At Seelbach's we come across new-to-us brands quite often. What is less common is when we notice ones with a fairly deep history and a respectable age statement. The latter is true with Paul Sutton Bourbon, a fantastic story of history which excellent bourbon to boot.\xa0 \xa0 Sutton bourbon has been a family affair for over 100 years, with their family’s mash recipe spanning seven generations. R.M. Sutton worked alongside his brothers, father and grandfather to create the family’s unique mash recipe, perfecting it in 1916. The batches were small and the taste was rich, deep and sweet. It was pure goodness right from the get-go. But as years passed, that legendary mash recipe was lost. With R.M. ‘Grandpa’ Sutton’s passing in 1998, all that was left was the original bourbon-filled mason jars and that same deep passion for distilling the perfect pour. \xa0 After Grandpa Sutton's passing, seventh generation, Myra Barginear, MD, was determined not to let her family’s recipe get lost. Myra, a renowned oncologist, took a break from her medical career in New York to raise her young children and in the midst, renewed the family business. With a background in chemistry and a love of family, science and bourbon, she and her husband, Paul, set out to revive the family’s mash recipe with bourbon science. Myra and a team of specialists in chemistry, bioengineering, and distilling worked backwards to confirm her family's century old family mash recipe. Reverse engineering and other analytical techniques confirmed the mash recipe, proprietary yeast, and the use of a sweet mash process and Alabama corn. In 2014, Myra and Paul formally founded Paul Sutton Bourbon. We think this is another delicious hidden gem out of Danville, KY.\xa0 \xa0 Paul Sutton Bottled-in-Bond \xa0 The nose is deep and inviting, lots of dark brown sugar, tootsie-roll chocolate, and toffee notes, underlying with softer citrus, leather, and cooked apples.\xa0 The palate is an explosion of brown sugar, honey and leather, underlying with dark cherry, licorice, and well aged oak. Woodsy and peppery. The finish continues to bring waves of leather and oak, with a nip of ginger and balanced baking spices to the mix before that deep cherry note continues long past it all.\xa0 \xa0 Paul Sutton Heritage \xa0 The nose is chewy and deep, with sweeter notes of vanilla and butterscotch underlying with freshly baked brownie and touches of cinnamon graham crackers.\xa0 The palate is viscous and coating, orange zest and clove brighten the sips before toasted vanilla and heavy brown sugar syrup continue on. Dark fruit notes layer underneath the other notes. \xa0 The finish tingles with more baking spices - cinnamon and nutmeg specifically with underlying notes of dark chocolate, tobacco, and well-seasoned oak. Longer lingers leave a caramel sweetness long on the tongue.\xa0\xa0 | 
