Bourbon / Kentucky straight bourbon

Four Roses Single Barrel OBSV · flagship

Name: Four Roses Single Barrel OBSV · flagship
Brand: Four Roses

Pronounced red fruit and rye spice with vanilla, floral lift and structured oak.

Red berriesRye spiceVanilla

50%ABV

No age statementNo age statement

Ink and watercolor study of an unbranded whisky bottle and tasting glass; not a product depiction — AN ILLUSTRATED SERVING STUDY · NOT THE ACTUAL BOTTLE

01 / IN THE GLASS

A flavor fingerprint.

Neat, at bottled strength. Editorial estimates—not measurements.

Four Roses Single Barrel OBSV · flagship · reference

Basil Hayden Kentucky Straight Bourbon has less body and less floral.

SweetnessLittle sweetness → Very sweet

BodyKey differenceLight-bodied → Full-bodied

SmokeLittle smoke → Smoke-led

Fresh fruitLittle fresh fruit → Fruit-led

Dried fruitLittle dried fruit → Dried-fruit-led

FloralKey differenceLittle blossom → Blossom-led

SpiceKey differenceGentle spice → Spice-led

OakLittle oak → Oak-led

Malt / cerealLittle grain → Grain-led

How PROOF derives and verifies these positions →

02 / SIDE BY SIDE

Compare the character.

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Smoke × Body

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Little smokeSmoke-led

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03 / THE RECORD

Behind the bottle.

MaturationNew charred oak; single barrel

Peat statusunpeated

Mash / grainsOBSV high-rye bourbon recipe; exact proportions not used

DistilleryFour Roses Distillery

RegionKentucky

Sources, confidence & score rationale

Product page retained with market caveat; confirm U.S. ABV before publication.

Facts checked 3 September 2026. “Not verified” does not mean absent. Scores are editorial estimates, not tasting-panel measurements. Rubric: whisky-neat-v1.

[1] Four Roses · Single Barrel ↗ · producer
Product page retained with market caveat; confirm U.S. ABV before publication.

Sweetness · 55
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Body · 60
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Smoke · 0
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Fresh fruit · 50
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Dried fruit · 40
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Floral · 25
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Spice · 55
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Oak · 45
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Malt / cereal · 15
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]