Tastes
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Maker's Mark 46 French Oaked
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed February 10, 2022 (edited February 20, 2022)Bought at Sam’s club on great discount - Have been wanting to try for a while! Color - a nice medium amber. Nose - very strong sweet vanilla and woody oak notes, butterscotch undertones Taste - different! A sweet start that rolls into a longer, toasted oak, then resides into lingering woody flavors. Nutmeg and some nuttier tones also present. Upon reading other reviews - spice at the forefront is noticeable and the maple syrupy ending is there. But this review is perfect: “toasted coconut and baking spice laden oak, as well as more creamy vanilla. A short finish offers astringent oak, vanilla”28.89 USD per Bottle -
Coopers' Craft Original 82.2 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed February 10, 2022 (edited June 28, 2022)Blind taste test - bought 50 mL bottles at Blarney Stone on McKinley Rd. Color is a nice medium amber color. Smell is fantastic - like a soft Blade and Bow with a hint of tannins, butterscotch, and mild baking spice. Taste is really sweet cake and caramel with TONS of vanilla, some bready and light nutty notes on the finish. Really like this one. Upon reveal, the apple/pear aroma is what I couldn’t out my finger on. Very nice! -
Ezra Brooks 90 Proof Straight Rye
Rye — Indiana, USA
Reviewed February 10, 2022 (edited July 20, 2022)Blind taste test - bought 50 mL bottles at Blarney Stone on McKinley Rd. Color is a very, very light yellow. Scent is very subtle with a soft touch of rye spice. Taste is also subtle - rye spice with hint of mint and annise. Overall, unimpressive. Upon reveal, some vanillans come through at the end. Surprised by the 95% rye mash bill - not very spicy -
Blind taste test - bought 50 mL bottles at Total Wine in Grand Rapids with Kyle. Color is a more medium amber. Smell is of dark, sweet licorice and rye. First sip lights up the sinuses - very peppery with a hint of sweetness undercutting it. Not too much ethanol heat, but the rye spice burn is strong and lingers - almost like eating a hot Buffalo wing! Very interesting and unique - can’t decide if I like it or not haha. Upon reveal, the mint and cardamom come through as well, but quite overpowered by the rye spice!8.99 USD per Shot
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Westward American Single Malt
American Single Malt — Oregon, USA
Reviewed February 2, 2022 (edited May 29, 2022)Smells exactly like Koval (zero proof) single malt - like apple cider/juice (awful! in my opinion). Taste is packed full of beerish malted barley with a strange earthy aftertaste -
Oak & Eden Bourbon & Spire -Toasted Oak
Bourbon — (bottled in) Texas, USA
Reviewed February 2, 2022 (edited March 2, 2022)Bought at Martin’s on Main and Cleveland. Color is nice and dark amber. Nose is sweet carmel with vanilla notes, but does have a young peppercorn/slight mint smell. Taste is really sweet carmel and vanilla with a small, sweet lingering smoky oak aftertaste. The toasted oak spiral in the bottle is an interesting asthetic touch. Overall, not sure the spiraled oak makes up for the rather flat and uneventful whiskey inside36.99 USD per Bottle -
Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed January 27, 2022 (edited January 29, 2022)Bought a 375 mL bottle at Belmont Bev on Cleveland and Main for $17.99. Nose is not very prominent beyond the ethanol heat - perhaps subtle hints of hay and earthy (mint). Taste: Lots of sweet vanilla, butterscotch, caramel and slight pepper. -
Baker's Single Barrel Bourbon 7 Year
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed January 27, 2022 (edited February 6, 2022)Had at Cafe Navarre with McKinley, Bruce, and Maddie. Nose is soft and chocolate-y. Taste is vanilla and char with toasted bread - light with just enough rye spice.18.0 USD per Pour -
High West Double Rye
Rye — (bottled in) Utah, USA
Reviewed January 26, 2022 (edited February 4, 2022)Blind taste test (bought at Martins at Heritage Square on Main and Cleveland on discount). Color is very light. Smell is a powerful punch of bright rye peppercorn but also a hint of that grapefruity barley - perhaps even a hint of popcorn. Smell is a powerful punch of rye peppercorn and black pepper with a hint of mint and younger corn. Taste is a fast, fresh, clean, pretty peppery/sharp spicy rye with some residual soft caramel that fades into a nice, sweet vanilla and oak finish. Upon reveal, dark chocolate notes are noticeable at the end and it is heavily herbal/botanical. A hint of anise/black licorice too.28.99 USD per Bottle
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