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- Name
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- Style
- Small batch Kentucky straight bourbon
- Proof
- 94 proof (47% ABV)
- Age statement
- No age stated (used to be 12 years)
- Distillery
- Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown KY
- Typical NYC price
- $30–$40
- Best for
- One-more-chapter pours that become three
- Flavor notes
- Toasty oak, vanilla, peanut brittle, a little cinnamon heat
- Nerd stat
- Heaven Hill’s entry-level Heaven Hill 7-year bonded has the headlines, but this is still the quiet WAR monster of their lineup.
- My take
- If I had to pick one bottle that feels ‘grown up’ without a grown-up price, it’s this: polite, a bit smoky, never boring.
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