness and chocolate up front. Strong cherry and carmel dipped red apple flavors really take over after that. Oakiness comes in towards the end but not bitter or drying at all. Super well-rounded pour.
Finish - LONG strong finish with oak, cinammon, nutmeg, honey, some rye spice, and lots of lingering red apple at the end.
Rating - 9.5/10, this is incredible.
Seelbach’s 7 Year Cask Strength Rye Batch 1
Nose - More ethanol than expected at 112 proof, with lots of orange and spice.
Palate - Medium mouthfeel. Mostly getting generic rye spice with strong orange with a little hint of oak and lemon. Really digging the orange but it’s pretty dominant over the other flavors. For me, that’s good. If you like more complexity, probably not as good.
Finish - Medium finish mostly carrying out the orange and rye spice with some cinammon and caramel
Rating - 7.5/10, MGP 95/5 with more depth of flavor at this proof than some have at 120+. Overall a well-done blend IMO.
Seelbach’s “Double Stacked” Maple Finished Bourbon Batch 1
Nose - Oaky maple syrup. Basically what I expected.
Palate - Nice thicker mouthfeel. Definitely can taste the alcohol more than I’d like to for the proof, but it’s basically boozy maple syrup with a bit of caramel and a surprising amount of rye spice and pepper. Reminds me more of an all-natural syrup I got at a syrup farm in Vermont once than any of the store shelf stuff.
Finish - Longer than I expected for sure. More of a lingering drying oak and of course, maple syrup.
Rating - 6.5/10. Decent bourbon with a very complementing finish, but not as sweet as I’d hoped for to be honest.
Seelbach’s Reserve Wheated Bourbon
Nose - Vanilla, caramel, oak.
Palate - Mouthfeel leaning a little thinner. Ethanol is relatively balanced for the proof. Rich caramel, cherry, cinammon, light pepper.
Finish - Shorter finish. a little nuttiness but not peanut, more of an almond flavor.
Rating - 6/10. A decent affordable wheater.