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Bourbons with a Jam Profile

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

Four Gate Port PerryPerry
Four Gate Port PerryPerry

...Nose: Pepper, spice, citrus zest, red fruit, jam. Taste: Citrus zest, oranges, black pepper and cloves, plums, rasp...

Barrell Dovetail
Barrell Dovetail

...cot, grapefruit peel) as well as the cask treatment (sloe gin, damson jam). The aroma is high toned, pungently floral and herbaceous, with s...

J. Henry & Sons La Flamme Reserve Bourbon Finished in Armagnac Barrels
J. Henry & Sons La Flamme Reserve Bourbon Finished in Armagnac Barrels

...es of Dulce de Membrillo (quince paste), orange blossoms, and apricot jam. The finish is extremely long and luscious, with a kick of brown b...

1776 Straight Bourbon (James E. Pepper)
1776 Straight Bourbon (James E. Pepper)

...Rich Bourbon Sweetness & Rye Spice; vanilla, honey, cloves, & chocola...

Jeptha Creed Straight 4-Grain Bourbon
Jeptha Creed Straight 4-Grain Bourbon

...ied apricots, red berries, peach cobbler, brown sugar, and blackberry jam. PALATE: Complex and rich with vanilla, nutmeg, clove and toasted ...

Barrell Bourbon Batch 35
Barrell Bourbon Batch 35

...the whiskey into a punch bowl of fresh and tropical fruits. Nose: Jammy and cooked fruits leap out first such as lemon curd, cherry, and...

Jesse James American Outlaw Bourbon
Jesse James American Outlaw Bourbon

...Smooth with full-bourbon character. ...

Barrell Gray Label Dovetail
Barrell Gray Label Dovetail

...to one very vivid note of just-pressed cider. The notes of gooseberry jam, cranberry sauce, and dried apricot are pronounced and defined. Ma...

Maryland Heritage Series B.P.R. 14-Year Straight Rye Whiskey
Maryland Heritage Series B.P.R. 14-Year Straight Rye Whiskey

...e of lemon. While the nose is nice, the palate is delicious. It's fig jam, buttered toast sprinkled with cinnamon and toasted oak. An incred...

A Midwinter Night's Dram
A Midwinter Night's Dram

...Varies by batch. Nose: Brandied cherries, fig jam, sun-dried raisins, dried orange peel, baking spice, French oak to...

Barrell Bourbon Batch 34
Barrell Bourbon Batch 34

...apricot, candied orange peel, and mulled cider. Palate: Blackcurrant jam and grape soda start the palate off with focus and depth. More cla...

High West Bourye
High West Bourye

...e: Brown butter caramel, vanilla cola, grilled pineapple, boysenberry jam, spearmint, sage, violets in wet weather. Taste: Masala chai, cinn...

Remus Repeal Reserve Series VI Bourbon
Remus Repeal Reserve Series VI Bourbon

...of nutmeg and saddle leather, followed by notes of candied fruit, fig jam, oak and barrel char, mint, and slight caramel, nutmeg, toffee, an...

Stellum Black Rye The Lone Cypress
Stellum Black Rye The Lone Cypress

...ke an apple cider donut. The orchard fruit flavors persist and become jammy....

Isaac Bowman Port Barrel Finished
Isaac Bowman Port Barrel Finished

...Flavors of jam with caramel and spice notes....

Four Roses Mariage Collection (2009)
Four Roses Mariage Collection (2009)

...ore cinnamon and oak notes, along with light baking spice and apricot jam notes. All that said, this is a solid bourbon, but not a spectacul...

Barrell Craft Spirits 15 Year Bourbon Release 4
Barrell Craft Spirits 15 Year Bourbon Release 4

...ge next, from Ginger Gold apples through roasted banana to strawberry jam, ending with chamomile and eucalyptus. Palate: A syrupy and swe...

Chattanooga Whiskey Tawny Port Cask Finish
Chattanooga Whiskey Tawny Port Cask Finish

...Fig jam, blackberries, chocolate syrup, toasted oak, raisin. Full-bodied, ...

Redemption Rum Cask Finish
Redemption Rum Cask Finish

...LATE: The Barbadian casks give a warming richness up front, while the Jamaican casks impart an earthy, fruity finish on the back end. The di...

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