Bardstown Bourbon Company - The Prisoner #2 Review

Prisoner, logged up, can't get you off my mind

Hey everyone and welcome to Bourbon Bites. Tonight we are trying the second release of Bardstown, The Prisoner Collaboration

If you're not aware, The Prisoner is a red wine blend from California that sources wine

from a bunch of different vineyards to create an annual release. I did miss out on the first release of this, so I want to give a big thank you to the team

at Bardstown Bourbon Company for providing this sample for today's review. This comes in at 100 proof and it's about $130 depending on your area

So they take a 9 year Tennessee bourbon and finish it for 18 months in the wine casks

If you're familiar with finishing, that is a pretty significant amount of time, so I'm expecting a lot of red wine here on the palate

Let's go ahead and give it a nose first. Oh yeah, there's a lot of really sweet berry kind of influence on the nose

You can definitely tell it's a Tennessee whiskey. It has a bit of that minerality that I think a lot of people come to expect from the Tennessee

whiskey distillery that most people source from for things like this. Although my opinion of that distillery has changed quite a bit based on their latest Bottle and Bond release from last year

So I'm not going to knock it just based on the nose. It does kind of have some of those like popcorn kind of notes, but it's mixed with like a black cherry kind of note from the wine itself

Yeah, really dark red fruits. I would say maybe even like a blackberry too

Let's go ahead and give it a try. Cheers. On the palate, the wine influence isn't showing up as much as I expected at first

Yeah, up front there's a lot of that minerality from, let's just say it, George Dickel, which is the Tennessee whiskey distillery that most people source from

There is a bit more of that than I expected, and I know a lot of people are totally fine with that note

Some people even love that note. It's just not something that I typically gravitate towards when I want to drink a whiskey

It has a lot of that nuttiness I always say like caramel popcorn kind of note Sweet definitely buttery And there a lot of corn being highlighted on the palate I do think the wine influence is impacting the fact that it is super balanced

It's only 100 proof. So it is lower than what I'm used to with like the discovery release

But this one drinks really, really nicely. I do wish that that wine, I keep going back to it

hoping to find a little bit more of the wine influence on this. But it really is struggling to show up

I mean, color-wise, it's pretty dark for a nine-year-old Tennessee whiskey, but I think it really shows up on the nose more than anything

Now, disclaimer, I haven't tried the Prisoner wine. I am sure I will love it. I love a good red wine

I typically go to Cabernet's, but I also appreciate a really good blend. So maybe if I'd had the wine before, I would notice more of the specific notes from that release

Yeah, I mean, I guess if that's your jam and you do like Tennessee whiskey, particularly from George Dickel, then you will really, really appreciate this

definitely try it first especially if you don't know for sure if you like a tennessee whiskey on

a note try it at a bar you know get a pour from a friend i don't recommend popping down you know

130 without knowing what you're getting into with this one while this isn't something i would

personally pick up y'all know that i love bars tom bourbon company i just reviewed their discovery

series for infusion series for i'll put the link to it up here if you missed it that discovery

series literally the sample they sent me convinced me to go buy a bottle i actually just got it in

last week. So I think I will stick to their Kentucky releases. However, definitely give it a

try if you think you may like it. But I'm curious to hear, do you guys like this? Have you tried the

first release or the second release? Have you tried both? Let me know. Is there a difference between the two? But until next time, this has been Bourbon Bites Whiskey Reviews with a gaming

twist. I'm Clifton. Cheers, and I'll see y'all next video