← Four Roses
Four Roses Single Barrel OBSV
- Age
- 79 years
- ABV
- 50%
Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Deep amber with copper highlights; medium-full body, slow legs
- Nose
- Dried spice, pear, cocoa, vanilla, maple syrup. Rye-forward aromatics with delicate fruit from V yeast
- Palate
- Complex and full-bodied at 100 proof — ripe plum, cherry, golden raisin, vanilla syrup, baking spices, herbs, cocoa. High-rye spice balanced by V yeast fruit elegance
- Finish
- Long and smooth — spice mellows into warm vanilla, cocoa, and stone fruit. Outstanding value at 100 proof
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- New charred American oak barrel — single barrel
- OBSV recipe (Mash B: 60% corn
- 35% rye
- 5% malted barley; Yeast V: delicate fruit and spice)
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