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# Hancock’s President’s Reserve Bourbon Review
- URL: https://www.bourbonbanter.com/hancocks-presidents-reserve-bourbon-review/
- Published: 2017-09-14T05:01:10.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-30T17:36:31.000Z
- Description: Hancock’s Reserve is the poor cousin of the Buffalo Trace Mash bill #2 line. You won’t find much information on the bottle label, nor is there anything about Hancock’s Reserve on the Buffalo Trace Distillery web site.
- Author: Lee Stang
- Tags: Bourbon Whiskey Reviews, Buffalo Trace, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2023-03-13 09:32, #updated

## **BOTTLE DETAILS**

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- ****DISTILLER:** [Buffalo Trace Distillery](https://www.greatbourbon.com/great-bourbons?ref=bourbonbanter.com)
- ****MASH BILL:** Buffalo Trace mash bill #2 – the high rye mash bill
- ****AGE:** NAS – No Age Statement
- ****YEAR:** 2017
- ****PROOF:** 88.9 (44.45% ABV)
- ****MSRP:** $59.99
- ****BUY ONLINE:** [Wine-Searcher.com](https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/hancocks+president+rsrv+single+barrel+bourbon+whisky+kentucky+usa?ref=bourbonbanter.com)

## **LEE'S NOTES**

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****NOSE**: Strawberries | Vanilla

****TASTE:** Vanilla

****FINISH:** There wasn’t much finish on this at all. A vanilla lingering in the mouth and towards the end of the pour a slight chest warming.

****SHARE WITH:** I would share this with anyone who enjoys bourbon.

****WORTH THE PRICE**: I paid $57.99 for this bottle. I would buy Blanton’s, Rock Hill Farms or Elmer T. Lee before I would buy this again.

****BOTTLE, BAR OR BUST:** Try it in a bar before you buy.

****OVERALL:** Hancock’s Reserve is the poor cousin of the Buffalo Trace Mash bill #2 line. You won’t find much information on the bottle label, nor is there anything about Hancock’s Reserve on the Buffalo Trace Distillery web site. It can be found on the website [greatbourbon.com](https://www.greatbourbon.com/?ref=bourbonbanter.com), a site run by the Sazerac Company. Hard to find, I had once had a pour of it in Nashville a few years ago and recently came across it during a drive through eastern Tennessee.

When I had my first pour of this, my thought was there is nothing here. Not much nose, taste or finish. But I enjoyed it. I waited a week and came back to it. The second time around I got a nose that reminded me of those strawberry shortcake ice cream bars I used to get from the Good Humor Man as a kid (for a quarter!). I enjoyed sipping it. It is a nice tasting bourbon but comes in behind Rock Hill Farms, Elmer T. Lee and Blanton’s in the lineup.

## **BRAND NOTES**

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In 1775, the Leestown settlement was established along the banks of the Kentucky River by Willis and Hancock Lee. Soon this became a well-known shipping port for tobacco, hemp and whiskey. The Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey pays tribute to the pioneering spirit of Hancock Lee.

****Tasting Notes**  
This Single Barrel bourbon whiskey is deep amber in color. The nose is light and sweet with traces of mango and papaya. The body is full and the palate shows a nice balance of honey, clover, fruit and a dash of spice. The finish is long and warm.