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What better time than now to review The Walking Dead Bourbon? Hailed "Spirits of the Apocalypse," this 94 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey packs a zombie punch! Is this just a novelty whiskey, or is it scary good? #WhiskeyTube #WhiskeyTube #RyeWhiskey
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Get ready for the second wave
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Hey guys, welcome back to Bourbon Bites and today we're reviewing a whiskey I'm not quite sure why I picked up
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So this is the Spirits of the Apocalypse, the Walking Dead Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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So I actually picked this up, funny enough, near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
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I saw it go on sale for only $12 in my store. I do know this is between a $30 and $40 MSRP on the bottle, but I think $12 is the lowest I've ever seen it go
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So at that price, you know what? I had to pick up a bottle. I thought it was kind of perfect timing to pick it up anyways
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And as you can tell, I've been actually sipping on this a good bit during the lockdown
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So I thought now was a good time to do a review of it for you guys
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I do think it's funny that the back of the bottle says, In a matter of months, society has crumbled
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There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. So not quite there
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but almost. There is a lot of mixed opinions on this online in terms of how bad it is
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but I have a feeling that a lot of those people actually paid the full price point on this I did not so I going to review it from both perspectives But yeah there not much info about this bottle We do know it around four years old
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We don't know the distillery, although it's been rumored to be Heaven Hill because it is a Diageo brand
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It is 47% alcohol, which is pretty nice. Coming for like a mass-produced whiskey for people that I don't think would normally be whiskey drinkers
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I think this is targeting Walking Dead fans. Not gonna lie, I picked up a second bottle that I have sealed somewhere in case this becomes a hot commodity collector item in like 10 years
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So let's go ahead and pour us a glass and see how it holds up
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So on the nose, it's actually way more floral than I would have imagined
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It almost doesn't come across, at least first impressions, as a Heaven Hill product
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Like I said, they don't reveal the distiller. People just know that it's a similar mash spill to Heaven Hill and we know it's coming from Diageo
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So it reminds me, honestly, it reminds me of Four Roses. I could be wrong there, but I don't think they're going to reveal that info anytime soon
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So we're just going to go with don't know. It's surprisingly oaky on the nose
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I wasn't really expecting that from something so... I mean you can kind of tell that it very light colored We know it pretty young but it actually pretty oak forward on the nose There a bit of fruitiness there almost in the banana realm but not quite
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Maybe more of like a dark fruit. It's almost sweeter than banana, so I don't want to say banana, but it's a pretty simplistic nose, not going to lie
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But I'm curious to see if these flavors translate on the palate. So cheers. Really oak forward on the palate
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It comes into more of like a peanut butter kind of territory. I didn't get that as much on the nose, but it's not nearly as floral as I was thinking on the palate
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The palate does taste more like a Heaven Hill product. So maybe I just, I got a weird nosing on this
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But yeah, palate-wise, it's pretty nice. I mean, it reminds me a lot of an Evan Williams flavor profile
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You guys know I love the Bottle and Bond as well as the 1783 from Evan Williams
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Reminds me a lot of that. Still sweet, almost like a banana bread. but a lot of oak there and a lot of depth that I don't get on some of the more
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banana focused whiskeys that I'm not the biggest fan of. One of the things I look
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for in a lower cost whiskey is balance and I think this whiskey is actually
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pretty balanced overall. I mean none of the flavors jar you in a way like a weird
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direction or a good direction Nothing really stands out too much about this whiskey but I would say obviously for the price point I paid for it I would definitely recommend it If it like in your area I would say wait
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on a sale. I think you'd have a lot better options out there at the $40 price point. Unless, let's
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say, you're the biggest Walking Dead fan. I know there's some hardcore fans out there. And you just
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want it just because it's cool and it'd be fun to bring to a party. In that case, yeah, pick it up
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I just don't think if you're going into it expecting $40 quality whiskey, you're going to be a little disappointed
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But if you go into it thinking, you know, it's a fun release. They do a thing on the bottle
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There's four different versions of it. Mine is the second one. That really doesn't mean anything flavor-wise
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It's more of just like, collect them all. I'm still going to hold on to my unopened bottle because I really hope it's worth more than $12 sometime in the future
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But yeah, I don't mind drinking this at all. I mean, in worst case scenario, use it as a mixer
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I mean, I always use higher proof stuff as mixers anyway. So let me know what you guys think. Have you picked up this bottle
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And if you did, what was the price you paid? Because I know the price is all over the place
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So until next time, this has been Bourbon Bites, whiskey reviews with a retro twist
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I'm Clifton. I'll see you guys next time. Cheers
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