Jay Cotton
0.5
The nose is laden with charred oak, smoke, grain, and unaged whiskey. All indicators point to a spirit that has been aged insufficiently in a small barrel. The palate is raw and smoky with no redeeming qualities. It's too unaged, with an excessive attempt to mask this by emphasizing the smoked corn. The finish is both short and excessively long, with raw whiskey notes contaminating the palate. 16 months is painfully inadequate for this.
