Background

As always, big thanks to Cinder BBQ for enabling my 2022 BTAC journey! Let’s get right to the notes for the 2022 Thomas H Handy release!

Thomas H Handy (6 Years, 130.9 Proof)

Nose: Orange candies, fruit punch, hints of mint and fennel

Palate: More citrus, caramel, grapefruit lead the sip into a spice forward rye bread and natural cinnamon.

Finish: Pumpernickel, nutmeg, lemon, oak, spices. There’s almost a numbing quality it leaves behind I cant quite pinpoint. It's also a little too dry.

7.5/10

Overall: As a pour, it’s still really good. But judging against the standards of other THH releases, it’s a bit unbalanced. The spice hits hard at the back of the palate and into the finish. It sadly fails to hit the fruit forward highs of the 2020 THH release.