Tasting Notes

Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.

Old Grand-Dad Bonded

Country: USA

Region: Kentucky

Type: Bourbon

Bottler: Distiller

ABV: 50%

Score: 90 Points

Old Grand-Dad Bonded Bourbon. Image courtesy Beam Suntory.This is a new look for one of Bourbon’s legendary brands, but the whiskey inside remains the same. Four years old, bottled at 50% ABV (100 proof), and distilled in a single distilling season at one distillery.

The nose has a great aroma with notes of toasted rye bread, clove, honey, brown sugar, cocoa beans,  and vanilla. The taste is spicy with clove, black pepper, honey, vanilla, and dark chocolate. The finish is long and spicy with lingering pepper and a touch of caramel cola. (February, 2015)