Tastes

The nose is pretty terrible. Ever piss on a campfire? Smells like that, firewood and ammonia. Taste is tolerable. Unidimensional burnt oak, with a little bit of peat smoke. There’s a reason why scotch is normally a lot more expensive than $26.

My favorite rye. Exactly what you want from any classic rye. Classic, fierce rye spice nose with caramel and butterscotch. Taste is the smoothest, most crisp rye you've ever had. Caramel and rye spice up front, with a very long oak finish.

My new budget rye. Love this stuff. Nose is stringent black tea, eucalyptus and rye spice. Taste is black tea, rye spice and caramel. Nice long finish. Would be a good rye to introduce someone to rye with.

Nose is oaky and smoky. Taste is charred oak a little bit of smoke. There is no finish at all which is dissapointing. The second you swallow, there's nothing but alcohol burn.

Best whisky I've ever had. Got to try this with my dad on a special occasion... Very interesting tangerine and dark chocolate taste. Sherry and peat take the background. A lot of flavors going on but they blend very well and aren't fighting with each other.

Heavy burnt sugar and oak notes. Tastes like creme brulee thats still on fire with the high proof burn. Alcohol burns but in a pleasant way. Coats your tongue, very oily. Coming back to it a month later there’s some over ripe banana with the burnt sugar. Really awesome

The smell is super sweet, very sugary, smells like an ice cream shop with vanilla and sprinkles. Taste is overpowering sweetness with marshmallow, rainbow sprinkles and rye spice. I really wanted to love this bottle and I do enjoy it. However, I would never pay anywhere close to $80 again for this bottle. If you do like this, try Jefferson's Ocean 17. To me, it tastes like a more mellow bourbon version.

The nose is soft, vanilla and honey. Taste is strikingly similar to Angels Envy Rye but without the rye spice. Very upfront dessert vanilla and almost marshmallowy sweetness with some corn flavors in the background. Not your typical bourbon at all, but it is fantastic. All the super sweet nonsense of Angel's Envy Rye is taken out, tamed to an enjoyable level and the rye spice is replaced with some bourbon characteristics like corn and honey.