A Dutch market exclusive of Heaven Hill. That’s not something that happens all too often. This one was bottled for Bresser & Timmer, the Dutch importer for The Daily Dram. And, especially for bourbon, a respectable age of 11 years is something that made me at least slightly interested.

I bought this bottle from a friend, if memory serves. It’d been around for a while, past tense indeed, since this is yet another review from a now empty bottle. I guess the statue of Christ the Redeemer from Rio de Janeiro is on here because of Jesus resembling heaven, and the statue is on a hill?

Sniff:
A gentle note of typical bourbon stuff. Some caramel, some oak, mulch, dry corn. Also some vanilla and toffee. A note of glue pops up if you stick your nose in it.

Sip:
The palate brings a bit of a sawdust like texture with flavors of oak, mulch, corn flour. Some caramel and almonds. Vanilla, a bit of a peppery bite later on.

Swallow:
The finish continues down the same line but moves the pepper forward a lot. There’s quite some bite, even though this is the second dram of the evening.

Pretty generic and more of a daily drinker than anything else. However, with the current standard we’re at that means it’s pretty solid whisky!

84/100