Bourbon Review: Woodford Reserve Five Wood Bourbon

Hey, this is really cool! Owing to its being aged and finished in five barrels, it has a complexity and a terrific variation in its palate. I believe I’ve said this before about another whiskey, the name of which escapes me at the moment (I’m old I guess), but this reminds me a bit of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: the scene in which there’s a whole meal in a single stick of gum. Fortunately or unfortunately I only had a Five Wood sample size, but that might be a good thing because I would be the Violet Beauregard of this whiskey. It starts a little clang-ey but then quickly shifts to lightly crystalized ginger—and I love me some ginger anything—then finishes really sweet and strong, like a perfectly balanced chocolate mousse, creamy and not too sweet.