Not long ago we told you all we had a few single barrels to help welcome James E. Pepper to Seelbach's, but we held one back just in case the first flew before some got a chance to try it. To me, this particular barrel shares a lot of similarities to the popular James E. Pepper Decanter. If you've been looking for a good place to start with Pepper, this just might be it.\xa0 \xa0 James E. Pepper is a new name to a lot of people, but they've been making a splash in the whiskey world for quite some time. Placing #27 on Fred Minnick's Top 100 American Whiskeys of 2023, their Barrel Proof Decanter has been getting lots of recent attention.\xa0 Several years ago, their Old Pepper line featured some well-aged sourced bourbons that were highly sought after along brands such as O.K.I., Belle Meade, Blaum Brothers, Boone County, and Smooth Ambler. In our opinion, James E. Pepper has been one of the most enjoyable brands both on the sourced side, and now with their own distillate. What we've been most surprised by is the flavor for the cost in their small batch and single barrel bourbons & ryes alike. Compared to a lot of other products on the market, these are an incredible value. \xa0 Old Pepper Single Barrel Bourbon #19-332 \xa0 The nose leads with candied, perfumed, and slightly smoked leather, white grape, cherry coke, oak, and loads of caramel.\xa0 \xa0 On the palate you’d never guess this was 4 years old. The palate continues with raisin, prune, date, while also having a tiny touch savory leather note, raspberry truffle, and caramel.\xa0 \xa0 The finish is long and dry, deep with saturating dark fruits, walnut, cocoa powder but continuing on with a musty, leathery oak.\xa0 | 
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