90

Score

Smooth Ambler Contradiction Bourbon, 50%

Price: $55 Issue: Winter 2017 Reviewer: Jeffery Lindenmuth

Generously oaked, with toasty oak drive delivering brown spices and earthy dried apple on the nose. The palate pours sweet and rich, with warm corn porridge underscored with dark molasses and maple flavors. There is a lot to like here, from the boiled peanuts to a spiced palate, as the young, house-made whiskey imparts its verve to the 9 year old Indiana bourbon.