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Bardstown Bourbon Company Fusion & Discovery Series 4 Review
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Apr 14, 2025
Trying the latest releases from Bardstown Bourbon Company, including their Fusion Series #4 and their Discovery Series #4. Fusion #4 showcases the fusion between exemplary 13-year-old sourced bourbon with Bardstown Bourbon Company's own carefully-selected mashbills. The unifying concept in Discovery Series #4 is three aged bourbons blended to create a smooth and unique expression. Join the Whiskey & Gaming Lounge: http://BourbonBytes.com Become a Patreon Supporter: http://Patreon.com/BourbonBytes Limited Edition Bourbon Bytes Merch: http://BourbonBytes.Threadless.com #WhiskeyTube #Bourbon #WhiskeyTube #Bourbon #RyeWhiskey
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Hey everyone and welcome to Bourbon Bites Whiskey Reviews with a gaming twist
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I'm Clifton and today we're reviewing Bardstown Bourbon Company Fusion and Discovery Series 4
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So if you didn't know Bardstown Bourbon Company is a pretty new distillery in the world of
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Kentucky distilleries but what they really really specialize in is transparency. So they are one of
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the most transparent distilleries I've ever seen. They tell you exactly what is in each of these
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especially the ones that are blends, and they're really upfront about everything, which is pretty
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awesome. So the first product we're reviewing is Fusion Series 4. Now, I think this is pretty much
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a brand new product. I haven't filmed very much about it online since it was announced in December
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of last year, so I'm very excited to be one of the first to review it for you. Like I said
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Bart's Don Berwyn Company is known for transparency, so they tell you exactly what into this bottle
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This is 40% of a 13-year-old Kentucky bourbon, and then they break down what's in the rest of this
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So it's all their own distillate, but it's different mash bills. So I'll put up a little chart over here just to give you some guidance what went into this Fusion Series 4
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It comes out at 94.9 proof and is about $59.99 MSRP. So let's go ahead and give it a try
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So on the nose, the first thing that hits me is a lot of dark fruit, almost like an overripe cherry
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But it does have a lot of sweetness. I think there a lot of corn sweetness in this but it is kind of savory It kind of has like a savory smokiness there on the nose as well Let go ahead and give it a try Cheers
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Interesting. So as I predicted, with that 40% of the 13-year-old Kentucky bourbon, this is a pretty oak forward whiskey
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It starts out with those like darker tobacco notes that you normally get on the finish
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but for some reason this presents up front with that. And then it kind of slowly transitions into like a sweeter, dessert-y, almost like a creme brulee kind of note on the mid palate
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Still very dry though, it does have that corn sweetness. I think some of the youth does show up there
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Interestingly enough, it kind of presents itself like a Tennessee whiskey. It has a little bit of that minerality there, sort of like a salted caramel popcorn kind
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of note on the palate. But it's really well-rounded. It blends their young distillate of their own with this really old Kentucky bourbon
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I think it balances itself out. Really, really nice whiskey for the price point. So with that being said, let's move on to Discovery Series 4
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So speaking of price point, this one is pretty much double the price of the Fusion series
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MSRP on it is $130, and it does come in at $115 proof
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However, I'm really, really excited to give this a try, because what it is is a blend of three very, very well-aged Kentucky bourbons
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So like last time, I'm going to put up a chart here, but this is 55% of a 13-year-old Kentucky bourbon, 37% with a 15-year Kentucky bourbon
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Now this is the Mystery Mashville that a lot of different brands are using We don know where it from but if you think you know leave me a comment below with what you think this whiskey is But there also 8 of a 10 Kentucky bourbon and I not going to say any names but that one reminds me of a very nutty
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mash bill that I'm very fond of. So let's go ahead and give this a nose. Oh yeah, this nose is a lot
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drier. It's like a lot of dry oak on the front. Definitely smells older, but then again, it's a
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lot sweeter. It's like a deserty sweetness. I almost want to say lemon pound cake. That's not a note
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I've ever given before, but it is really reminiscent of that like sweet icing that's often on a lemon
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pound cake, but it does have kind of like a burnt crust kind of note too. I really, really love the
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nose on this, but let's give it a try. Cheers. Ooh, wow. That is a flavor punch. It's definitely
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spicy and hot up front, almost like biting into a hot pepper. I would say it drinks hotter than
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115 proof, but y'all know I love the proof, so I'm here for it. But once you get past the initial
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shock. It's still got a lot of that sweet oak that I was getting on the nose. Definitely more vanilla
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forward than the first one. And combined, it's kind of like a spice cake. I'm really still getting
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those cake notes with this one. It's not your typical baking spices you get with a lot of
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bourbons. This one's full-on cinnamon to me. But the finish on this one is really, really nice. It's
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definitely a lot longer than the Fusion series. It kind of goes like a milk chocolate sweetness
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but still some nuttiness with that oak So overall I gotta say I am super impressed with Bardstown Bourbon Company I so glad I finally got a chance to try it because I been hearing people rave about it forever I think both of these are really great for the price point I think the Fusion Series is a great entry into the Bardstown Bourbon Company brand It approachable
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It's not that expensive. It's about 60 bucks. That lower proof is very accessible to a lot of people
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It does show some of that youth, but I don't think it does it in a bad way. I think it's very well
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rounded. But still, it's really cool to try a blend of what they're distilling combined with
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something that's older. It really kind of gives a preview of probably what they're going for with their flavor profile when they eventually get their stock aged that long. But this Discovery
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Series, I gotta pour a little bit more of that. So while $130 does seem like a steep price point
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this is every bit worth it. It has that older stock of Kentucky whiskey, masterfully blended
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I will say, I don't really have very many blended whiskeys in my collection, but this one is done
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really, really well. So thank you guys so much for watching. Let me know if you've tried anything
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from Barstown Bourbon Company. They have some collaboration series that seem really, really cool
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I'm so excited to try a lot of those. I think I do have a couple samples of the collaboration series
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I haven't tried them yet, so let me know in the comments below if that's something you're interested in watching, and definitely give this a thumbs up if you want to see more Barstown Bourbon Company
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here on this channel. So until next time, this has been Bourbon Bytes Whiskey Reviews with a
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gaming twist. I'm Clifton, cheers, and I'll see y'all next video
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