Tom's Foolery Bourbon

 Medium-light caramel in the glass, the bourbon doesn’t seem alarmingly light for its youth.

Slate, cotton candy, and cold day-old cornbread hit the nose at first blush. Next comes a certain powdered lemonade quality and creamsicle. The powdery sweetness of the nose betrays the younger, cornier elements of the dram.

Immediately on the palate, a wave of fluffy, sugary cakiness hits. Iron and leather follow, making for a devil’s food cake/blood sausage combo that is entirely unsettling. These elements make for a cake bomb effect that feels both too sweet and too hot, without any real flavor payout. In so many words, Tom’s Foolery feels a little too young to be out in the wide world just yet.

On the finish, floral notes and hay mix with demerara sugar, giving a rosier view of the bourbon than may be fair.