{"id":608,"date":"2015-12-19T21:26:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T03:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinmatheny.com\/wordpress\/?p=608"},"modified":"2015-12-19T21:26:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T03:26:02","slug":"tour-de-bourbon-day-19-hudson-baby-bourbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinmatheny.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/19\/tour-de-bourbon-day-19-hudson-baby-bourbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de Bourbon day 19: Hudson Baby Bourbon"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is different. Day 19 is our first “Spirit Drink,” the Hudson Baby Bourbon, which is 46% alcohol.\u00a0\"2015-12-19<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tuthilltown.com\/tuthilltown-spirits\/hudson-baby-bourbon\/<\/p>\n

I get leather and cinnamon from the nose. Christina gets the cinnamon, not so much the leather, and adds cloves. She says it’s got a gin-y quality to the taste, or perhaps vodka – not much mouth feel. I agree. It feels thin in the mouth, not like the smooth rich quality I’m expecting.<\/p>\n

I get definite corn. Not unpleasant, nor unfinished, as is sometimes the case, where you feel like you’re drinking moonshine, but definite corn. I see from the Web site that its mash bill is 100% corn, so that explains it. The site claims a “warm finish with notes of marzipan and roasted corn.” Yes on the corn, no on the marzipan.<\/p>\n

The corn flavor is more pronounced and less welcome as it warms up, it turns out.<\/p>\n

Learning from the Roughstock Montana, I tried adding a few drops of water. No help.<\/p>\n

One star.<\/p>\n

The updated rankings:<\/p>\n

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  1. Blanton’s Gold Edition<\/li>\n
  2. Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7<\/li>\n
  3. Noah’s Mill<\/li>\n
  4. Bulleit<\/li>\n
  5. Elijah Craig<\/li>\n
  6. Evan Williams<\/li>\n
  7. Four Roses Single Barrel<\/li>\n
  8. FEW<\/li>\n
  9. Booker’s 7 Year<\/li>\n
  10. Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 2004<\/li>\n
  11. Jefferson’s<\/li>\n
  12. Four Roses<\/li>\n
  13. Michter’s<\/li>\n
  14. Eagle Rare<\/li>\n
  15. 1792 Ridgemont Reserve<\/li>\n
  16. Roughstock Montana<\/li>\n
  17. Hudson Baby Bourbon<\/li>\n
  18. Old Forester<\/li>\n
  19. Smooth Ambler Contradiction<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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