![]() This was the American Whiskey of the Year in Jim Murray’s 2014 & 2017 Whisky Bibles. Below 59: If you have a bottle of this, start cooking with it instead. 2020 Cowboy BourbonUncut & Unfiltered Straight Bourbon Whiskey 133.9 Proof Every now and then, Garrison Brothers releases one of the most highly-coveted bourbon whiskies in America: Cowboy Bourbon.70-74: Solid, wouldn’t go out of my way to get it.80-84: Very Good, maybe only one minor nitpick about the whisky keeping it here.85-89: Amazing, will always try to keep a bottle of this in my collection (if feasible).90-95: Near perfect, there is something truly special about this whisky.96-100: The perfect dram, nectar of the gods.Would I buy a bottle? Probably not at the $200+ this goes for but it’s definitely worth trying.Īmerican Whiskey Review #66, Bourbon Review #53, Whisky Network Review #314 The note of cedar that dominates proceedings is very different and I found it a lot more pleasant than the usual over-oaking bourbon can get at times. But unlike the flagship, the 2015 Cowboy Bourbon was aged for four years and left at barrel-proof, unfiltered and uncut. The nose teases that it’s going to be an earthy one and the rest of it absolutely delivers. The Cowboy Bourbon is made just as Garrison Brothers’ flagship is: with organic Panhandle corn, soft red winter wheat grown at the distillery, two-row malted barley and Hill Country rainwater. It drinks like a far lower proof whisky (which is probably a recipe for trouble if we drank much more of it than we did) and I didn’t add any water to it until the end. ![]() It’s probably the strongest whiskey I’ve had at a whopping 66.95% ABV but in all honesty, you can never tell. I have to say, it’s quite different from any other bourbon I’ve ever had. That rich cedar from the palate just lingers forever and a day.Ĭonclusion: Yesterday, a friend of mine and I walked into his local bar and the bartender immediately set this bottle down in front of us to try. The cedar dominated proceedings for the most part and only gave bits away to the earthier notes of leather, leather polish, and some tobacco.įinish: Very long, very nutty. I was reminded heavily of cedar with a slight almost nuttiness to it. While there’s a distinct note of wood, it is most definitely not oak. There’s so much leather here with maybe a tinge of tobacco. ![]() Nose Before you can even get the glass up to your nose, you can smell the leather oozing out of it. “Distilled & Barreled in 2015”, age would be around 4-5 years.Ĭorn Variety: Food Grade #1 White from farms in South Texas American Whiskey Review #66: Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon (2020 Release)Īge: NAS. ![]()
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