Hard Truth
Hard Truth
56.15%
7 Years
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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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
Decent bit of heat here. The palate is moderate in viscosity and lightly oaky. Leather, Melted butter, golden delicious apples, caramel
Leather and olive oil Lead a long finish, flowing into brown sugar, cinnamon, sassafras, tobacco and tannin, crème brûlée, red apple peel, cracked peeper
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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