Ranger Creek .36 Texas Bourbon Whiskey Batch 29 / 48%
Tasted neat
The Ranger Creek .36 Texas Bourbon is a small-batch bourbon aged in tiny 5–10 gallon casks; the mashbill is 70% Texas corn, 16% rye and 14% barley.
On this bottle we have Batch #29, bottle #554, from Fall 2013, and aged for just 16 months. It also comes in a half-size 350ml bottle.
- Color: mahogany (1.6)
- Nose: tree sap, orange peel, cardamom, cinnamon, and french toast
- Taste: corn, eucalyptus, grand marnier, cinnamon roll and icing
- Finish: cloying, mint and herbal
A huge caveat is that I’m not a big bourbon drinker, but I am also not particular fond of this one. I think it needs more than 1.25 years in the cask, and all this does for me is scream “it’s a bourbon!”
Rating: 65/100
