Here is another rare "general spirits" review, much like the Guyanese rum review from a little while back. Thanks to Rob Martin for sharing the bottle! Old Tub is an old school unfiltered bourbon made by Jim Beam. This website describes better than I can the exact ins-and-outs of Old Tub. I will note only that the only filtration they do is particulate (to remove little pieces of wood that break off the barrel), and since it's Bottled in Bond it's aged at least 4 years and is at least 50% ABV. Let's dig in:
Nose: You know, it's funny... but after I've spent so many many hours with bourbon-matured scotch, the nose on a bourbon like this is just so oddly familiar, yet not quite the same. It's fascinating to me. Peaches, brown sugar, oak, vanilla, a little grass, shades of ripe corn, and something like leather or very wet tobacco. Very nice to inhale this.
Mouthfeel: Chewy, fatty, thick.
Palate: What a smooth, lovely taste this has: grass, bubble gum, leather, a little more peach, peach pit, oak, and more vanilla. Corn at the end of the development. Very nice, extremely solid for ~$23. Outclasses any comparable scotch at that price, for sure.
Finish: Corn, oak... peanut shells! ... pepper, leather. And... a touch of rye?? Something spicy and dry.
Verdict: A fantastic budget bourbon. Consummately crushable, or alternately easily sippable on long nights alone with the winter wind. Worth your time.
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