Bulleit '95' Rye 75cl

Bulleit Bourbon

Drunk neat. Nose: Sweet and slightly spicy nose, with vanilla, caramel, undefined spices and some faint flowers. It is rather light, but it announces the taste of this bourbon well. Taste: The bulleit has a oily mouthfeel and starts rather sweet, again with caramel. Left in the mouth, the bourbon will then attack the tongue with spices coming from...

Score 83/100

Bulleit 95 Rye

Preamble: Transitioning through LAX, swing by Duty Free and spot this 100cl bottle of this little gem for about 2/3rds the price of the 70cl bottle in the UK. Yoink, as they say. Nose: Burnt sugar, little hint of tree sap- that faintly woody note you get in the spring in a pine woodland. That vanilla undertone I get in many a bourbon and reminds...

Score 79/100

Bulleit 95 Rye

This is my first rye whiskey I have had rye heavy bourbons but nothing like this, its is succulent, fruity, spicy, and dry a different beast than bulleit bourbon. The nose: very fruity, low spice, tiny amounts of oak, vanilla, and a hint of alcohol burn. Palate: like someone else mentioned it takes a minute to rev up its engine during the first 5...

Score 86/100

Bulleit 95 Rye

About two years ago I first encountered the very quaffable and dirt cheap Bulleit Bourbon. They also have a rye vesion. It is currently owned by Diageo, but is secretly (well, not really) distilled at the Four Roses distillery in Lawrenceburg. Let us give that Bulleit 95 Rye a go. Cherries! That’s the first impression I get on the nose....

Score 79/100