Eagle Rare Single Barrel Select Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is masterfully crafted and carefully matured for 10 years and bottled at 90 proof.

The rareness of this great breed of bourbon is evident in its complex aroma, as well as the smooth and lingering taste. Eagle Rare is a bourbon that lives up to its name with its lofty, distinctive taste experience.

Eagle Rare Bourbon was originally produced at the Old Prentice distillery, where it was introduced in 1975 by master distiller Charles L. Beam. It wasn’t distilled at Buffalo Trace, until Sazerac took over the brand from Seagram in 1989.

Tasting Notes:

The nose is complex, with aromas of toffee, hints of orange peel, herbs, honey, leather, and oak. Freshly baked carrot cake with vanilla icing, just out of the oven. Brown sugar and gentle baking spices, nutmeg in particular. Warm apple cider. Dark roasted coffee beans. Sweet oak. Butterscotch. Roasted nuts. Freshly cut wood.

The taste is bold, dry, and delicate with notes of candied almonds and very rich cocoa. The carrot cake on the nose manifests as brown sugar, roasted almonds, marzipan, walnut oil, vanilla, and allspice on the palate. Fruits begin to emerge, in particular apricot and cherry, as well as apple cider. There’s also plenty of espresso and dark chocolate, along with hints of anise/black licorice. The mouthfeel is fairly full and viscous, surprisingly so for a 90 proof bourbon.

The finish is dry and lingering. Fairly long, although somewhat subdued. Much of the palate carries over to the finish. Plenty of brown sugar. Espresso and bitter chocolate. Apple cider. Caramel. Black licorice becomes more prominent and by the end is pretty much all that’s left.