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Southern Star Paragon Single Barrel Cask Strength Wheated Bourbon offers a nice mix of cask strength flavor, single-barrel bottling, and a wheated mashbill of 70% corn, 16% wheat, and 14% malted barley. The wheated recipe brings a mildly aggressive and sweet profile that sets it apart from other bourbons. Let's get into the detail of this bourbon in my review.
Rating: 79
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Ratings breakdown based on a 100 point scale.
- 90-100 Exceptional
- 80-89 Very Good
- 70-79 Average
- 60-69 Below Average
- 50-60 Drain Pour
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Detailed Tasting Notes
Nose Review - Rating: 80
On the nose, the Southern Star Paragon Single Barrel Cask Strength Wheated Bourbon offers a pleasant and inviting aroma of cinnamon spice, mild caramel, sweet brown sugar, and ethanol mix. Unfortunately, the ethanol overrides the strong baking spices that appear after the cinnamon. A dash of cherry liqueur. Honey later.
Palate Review - Rating: 80
On the nose, the Southern Star Paragon Single Barrel Cask Strength Wheated Bourbon offers a sweet front end with cinnamon candy spice on the mid-palate and beyond. It maintains the sweetness throughout, but definitely the spicy heat overrides it once it gets to the mid-palate. Thin mouthfeel. Black tea, chili, black pepper spice, and honey mix. Spicy. Oak appears on the backend as the taste gets dryer. This bourbon delivers a moderately smooth and complex flavor profile founded on a 70% corn, 16% wheat, and 14% malted barley mashbill.
Finish Review - Rating: 78
The heat on the finish is modest while maintaining many of the characteristics of the palate.
Uniqueness Review - Rating: 77
The uniqueness of this Cask Strength Bourbon lies in its wheated flavor profile combined with its single barrel bottling process. However, I can see this getting lost in the shuffle of other cask strength wheated bourbon like Larceny Barrel Proof, Weller Full Proof, and Maker's Mark Cask Strength.
Value Review - Rating: 79
The Southern Star Paragon Single Barrel Cask Strength Wheated Bourbon offers a decent value for bourbon enthusiasts. But don't expect this wheated mash bill bourbon to blow you away.
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Smell IS taste. I am just a guy who has been hit with the bourbon bug and who has come to the conclusion that life is too short to drink average tasting bourbons. Go Gators!
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