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Bourbons with a Shortbread Profile

These are popular bourbons or other whiskeys with a shortbread profile. Whiskeys with aromas, palates, or finishes that feature shortbread.

Widow Jane Decadence
Widow Jane Decadence

...ak. Palate: Vanilla, Burnt Sugar, Cinnamon Bark. Finish: Brown Sugar, Shortbread, Mellow Tobacco & Old Whiskey....

Early Times Bottled in Bond Bourbon
Early Times Bottled in Bond Bourbon

...itrus rind, honey, and soft oak. Flavor: Soft caramel corn melds with shortbread cookie coated with a hint of chocolate and oak; a trace of ...

Old Forester 1870 Original Batch
Old Forester 1870 Original Batch

...ing spices (clove, cinnamon, nutmeg) flow into a citrus-fruit mix and shortbread sweetness. FINISH: Soft, with lingering fruit and spice cha...

Found North Rye Whiskey Single Barrel 006
Found North Rye Whiskey Single Barrel 006

...White pepper, earthy notes, turbinado sugar. It's a shortbread cookie with crushed peanuts on top. The palate rich fortifi...

Woodford Reserve 1838 Sweet Mash
Woodford Reserve 1838 Sweet Mash

...le cassia bark note mingle with an overripe apple fruitiness. A malty shortbread note dusted with brown sugar and glazed with caramel combin...

Barrell Rye Whiskey Batch 003
Barrell Rye Whiskey Batch 003

...ghlights. ?Nose: Sweet and earthy, like Indian pudding, halva, and shortbread. That theme is carried forward by corn sprouts, clay pots, ...

Found North Cask Strength Whisky Batch 004
Found North Cask Strength Whisky Batch 004

...miniscent of old French-style rum. The slick, viscous palate presents shortbread and chocolate-covered cashews dunked in a demerara river of...

Oppidan Solera Aged Bourbon
Oppidan Solera Aged Bourbon

...Tasting notes: chocolate, coffee, shortbread, caramel, vanilla, and fig....

Still Austin Red Corn Bourbon
Still Austin Red Corn Bourbon

...Nose: orange zest, creamsicle, black tea, shortbread, brown baking spice, apple crisp. Palate: peppermint, brown...

High N' Wicked Aeneas Coffey
High N' Wicked Aeneas Coffey

...: Medium bodied and creamy, salted caramel, hints of butterscotch and shortbread cookies – overall very delicate and nuanced....

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