Send us Fan Mail We turn Halloween night into a full-on tasting booth, complete with sports chaos, referee flags, and serious bourbon notes. Blood Oath Pact 12 goes through our barrel-knock scoring system, earns a strong 14/18, and we finish by surprising ourselves with a rye we actually want to keep pouring. • World Series and game-day energy bleeding into whiskey talk • Why Devil’s Cut exists and how it flips the angel’s share idea • What Blood Oath is and why each annual pack stays one-off • Pact 12 basics: proof, age blend, price point, and wine-cask finish • Our “four quarters” review method for nose, body, taste, and finish • Tasting notes: dark fruit, leather, tobacco, citrus, caramel, dark chocolate • Finish focus: Kentucky hug and long-lasting flavour as the standout • Final score and where Pact 12 ranks among the packs • Crack Skull Rye first impressions: spearmint, caramel, rye spice, no “moldy soil” Remember www.scotchyburbonboys.com for all things scotchy bourbon boys Whether you listen to us or you watch us, make sure that you give us good feedback Drink responsibly. Don’t drink and drive A finished bourbon can either taste like a gimmick or it can taste like a real design choice and Blood Oath Pact 12 gives us plenty to argue about. We bring the Halloween energy, but we keep the tasting serious, running Pact 12 through our “barrel knocks” scoring system with four quarters: nose, body, taste, and finish. Along the way we also pour a little Jim Beam Devil’s Cut and talk about why pulling whiskey from the barrel staves is the flip side of the angel’s share story every bourbon fan knows. Pact 12 (Lux Row, guided by John Rempe’s one-and-done Blood Oath approach) shows up as a Kentucky bourbon blend at 98.6 proof, finished in Montepulciano and Sangiovese casks, with notes that push darker and bolder than the usual sweet-leaning allocated bourbon conversation. We get into the specifics: dark fruit like black cherry and blackberry, leather and tobacco, hints of citrus, and how the palate changes after a few sips when dark chocolate starts to emerge. If you care about mouthfeel, we talk viscosity, oak impact, and why this one feels “chewy” without turning bitter. The finish becomes the headline, with a warm Kentucky hug and flavor that just keeps going, driving our final score to 14/18 and putting Pact 12 near the top of our personal Blood Oath rankings. Then we pivot to a curveball pour: Crack Skull Rye at barrel strength, with spearmint, caramel, and rye spice that stays clean instead of grassy or dill-heavy. If you like bourbon reviews, whiskey tasting notes, and honest bottle talk, hit subscribe, share this with a bourbon friend, and leave us a review so more people can find the show. voice over Whiskey Thief If You Have Gohsts Support the show https://www.scotchybourbonboys.com The Scotchy bourbon Boys are #3 in Feedspots Top 60 whiskey podcasts in the world https://podcast.feedspot.com/whiskey_podcasts/
