Tastes
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Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Single Cask Strength
Single Malt — Taiwan
Reviewed November 10, 2019 (edited November 21, 2019)Nov 2019. Clear deep amber. Tasted by medium small tulip glass. Powerful wood spicy, sweeten raisin, caramel, old leather, burned oil, sweet Logan honey, condensed syrup in the bouquet. Full body with lots of sweeten wild berry, roasted prune juice, wood tannin, sweet spicy and toasted nuts in the palate. High in abv and strong flavor gives punches like a Koss The Plug with lots of straight muscle and power. Could be awesome if aged for another decade or two and less charred for barrique to reduce bitten tannin. -
Glenfarclas 18 Year
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed November 7, 2019 (edited January 2, 2020)Nov 2019. Clear medium gold. Tasted by small tulip glass. Aromatic woody incense, forest, humus and natural cedar wood in nose. Medium body with lots of logs, dried wood, fresh made incense, and a little vanilla and sweet spicy in palate. Classic ex bourbon aged flavor with clean and smooth finish. Like a textbook of well ex bourbon cask aged single malt scotch. Right at it's peak of maturation. -
Macallan Cask Strength 10 Year
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed November 7, 2019 (edited March 9, 2020)Nov 2019. Bottle bought and opened at 2007. Tasted by small tulip glass. Powerful sweet sweeten dark roasted prune, sweeten dark plum, longan honey, maple syrup, rich thick botrytis tokaji, and Christmas cake in the bouquet. Full body, super strong abv with raisin, sweeten heavily roasted plum juice, wood tannin, tree bark, better herbal tea, dried herb and dried gram masala spicys, leather tannin and asphalt in the palate. Awesome smell but way too young way too strong even after opened for more than 12 years. -
GlenDronach Original 12 Year
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed November 7, 2019 (edited November 25, 2019)Nov 2019. Clear medium gold to amber. Tasted by small tulip glass. Awesome sweet maple syrup, toffee, sweet cherry wood syrup, raisin, sweeten raspberry and cedar wood in nose. Medium full body with cedar, dried herb, clove, cinnamon, raisin, wood tannin and bitter tree bark in the palate. Very attractive bouquet with good balance and spicy young go getter finish. -
Glen Scotia 1994 19 Year Single Cask Series
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed November 2, 2019 (edited November 21, 2019)Nov 2019. Clear medium gold. Powerful sweet ovaltine, sweet malt baverage, Christmas cake, herbal sweet tea, oaky leather, couscous rice soup, sweeten salami, ham and game meat in nose. Dry, full body with sweeten bbq meat, malt drinks, cherry wood smoked bore neck, pomegranate prosciutto sweet melon salad and campfired pork in palate. Awesome balance, long lingering finish. -
James E. Pepper 1776 Straight Rye (100 Proof)
Rye — Indiana (bottled in Kentucky), USA
Reviewed November 2, 2019 (edited December 7, 2019)Nov 2019. Clear medium gold to garnet. Powerful rye bomb with sweet honey rye, sweet maple syrup rye, oaky Woody rye and sweet woody rye rye in bouquet. Dry, herbal sweet rye with Christmas cake, sweet cedar oil, Eucalyptus essential oil, dill, fresh and dried spicy in palate. Outstanding oaky herbal balance, long finish and changes a lot. -
Bulleit Rye
Rye — Indiana (bottled in Kentucky), USA
Reviewed November 2, 2019 (edited March 9, 2020)Nov 2019. Clear dark gold. Aromatic cedar, herbal nuts, sweet herbaceous, vanilla, sweet spicy in nose. Dry, cedar wood, fresh herb, oaky vanilla, sweet spicy and fired wood in palate. Good balance, m finish. Rye whiskey text book. -
Bushmills 10 Year Single Malt
Single Malt — Ireland
Reviewed November 2, 2019 (edited January 5, 2020)Nov 2019. Clear medium light gold. Aromatic typical Irish sweet, light vanilla, butterscotch, nuts, sweet banana, plastic and gentle wood in nose. Dry medium body with Christmas cake, tart, gentle honey, wood floors, floral and sweet Woody pie in the palate. Good balance m finish. Classic likes a text book of Irish. -
Avignonesi grappa riserva vin santo di Montepuciano
Grappa/Marc — Montepulciano, Italy
Reviewed November 2, 2019 (edited November 21, 2019)Nov 2019. Clear pale gold. Powerful floral, gentle French wood, cedar wood, sweet agave syrup, herbal floral tea and some perfume like in the bouquet. Dry light body with gentle floral oak, sweet wild high mountain honey, agave juice, fresh made raisin, new cedar furniture, and light mixed fresh herbal tea in the palate. Awesome balance long lingering finish. Fascinating grappa made by Italian Vin Santo sweet wine. -
Benromach 12 Year Cask Strength 2018 (Batch 1)
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed November 2, 2019 (edited January 11, 2020)Nov 2019. Clear deep gold to amber. Powerful sweet px Sherry, fruity vintage port, late bottle vintage port, wild berries, burned apple wood, Christmas cake, sweeten dark plum, sweeten roasted dried prune and strawberry jam in nose. Dry full body with fruity oaky smoky vanallic sweety warm rich flavor with lots of Sherry sweet and lingering bruned campfire in the after taste. Ludicrous fruit bomb with gentle lingering smoke finish. Outstanding batch.
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