Tastes

Nose: apples, caramel, and honey covered cereal oats Palate: black pepper spice, vanilla, and cinnamon covered apples Finish: more spice, herbal and grassy notes with a hint of honey

Nose: fresh apples, vanilla, and caramel Palate: black pepper and coriander at the front, a slight hint of apples in the middle, and then some herbal notes at the back Finish: much longer than expected with the pepper spice lingering as a nice surprise

Nose: cloves, thyme, white pepper, and spearmint. Smells like it could have a high rye content like OGD. Palate: more pepper spice and baking spices at the front, some of the floral rye like notes appear in the middle and then some leather towards the back. Finish: surprisingly tame for the proof, goes down easy but does embrace you in a nice Kentucky hug, but without any real alcohol burn.

Nose: Vanilla, strawberries and cream and brown sugar Palate: spice, caramel, and vanilla Finish: pepper spice and cinnamon

Nose: I getting some citrus notes, honey, vanilla, and baking spices - quite the delicious start Palate: the palate starts with some vanilla wafers at the front and then turns to pepper spice towards the middle and back - thin mouthfeel and somewhat a step back from the nose but in no way displeasing Finish: the finish has a nice Kentucky hug to it and is medium to long in length with the pepper spice lingering throughout - pleasantly surprised at the recovery from the palate Overall: a bit inconsistent but overall very enjoyable

Nose: a big whiff of spearmint, black pepper, honey and hints of vanilla - nice classic rye beginning Palate: a nice tart grannies Smith apple hits right away, immediately followed by pepper spice and spearmint - kind of thin mouthfeel, but still coats the mouth nicely Finish: you gets hints of orange peel and vanilla with some more of that spice - quick but pleasant Overall: I feel like this pretty classic and will not disappoint rye fans out there. That said, I think this has a fairly low rye percentage compared to others out there (somewhere in the 51-55% range)

Was skeptical going in, but this was not bad. I got honey and Graham crackers on the nose, with some caramel and floral notes on the palate. The finish was quick to almost nonexistent, but did have some hints of spice. Would be interested to try a higher proof version of this.

Nose: you can definitely smell the Dickel right off the bat, not a bad thing just tells you this is sourced juice immediately. Once you move past the Flintstones vitamins notes you get some more fruit such as pears and apples with an ever so slight dusting of cinnamon. Palate: The Dickelness comes up once again on the front of the tongue. There is a wonderfully soft and oily mouthfeel to this pour, but the notes are fairly muted. Maybe some caramel and vanilla, along with apples again. Finish: This might be the best part as you start to get some wood spice making appearance at the end. Not much heat either, but is still a change of pace from the nose and palate. Overall: nothing wrong with this, but you could of just packaged this as Dickel and called it a day. Not sure that Blue Note really put their "stamp" on this in anyway. Not bad at all, but at the end of the day you are drinking Dickel and nothing beyond that.

Nose: starts off with a very pleasant whiff of citrus, maybe orange peel, with an essence of cinnamon covered roasted apples - loving this start Palate: takes a turn away from the citrus and leans more into floral notes like spearmint along with some baking spices and a hint of vanilla - bit of a let down from the nose Finish: fairly short finish, but does have a nice pepper spice that lingers and a Kentucky hug that appears at the very end Overall: went downhill from the nose, but nothing offensive here, but nothing overly impressive or that matches the hype of the beautiful bottle

Excited to have finally popped this one open! Nose: pecans, milk chocolate, brown sugar, and a hint of fruit - off to a delicious start Palate: quick transition to vanilla covered red hots, some of that Welch's grape juice note that is distinctive to Balcones, and some nice pepper spice - quite the change from the sweetness of the nose, but not at all disappointing Finish: surprisingly quick given the proof, but leaves more of the pecans and grape juice with a bit of baking spice - nice end to a nice pour