The new Abraham Bowman Oak Series: American Oak is bottled at a high 100 proof, highlighting the impact of different wood types on whiskey flavor. While the brand is known for pushing the limits with high-proof whiskeys, this release aims to showcase a balanced taste profile.
There can be too much of a lot of different things: tuna, Timothee Chalamet movies, Donald Trump presidencies, and alcohol. I’m not talking about alcohol in general, of course—after all, I write about it for a living. I’m talking about literally too much alcohol in a single bottle, when the proof is just too damn high.
Taste Test: One of the Best Craft Distillers Successfully Uses Old Cognac Techniques in Its New Bourbonbecause of its maturation) was bottled at 100 proof, a totally reasonable, logical, delicious amount of alcohol to have in a whiskey. Granted, A. Smith Bowman is no stranger to extremely high-proof whiskeys approaching hazmat levels. The last fewreleases approached 140 proof, and one of them shattered the booze ceiling to reach 144.5 proof.
This new whiskey is a 12-year-old bourbon made from a blend of different liquid streams that was bottled at, as Bock mentioned, 135 proof. Some notes I can pick up are butterscotch, oak , vanilla, red berries, fresh cut wood, and leather on the palate. But at that proof, the heat just kind of overpowers everything else and buries any complexity. I added some water and that was a little bit better, but I would have loved to try this whiskey proofed down by the experts in charge.
That was not to be. I guess that’s not the point of this whiskey, although I wonder why the French Oak expression was proofed down and not this new bourbon. Regardless, I think this has turned a potentially excellent whiskey into something that has potential but is just too intense. Some whiskey drinkers will agree with this assessment, others will think I am secretly an 80-proof vodka drinker at heart. So be it.
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