Louisville Rickhouse 9-year Kentucky Straight Bourbon #Z1-7 131.24 proof - Selected by Seelbach’s

Proof: 131.24 proof

Distilled: Kentucky

Mashbill: 70% corn, 21% rye, 9% malted barley

Bottle count: 54

Tasting Notes: The nose gives no indication of its 130 proof, except that it’s rich and packed. Dense, reduced tropical fruit cocktail, vanilla cake with buttercream frosting, and brown sugar lead the way. The longer it rests, the more it develops this sangria-like fruit jamminess with a touch of molasses.

Dense and velvety, the palate is layered with Hershey’s chocolate syrup drizzled over smoked oak and vanilla ice cream. It gives sweeter notes of butterscotch chips before moving into dark cherry, blueberry candy, and freshly brewed espresso, growing creamier and creamier the longer it rests.

The finish is heavy with dry oak and black raspberry chip, but surprisingly, there’s still a juicy amount of fruit punch, just heavily, heavily spiked.