Tastes

Liquid candy for the bourbon drinker. Sweet and smooth, with noticeable wheat rounding out the experience. Some might consider it a bit too streamlined but I'm enjoying the experience.

You'd be forgiven for thinking this an avec in a blind tasting. A glorious sweet sipper dominated by fruits and nuts. My benchmark for Irish pot whiskey that has yet to be toppled. While the 15y edition is also glorious it adds very little to the already complete experience that the 12y provides. Redbreast are at the forefront of Irish whiskey and they know it, which clearly shows in the price. A bargain this is not, but a coveted glass to pour when you want a delicious punctuation to an evening.

To someone accustomed to American Rye this Swedish oddity started out as gnarly but quickly grew on me. Complex and challenging, not something I'd recommend to someone unaccustomed to high proof liquor.

My go-to budget sipper. Smooth oak vanilla all the way to the end. My first recommendation to any that wants to try a nice bourbon without breaking the bank.

Oily and fierce. A very good bourbon that unfortunately has a bit of hysteria surrounding it and as a result, has reached a price point where, despite its qualities I can't ever consider it for a 5*.