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Bourbon Review: Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2021)

We review Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon. It includes some bourbon finished in Amarone casks.

OVERALL RATING

8
$100.00
  • Scott Bernard Nelson is a writer, actor, and whiskey reviewer.
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Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon (image via Debbie Nelson)

Tasting Notes

About:

Appearance:
Dark amber, tending toward orange. Impressive legs on the side of a Glencairn.
Nose:
There’s something floral going on, making me think of lavender and potpourri. That’s almost certainly the Amarone influence, which also comes through with a whiff of fresh apricot.
Palate:
There’s a spiciness in the mouth that you don’t pick up on the nose. On my first taste, a surprising cracked-pepper influence was more pronounced than the less-surprising honey and vanilla. Give this bourbon a few minutes and maybe a splash of water, though, and it changes. In the second wave, I found plum, pipe smoke and soft, supple leather. It mellowed out nicely, in other words. Finally – and interestingly – I discovered a medium-long finish of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream.
Finish:
Comments:
The Beam brothers have managed to take a bottom-shelf brand and turn it into a top-shelf brand in a relatively short amount of time. And it’s not just hype. This is a nice bourbon for $100 that can hold its own next to far more expensive whiskies. The interesting thing is that the Beams have made this transformation primarily as blenders, working with whiskies distilled by others. It will be fun to see what their own whiskies taste like as they start emerging in the next few years.rn

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.

Scott Bernard Nelson

Scott Bernard Nelson is a writer, actor, and whiskey reviewer based in Portland, Oregon. While currently working in higher education, he previously dedicated 22 years to journalism, covering impactful events such as 9/11 in Manhattan, crossing into Iraq with U.S. Marines, and contributing to The Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of abuse in the Catholic Church, which inspired the film "Spotlight." Since 2019, Scott has shared his insights as a whiskey reviewer for The Whiskey Wash.  

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