I'm still working on it too - I think a bit of it comes from grilled alligator skin level char on the oak. From what I understand, bourbon is heavy on vanilla from toasting,and both the almond/acrid flavour from the high temp char.
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I'm going to give a try aging a litre or so with a heavily charred domino.
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