Flatboat Kentucky Straight Bourbon is produced by the Sazerac-owned Barton 1792 Distillery in Kentucky. It's a private label brand created exclusively for the Liquor Barn retail chain and is bottled at 45% ABV (90 proof). The bourbon is aged for at least 2 years in new, charred American oak and typically sells for around $25.
Flavours of green grass and tobacco, as well as fine oak spice and sap seem to overwhelm the lighter sweeter flavours of butterscotch and vanilla. For me the whisky which promised me so much on the nose has disappointed on the palate and must now be looked upon as strictly a mixer.
Sip or mix this Bourbon that shows pleasing notes of sweet vanilla bean, almond extract and orange peel, finishing with cocoa and hint of campfire smoke.