Bourbon Review: Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey

The first sip falls onto the tongue quite delicately, tasting mostly like light, watery molasses with very faint touches of apple and cinnamon. Spicy flavors of cinnamon, cloves and ground pepper gradually begin manifest themselves, starting as a light tingle on the tongue and marching outward through the rest of the mouth. Those flavors – with a soon barely perceptible undercurrent of brown sugar– build up intensity until they hit a sort of crescendo right after swallowing sending a burn across the mouth, cheeks, and a bit down the throat as the sip falls down the hatch. That burn hangs around for a few seconds, particularly around the cheeks, before fading into smoky caramel flavor in the mouth with a hum of tingles for another minute.