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Bourbons with a Custard Profile

These are popular bourbons or other whiskeys with a custard profile. Whiskeys with aromas, palates, or finishes that feature custard.

Pendleton Whisky
Pendleton Whisky

...NOSE: Vanilla, honey, butterscotch, and custard join together for a pleasing aroma. Hint of freshly grated cin...

Knobel Whiskey The Rickhouse Edition
Knobel Whiskey The Rickhouse Edition

...he American white oak. Each sip is reminiscent of fall baking spices, custardy, and fall desserts, with apple pie, toasty pie crust, and alm...

Horse Soldier Bourbon
Horse Soldier Bourbon

...corn, apple. Tasting: Caramel, vanilla, toasted corn, honey, nutmeg, custard, with a hint of spicy oak....

Laws Four Grain Straight Bourbon
Laws Four Grain Straight Bourbon

...dusty pepper. FLAVORS: Pekoe tea, orange peel, cinnamon, and vanilla custard. Hints of sweet tobacco and spice lead to a rich, dry finish. ...

Old Forester Single Barrel Barrel Strength Rye
Old Forester Single Barrel Barrel Strength Rye

...AROMA: Dessert forward, creamy vanilla and lemon custard, alongside rich caramel and dark brown sugar. TASTE: Full-bodi...

High Wire Benton's Smoked and Aged Jimmy Red Corn Whiskey
High Wire Benton's Smoked and Aged Jimmy Red Corn Whiskey

...illa notes, and a classic creamy mouthfeel. Light smoke, rich vanilla custard with a finish of charred pineapple, and fresh cracked black pe...

K.Luke Straight Bourbon Whiskey Barrel Strength
K.Luke Straight Bourbon Whiskey Barrel Strength

...t is found on the palate and met with rich toffee and Brûléed vanilla custard with subtle, balanced spice on a lingering round finish. ...

Four Gate Split Stave by Kelvin (Bourbon)
Four Gate Split Stave by Kelvin (Bourbon)

.... Taste: Oak is front and center on the tip of the tongue while sweet custard and cinnamon notes strike the mid-palate. Finish: Long and ric...

Four Gate Foundation
Four Gate Foundation

...the front palate is followed by sweetness on the mid-palate with more custard and cream, followed by baking spices, cinnamon, oak, and pie c...

Old Forester 2017 Birthday Bourbon
Old Forester 2017 Birthday Bourbon

...ice and charred black pepper dominate over a subtle core of chocolate custard and kola nut. FINISH: Spicy perimeter mouthfeel that slowly ca...

Coopers' Craft Original Bourbon
Coopers' Craft Original Bourbon

...nd fresh oak character mingle with baked apple sweetness and a citrus custard. THE TASTE: A true sipping bourbon with soft lemon custard and...

Rabbit Hole Cavehill
Rabbit Hole Cavehill

...vors of Orange, Honey, Mint, Hints of Toasted Grain. Finish: Vanilla, Custard....

Barrell Craft Spirits Gold Label Bourbon
Barrell Craft Spirits Gold Label Bourbon

...tuous creaminess, incorporating pina colada, key lime pie, and banana custard. Peach nectar, and cherry jam all contribute to a juicy qualit...

Rabbit Hole Mizunara Founder's Collection
Rabbit Hole Mizunara Founder's Collection

...x of earthy confectionery flavors. Tobacco and oak linger as hints of custard, nutmeg, and cinnamon give way to honey, rose, and currant, th...

Noteworthy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Noteworthy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

...moked vanilla buttercream. Flavor: starfruit, toffee, rosemary, lemon custard, cinnamon and mace, and black licorice....

Barrell Rye Whiskey Batch 001
Barrell Rye Whiskey Batch 001

...erpowering the nose. Palate: Roasted peaches baked into an opulent custard tart steaming from the oven followed by spice infused malted c...

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