Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year Old Bourbon

The Van Winkle line, specifically the Pappy line, and the BTAC line are some of the most coveted yearly releases in modern whiskey. While some of them, like the William Larue Weller and George T Stagg releases, are delicious year-over-year, many of them are just… ok. The crazy demand and hype over things like the Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Years Lot B, and really any of the Pappy releases, I don’t get. But as an independent reviewer, it’s my duty to taste them all and dammit, that’s what we’re doing today.