Take it from Big Bubba: if you have $40 in your pocket and need to buy a bottle of bourbon for the holidays, avoid the trendy high-end brands that more and more these days clutter the top-end shelves. My recommendation: ignore the glitz, opt for tradition, and invest in a bottle of Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel. Now that’s the shit.Monkeyman and I popped our first bottle of this stuff in early spring and were absolutely bowled over. Even Mr. Stretch, who typically shies away from the high-powered juice (KY Spirit is 101 proof) conceded that it was some smooth, easy-drinkin, sweet-ass liquor. It’s more than that, though. KY Spirit is indecently sweet upon hitting the tongue and the flavor of roasted caramel deepens millisecond by millisecond as it rolls to the back of the throat. Upon swallowing, the entire nasal cavity is permeated with tones of honey and fruit. The depth of character of this whiskey seemed at the time unparalleled. Wow, we thought, the boys at Wild Turkey have outdone themselves here.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: That first bottle was from Barrel 20, Warehouse E, Rick #25. We have since tried other examples of Kentucky Spirit and, while feeling like the product easily justified the price tag, we have yet to be as enamored with another bottle as we were with the first. But that’s what they say, isn’t it? There’s no time like the first time.
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