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Hard Truth Straight Bourbon 7 Years

Bourbon Hard Truth
  • Distiller

    Hard Truth

  • Bottler

    Hard Truth

  • ABV

    56.15%

  • Age

    7 Years

  • Price $60 to $99.99

Hard Truth Distilling Co. 7-Year Straight Bourbon is a grain-to-glass Indiana bourbon made using the distillery’s sweet-mash process and aged seven years in select barrels. The limited release debuted Feb. 28, 2026, at the distillery in Nashville, Indiana, with broader retail rollout following.

Brand tasting notes include buttered toffee, vanilla, cherry, honeyed dark cherry, vanilla custard, candied pecan, rye spice, oak and clove.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • A distinctive bourbon that balances orchard fruit with spice and some interesting bitter notes. It’s not a mind-blowing or outstanding bourbon, but it’s a good and interesting one, which is more than you can say for many.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    The nose is quite honeyed and sweet. Somewhere between Honey Nut Cheerios and praline, plus some pear and shortbread, salted caramel, raspberries, gingerbread and leather

  • Taste:

    Decent bit of heat here. The palate is moderate in viscosity and lightly oaky. Leather, Melted butter, golden delicious apples, caramel

  • Finish:

    Leather and olive oil Lead a long finish, flowing into brown sugar, cinnamon, sassafras, tobacco and tannin, crème brûlée, red apple peel, cracked peeper

  • Overall:

    A distinctive bourbon that balances orchard fruit with spice and some interesting bitter notes. It’s not a mind-blowing or outstanding bourbon, but it’s a good and interesting one, which is more than you can say for many.

  • Score:

    88

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources