Early Times Straight Bourbon (1982)

NOSE Butterscotch, copper, oak, maple, honey candy, and some acetone and that musty old bottle effect note always found in old bottles. So… much… butterscotch! PALATE Butterscotch, copper, oak, maple, honey candy, and some acetone and that musty old bottle effect note always found in old bottles. Still… so… much… butterscotch. FINISH Medium -> Butterscotch, copper, and citric acid

Tasted in November 2022 at Malt Bar Ester in Nakano, Tokyo. The bottle dated from the 1970s, but the label design resembled the check-in option. A sweet, straightforward spirit that still surpasses anything you're drinking now.

Early Times from the late 1970s or early 1980s at 40% ABV.