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Bourbon Review: Blue Run Trifecta Kentucky Straight Bourbon

We review Blue Run Trifecta Kentucky Straight Bourbon, a carefully crafted blend of 9-year, 8-year and 6-year-old Kentucky bourbons.

OVERALL RATING

8
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Blue Run Trifecta Kentucky Straight Bourbon review

Tasting Notes

About:

Triple Kentucky bourbon blend (9-year 32%, 8-year 22%, 6-year 46%); bottled at 117.1 proof; priced at $179.99/750ml.
Appearance:
This bourbon shimmers well in the light with a balanced brownish-orange color typical of whiskeys this age. There’s a nice leg structure in the glass.
Nose:
Warm vanilla and rock candy notes come from the glass, accompanied by orange, cardamom, and molasses. It is inviting.
Palate:
Heat on this is moderate, easily carrying forth vanilla, brown sugar, black spice, cotton candy and caramel. Only some slight hints of oak. Finish is rather unique, rotating between sweet and spicy in a nice tandem as it slowly fades away. This is one to savor.
Finish:
Comments:
This was a tough one to score. Blue Run Trifecta Kentucky Straight Bourbon is an amazing tasting, triple blended bourbon I could easily see sitting on anyone’s back bar. That being said, the price point is a little off the mark I feel like for a whiskey with these ages of spirit in the mix. This holds me back from giving it higher marks.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti is the founder of The Whiskey Wash, an award-winning whiskey lifestyle website dedicated to informing and entertaining consumers about whisk(e)y globally. As a whisk(e)y journalist, expert, and judge, he has written extensively about the subject, been interviewed in various media outlets, and provided tasting input on many whiskeys at competitions.

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