Laws Four Grain, Compass Box “Oak Cross”)ģ | Bad | Flawed (Iron Smoke Bourbon, Balcones)Ģ | Poor | Forced myself to drink it (Buckshee Bourbon and Rye)ġ | Disgusting | Drain pour (Virginia Distilling Co. Cowboy Bourbon comes from Dan and Donnis favorite barrels. Overall: I love this! Of the four I tried, I think the Garrison Brothers Balmorhea was the most balanced, but I’m a proud proof whore and so I love this sweet heat monster.ġ0 | Insurpassable | Nothing Else Comes Close (Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel)ĩ | Incredible | Extraordinary (GTS, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B518 and B520)Ĩ | Excellent | Exceptional (12+YO MGP Bourbon, Highland Park Single Barrels)ħ | Great | Well above average (Blanton’s Original, Old Weller Antique, Booker’s)Ħ | Very Good | Better than average (Four Roses Small Batch Select, Knob Creek 14+ YO Picks)ĥ | Good | Good, solid, ordinary (Elijah Craig Small Batch, Buffalo Trace, Old Grand-Dad Bottled-in-Bond)Ĥ | Sub-par | Many things I’d rather have (A.D. You’d never know the proof was there, it’s just smooth and dissolves over the palate. The barrels used for Cowboy are hand-selected by Master Distiller Donnis Todd and are bottled at cask-strength, uncut, and unfiltered. With a gold wax top, the Cowboy expression is the annual limited time offering release from the brand. Lots of tobacco and char with burnt maple candies.įinish: Mouthwatering, sweet maple candies, a dark unctuous fruitiness. Garrison Brothers Cowboy, Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Mouthfeel is heavy, coating, hot, fantastic.
Smoke and heat keep going all the way, with just enough maple brown sugar to keep the balance. Those are the ones they set aside for a couple of years for further maturation. It comes from Dan and Donnis’ favorite barrels. This small-batch, hand-crafted bourbon is rich and boldjust like a true Texas cowboy. The Ricola note is there again!? This is a brown sugar and maple powerhouse. The sole and original Texas Bourbon, Garrison Brothers’ Cowboy Bourbon is not for the faint of heart. Palate: Not as hot as expected (even for 137.3 proof) but still a good wallop to the tongue. Smoky maple sweetness rolls in next with red fruits macerating.
Nose: This smells like an ECBP full stop - hot as hell, bourbon at full power and its purest form. This uncut, unfiltered, bourbon comes from barrels hand-selected by the distillerys. Flavors of caramel candy, toasted figs, scorched molasses, toasted honey, plum jelly, coffee, cinnamon apple pie. Get Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon 2021 delivered to your door. Eye: Dark amber maple syrup - again, gorgeous. Texas- Master Distiller, Donnis Todd's most prized barrels make up the Cowboy release each year.