The Burning Chair 750ml

The Burning Chair is a four-year-old bourbon from Savage & Cooke, the Mare Island, California distillery founded by winemaker Dave Phinney. It's aged the full four years before bottling, landing it among Savage & Cooke's more traditional bourbon releases rather than one of their heavily cask-finished expressions. The nose leans into brown sugar, caramel, butterscotch, and toasty oak, while the palate brings vanilla bean, baking spices, maple, and baked apple, finishing long. It's a straightforward, dessert-leaning bourbon built for drinkers who want classic sweet-oak character without chasing an unusual finishing cask.

How to drink The Burning Chair

Pour it neat or over a single rock to let the caramel and baked-apple notes stand out; the sweetness holds up fine with a splash of water too if you want to open it up further. It's mellow enough that reaching for a mixer isn't really necessary.