Name: Blantons’s Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey – Revisited 2025
Color: Brown
Nose: Spices, caramel, vanilla, orange
Taste: Charred oak, vanilla, honey finish, slight burn
The revisited series is a look back on reviews from a few years ago with more knowledge and experience. This week’s review is a look back on Blanton’s Bourbon review I posted in 2022.
Blanton’s Bourbon is a “single barrel” bourbon that spends 8 years in white oak barrels that have been toasted to a #4 char rating. The mash bill is estimated to be 51% corn with 15% rye, however, the exact figures are not released from the distillery. The term “single barrel” means that each bottle comes from an individual aged barrel instead of from multiple blended barrels. The bottle label lists the date, warehouse, barrel, location, etc. which is different to almost all whiskies. To summarize, one barrel will produce a limited number of bottles from that specific barrel.
For the TV and movies fans, you might recognize Blanton’s because of the unique bottle shape. If you have watched the TV show “Justified” or you have seen the movies John Wick I & II you will see Blanton’s being drank. In Justified, which took place in South Eastern Kentucky, the US Marshall’s sipped it in their office. In John Wick, Keanu Reeves prefers bourbon to pain meds after he takes a beating fighting from fellow hitmen.
What I thought in 2022:
One thing I really like about Blanton’s (besides the taste) is the bottle. The octagonal shape and cork with racehorse and jockey stand out among other bottles of bourbon. The combination of single barreling, the taste and the bottle style make a great gift for yourself or someone else. Price around $50-60 it is well worth the price.
What I think in 2025:
I am not overly impressed any longer with Blanton’s as the taste profile came across very flat and dry. It is a different kind of bourbon, but over the years since its explosion in popularity I no longer find Blanton’s worth the price for the taste. This glass cost me $14 in Cape Cod, but I have seen bottles up to $250 in stores in NYC, and that is if you can find it. It was perfectly fine at the $60 price but now it is just not worth it to me.
If you like it, drink it! – Chris
If you like it, drink it!
