Bourbon / Kentucky straight bourbon

Four Roses Small Batch

Name: Four Roses Small Batch
Brand: Four Roses

Red berries, caramel and sweet oak balanced by dried baking spice and a soft finish.

Red berriesCaramelBaking spice

45%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 Small Batch · reference

Evan Williams Black Label has a closely matched profile on the available comparison dimensions.

SweetnessKey differenceLittle sweetness → Very sweet

BodyKey differenceLight-bodied → Full-bodied

SmokeKey differenceLittle smoke → Smoke-led

Fresh fruitNot enough data

Excluded from this fingerprint and comparison claims.

Dried fruitLittle dried fruit → Dried-fruit-led

FloralLittle blossom → Blossom-led

SpiceGentle spice → Spice-led

OakLittle oak → Oak-led

Malt / cerealLittle grain → Grain-led

How PROOF derives and verifies these positions →

02 / SIDE BY SIDE

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Smoke × Body

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03 / THE RECORD

Behind the bottle.

MaturationNew charred oak barrels; blend of four Four Roses recipes

Peat statusunpeated

Mash / grainsBlend of two bourbon mash bills and two yeast styles; proportions not disclosed

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 · Small Batch ↗ · producer
Product page retained with market caveat; confirm U.S. ABV before publication.

Sweetness · 65
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Body · 50
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 · Not enough data
Category default used because bottle-specific production input is unavailable; excluded from comparison prose and key-difference highlights.

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

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

Spice · 20
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]