Tastes
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Balvenie Doublewood 12 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed December 11, 2020 (edited April 13, 2021)Nose after resting 15+ min: Buttered caramel pear and spiced apples, butterscotch, vanilla, sherry, orange citrus, baking spice, almonds Taste: Taste begins with a sweet caramel malt, hint of spice, and orchard fruits that moves to more caramelized medium as the flavor moves across the palate, picks up fruit notes of citrus, vanilla, almonds, a browned butter note right at the finish. Moderate finish. -
High West Campfire (Discontinued)
Blended American Whiskey — (bottled in Utah), Multiple Countries
Reviewed December 11, 2020 (edited December 18, 2020)Nose after a 10min test: Gentle smoke presence followed by sweet vanilla, caramel, apple, spices, black pepper, black tea On the taste Gentle smoke starts the taste along with a slightly astringent tea and herbal notes, then sweet caramel, vanilla, bacon, brown sugar. Ends with a moderate finish of residual caramel sweetness, tea and cream, chocolate, tobacco, and smoke -
Heaven's Door Double Barrel Whiskey
Blended American Whiskey — Tennessee, USA
Reviewed December 11, 2020Nose after 20 min rest: Butterscotch, brown caramel, apple and orchard fruit, black pepper, vanilla, cinnamon, cherry, almonds, eucalyptus Taste: begins with a blast of cherry and fruit, cinnamon red hots, vanilla, dark meaty caramel and tobacco, vanilla cream. Finish is moderately long with bright fruit notes and vanilla, blueberry, tobacco, and cinnamon spice. -
Duke Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed December 11, 2020 (edited December 1, 2021)Nose after 20 min rest; Buttery vanilla, chocolate, cherry, black pepper, bubblegum, wintergreen, anise, strawberry Taste: strong blast of pepper spice, butter and caramel, then chocolate, toffee, red hots, minty and caramel toffee finish. Moderate length. Watch for raspberry finish late -
Nose: Pepper, mint, buttery medium caramel butterscotch, vanilla, dill and anise, nutmeg and cinnamon, caraway seed, orange, cherry Taste begins with black pepper, coconut, roasted apples, mixed with a flinty confectionery sugar caramel, walnut, butterscotch, cocoa. Decay is moderate with mint, anise spice, nuts, cinnamon, and a touch of dill.
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Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry
Gold Rum — Jamaica
Reviewed December 11, 2020 (edited October 15, 2022)Tropical fruit sugar cookie Nose after 10 min rest: Expressive bright fruit notes with pineapple and apple dominant. Vanilla, caramel, butter, papaya, butterscotch, molasses, banana Taste: begins with a crisp tropical fruit note that hangs out- pineapple, papaya, and banana- while the darker sweeter notes go through the palate. Cane sugar, butterscotch, then bubblegum, caramel, and ending on a buttery caramel with residual tropical fruit and spice. Moderately long finish complex and delicious. -
Pusser's Rum Gunpowder Proof (Black Label)
Navy Rum — Multiple Countries
Reviewed December 11, 2020 (edited August 2, 2021)Caramel covered sugar cookie Nose after 15 min rest: Browned salted butter, spice, medium caramel, dark molasses, dates, slight banana Taste: salted butter, cane sugar, and dark caramel, and molasses hit the palate. The molasses flavor holds out as the others decay. Later on the subtle banana fruitiness emerges with a touch of baking spices on the finish, with a burnt marshmallow/caramel last. Moderately long finish -
Compass Box Great King St Artist's Blend
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed December 10, 2020 (edited April 13, 2021)Nose after 15 min rest: Apple, pear, apricot, and some spice are dominant. Bright citrus, hint of vanilla, caramel. On the taste is honey, caramel, apple, citrus, vanilla, with the moderate finish carrying honey and caramel, a touch of grain grassiness. Some mild spice in the finish, and a subtle note of chocolate.
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