Larrikin Bourbon Company – 250th Anniversary USMC 9 Year Bourbon Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, USA NOSE: Sweet caramel corn, Sugar Pops cereal. PALATE: Oily, sugary caramel corn, butter, grainy. FINISH: Caramel and oaky with grains without heavy char or spice. NOTES: Special-edition 250th USMC release from Larrikin Bourbon: deep caramel-corn sweetness on the nose with sugar-pops cereal and buttery grain. The palate delivers rich, oily caramel and buttered cereal grain with a smooth, slightly grainy texture. Finish leans sweet and benignly oaky, focusing on caramel and grains rather than heavy char or spice.