by BourbonBalls » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:10 pm
IMHO, not up to par of the past 3 years bottlings. '93 very good, '94 the best in my opinion, '95 a favorite of many here.
BUT . . . '96. I think it falls short of the above. It tasted "thin" to me...not complex, not much wood, spice, not much anything that I think a single barrel should be. I tried a standard Evan Williams black label with the tax stamp (90 proof) and I think its head and shoulders above the '96 single barrel.
However, I will ALWAYS look forward to the EWSB product each year. Thats what makes the single barrels, especially the EW products so interesting...different profiles each year.