08/19/2026
Proof 117.5
5-13YR 21% & 36% MGP BOURBON
9 YR 21 % OZ TYLER
FINISHED IN STAGG JR BARRELS
Tasting notes from Keagan:
Aroma:
Think fresh apple juice, freshly opened strawberries, and sitting on a farm porch, getting a whiff of fresh hay on an early summer, crisp morning. Then mix in the changing of the seasons with fall notes of apple cider, apple pie with freshly coated cinnamon sugar, Grandpa’s pipe to***co, and a pile of leaves ready to be burned on the sidewalk in a small town.
This is throwing me back to Memaw Batch mixed with 12 Summers Batch from Barrel King.
Taste:
This just takes you on a ride. It’s super stealthy.
I immediately get fruit wedge candies—the red and orange kind from Fleet Farm—then a flood of cherry, to***co, and Milk Duds with a slight char note. It’s subtle.
Mid-palate, I get cherry frosting, cake-batter ice cream, fresh apple cider, and a touch of funk. Then it’s just cream.
I am not kidding—this does not taste like 117-proof bourbon. It tastes more like 105 proof.
There is a stealth bomb of flavor that hits you like an SR-71 at around 15 seconds, letting you know the cherry is there—and it’s staying, baby. Until about two minutes in.
It rides, baby!
Viscous as hell in the glass, coating the glass with thick, slow-moving legs, yet unbelievably smooth on the palate. Rich, oily, and full-bodied without being harsh.
It has the flavors of late summer—strawberries and apples—and early fall—pipe to***co, falling leaves, apple cider, and hayrides.
