Parkers Heritage Collection: Promise Of Hope Bourbon

This is the 7th edition of the annual Parker’s Heritage Collection (PHC). This release will mark the first time that a single barrel American whiskey has been offered in the collection. According to the press release, Parker Beam painstakingly sampled and selected bourbon barrels that met his own personal “wish list” criteria. He selected approximately 100 barrels of ten-year-old rye-based Bourbon from one of his favorite warehouses, the tiered 80-year-old Rickhouse EE in Deatsville, where they sat in high storage for 40 seasons. In addition, for each bottle sold, $20 will be donated to the Parker Beam Promise of Hope Fund, a fund established through the ALS Association. A perfectly balanced, sweet smelling nose. Hints of fruits and spice, enhanced with oak. Caramelized sugar, honey and maple stand out the most. They should make a cologne that smells like this. A very complex splash of flavors when it hits the tongue. Caramelized sugar and apples, with dashes of sweet honey and maple syrup. It tastes much like it smells, which doesn’t always happen with bourbon. As it settles on the back of your tongue, oak characteristics come into play. Caramel also begin to pull out over the sugars. A perfect amount of burn develops to finish off the experience, though it ends a bit quicker than expected.