Tastes

Flaviar tasting box 04/2022 “B” - [ ] Color is a light-medium amber - [ ] Nose is herbal and cinnamon with hay, corn and more subtle caramel/vanillas. Some butterscotch and pepper - [ ] Taste is heavily tannined-wood vanillans with caramel and some interesting pepper and bread notes - [ ] Finish is kind of an ethanolic sting on the tongue - [ ] Rating 3.25

Flaviar bottle 04/2022. Color is a lighter yellow amber, but the nose is surprisingly complex and caramel-oak. Wow! As someone who loves bourbon and normally hates Irish whisky this one is as advertised- a nice cross-over/gateway! The barley makes it quite smooth, and there is plenty of caramel and vanilla to cover up the taste I normally don’t like. The flavor is simple, though, and doesn’t really develop. Perhaps some butterscotch, but a lot of roasted nuts.

(Comparing to Fusion #2). Bought at Costco - Granger. Color is very similer - medium amber, but smell is much more of a pleasant, salted caramel. “Sultry notes of cigar box, worn leather, split vanilla bean, and brandied cherries invite excessive inhalation. The palate is rich and vibrant with ripe, oily citrus, pie spice, and a bit of lavender. The oak is well-balanced, offering just the slightest astringency on an otherwise lush and lingering finish accented with notes of dark caramel sauce, cocktail cherry, and fudgy brownies”

Had at Hop Station. This is an incredible chocolate vanilla cake bomb! Very sweet and very tasty - easy sipper! Almost too sweet and candy-like with a strong coffee finish

Had at Hop Station. Great nose - Actually very nice! Dripping with lots of vanilla, caramel, and baking spices

Had again - this time neat - at Table97 after a date day with McK at Journeyman Distillery. This one - after all those at Journeyman- was disappointing

Lots of mint and toffee smell. Sweet vanilla, but so green I am again disappointed

Quite nice. Definitely a step up from their regular proof. Still a lot of green and nutty flavors

Lots of dark fruit and burnt sugar.

A LOT more banana, spice, and pepper with the cask strength than with the normal 90 proof.