Tastes

Not much to add to the already spot on expert reviews. The baking spices aftertaste without the burn is pleasant.

TASTE #1: (neat) Dang it, I was really pulling for that typical sweet corn nose, but all I got was wet cardboard box, sawdust, and airplane glue. Tastes like dirty dishwater thats mellowed in the sink all night, with a flash bang burn, that left me with the taste of an unleavened bread communion wafer and the feeling like I might have bad breath... TASTE #2: (a week later...over ice) Trying to be positive...nose of new Michelin tires mixed with pressure treated lumber like I just walked in the contractors door of the Home Depot. Taste: honestly the first thing that came to mind was a swig of the water from an unaerated minnow bucket that’s been sitting in the sun all day. Reply with your address and I’ll mail the rest of this bottle to ya...

Close your eyes and you’ll swear you were sniffing red wine, with hints of cherry cough drop, and gold butterscotch candy. Silky smooth mouthfeel is followed with a tease of sweet “oh yeah!” but it finishes fast with a thin oaken dryness. In the words of Rick James “She’s a very tricky girl...”

Simple nose of fresh baked snickerdoodle cookies and overly ripe bananas. Begins with vanilla shortbread and leather, then modulates into faint smoke from campfire in the distance. Finish is of a chewed up aspirin. Alright...Alright...we’ll done Matthew.

Nose of burnt brown sugar, vanilla bean, cinnamon stick, and old wood from Mamaw’s attic. Smooth full mouth feel with similar flavors but adds root beer, cherries, peppery finish. Love this one. Punches like Mike Tyson after snorting speed.

Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island. If Milli Vanilli and Curious George had a baby.

Sparse nose, hits like a fast pitch to the nose but with a smooth and rounded mouth feel. Faint heather floral sweetness with a lightning fast finish into nothingness. Simple but satisfying. A good poolside whiskey that doesn’t require much thought. Makes me want to throat punch an Irishman.

Intriguing nose, different than most...initially a fresh yeasty dough, and wet leather like i jumped in the creek in the middle of summer with nothing but my leather chaps on, then dried fruit (apricots and raisins) then fades into smokey char with mineral/metallic. Tastes like I threw up in my mouth, then ate copper pennies, then ends with a little licorice. Saving this for the zombie apocalypse.

Very mild nose, subtle citrus rind, toast, fresh bread dough, teases with fresh peeled underripe green banana. Minimal heat allows you to daydream about something redeeming in the absent finish. Overall, it’s like a pop quiz when you have all the answers memorized. Not a challenge but still feel good.

My first scotch and still my favorite. Parafin waxy nose, honey sweetness with an enjoyable drying bitter finish but still very smooth. Water mutes everything but the honey, and the last sip is like nectar.