Four Roses Small Batch

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A 45% bourbon blending four of the ten recipes Four Roses makes. Ripe berries and honey with a well-judged kick of rye spice.

Details

Brand	Four Roses
Distillery	Four Roses Distillery
Origin	USA / Kentucky
Style	Bourbon
Age	NAS
ABV	45%
Cask	New oak casks

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Ripe berries, honey and vanilla, with a hint of baking spice.
Palate: Creamy and rounded: caramel, plum, cinnamon and toasted oak.
Finish: Long and warm, with fruit and toffee and soft spice.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

On the rocks
Neat
Cocktails

At 45% its fruit and spice come through clearly on the rocks or neat. It also holds its own as the base of a Manhattan or Old Fashioned.

Food pairing

Barbecue such as spare ribs or pulled pork, or berry desserts.

Background & production

The Four Roses distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, combines two mashbills with different rye content and five proprietary yeast strains to produce ten distinct bourbon recipes.

Small Batch brings together four of them — OBSO, OBSK, OESO and OESK — pairing fruity yeasts with the spicy high-rye mashbill to balance fruit and spice.

It is bottled at 45% ABV (90 proof).