Description
This George Dickel 7 Year Old 2016 SMWS Single Charred Barrel B5.16 'Tipsy Texas Tea' Tennessee Whiskey was bottled in 2023 and is one of 148 bottles from a single barrel.
George Dickel
George Dickel SMWS B5.16 7 Year Old, Bourbon Cask, Cask No. B5.16, 2016, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 64.6%
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TypeBourbon Whiskey
MRI
Average Score
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Overall Rating
84.5/100
Great84.5 / 100
Based on 2 published Maltiply reviews.
- Nose
- The scent of walnut wood, furniture polish and sweet booze.
- Palate
- Dark chocolate oaky-smoky chilli and cocoa nib slabs plus salted honey and rosemary-roasted walnuts.
- Finish
- Following reduction, we found ourselves in the Lone Star State (and not as expected in the Volunteer State) in Austin for an F1 race. As we were part of the paddock club, we were sipping a tipsy Texas tea in the garage, with the heated blankets just coming off for an imminent tyre change.
Reviews
driftwood.tram23 Sept85 / 100
Oaky, smoky, with chilli.
Nose: No tasting notes yetPalate: No tasting notes yetFinish: No tasting notes yet
saltair_notebook26 Aug84 / 100
The rosemary-roasted walnuts and salted honey give this a savoury-sweet angle I find appealing, with the dark chocolate and cocoa nibs keeping it firmly rich. The tea reference comes only after reduction, but it adds an interesting turn to an otherwise very oak-and-chocolate-led character. The nose’s furniture polish sounds less inviting to me; still, the rosemary and that conditional tea note give it a little more to explore than a straight sweet bourbon profile.
Nose: Walnut wood, Furniture polish, Sweet boozePalate: Dark chocolate, Oaky-smoky chilli, Cocoa nib slabs, Salted honey, Rosemary-roasted walnutsFinish: Following reduction: a “tipsy Texas tea” association, with the note set around Austin and an F1 race garage.
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Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - May 10, 2026SGD 158.76
- Type
- Bourbon Whiskey
- Region
- Tennessee
- Age
- 7 Years
- Vintage
- 2016
- Bottled
- 2023
- ABV
- 64.6%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- George Dickel
- Origin
- USA
- Cask type
- Bourbon Cask
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
- Peated
- Unpeated
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- N.A
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- B5.16
- Batch
- B5.16
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- Nicole Austin
- Master distiller (distillation)
- Allisa Henley
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 148
- Has box
- N.A
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- N.A
- Series highlights
- SMWS Single Cask Release
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- SMWS Exclusive
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- The scent of walnut wood, furniture polish and sweet booze.
- Palate
- Dark chocolate oaky-smoky chilli and cocoa nib slabs plus salted honey and rosemary-roasted walnuts.
- Finish
- Following reduction, we found ourselves in the Lone Star State (and not as expected in the Volunteer State) in Austin for an F1 race. As we were part of the paddock club, we were sipping a tipsy Texas tea in the garage, with the heated blankets just coming off for an imminent tyre change.