Tastes

Nose: brown sugar and maple syrup. Slight scent of dry erase markers, not a bad thing I guess. Mouthfeel: light, not a lot of heat for a 100 proof whiskey. Taste: spicy, biting alcohol. A light campfire smoke from the barrel but more woody than smoke, sawdust, like burning green wood on an early summer campfire. This whiskey tastes like a backwoods camping expedition. Overall: I really like this whiskey. It’s not the type of bourbon I would usually gravitate to, it’s a little more delicate and subtle. However, I can’t help but think that this whiskey is just more honest than other tastes. You don’t need a refined palate to appreciate it. It makes me think of an early blue collar logging camp. It doesn’t matter if this whiskey barely has a elementary education, because it has life experience.

The nose is slightly spicy but subdued. Notes of cinnamon and pear. The flavor that hits first is the warmth from the alcohol, then the heat dissolves into a peppery spice finishes slightly sweet with apples, pears and honey. Delicious, I might try it over a small cube of ice to reduce the alcohol warmth and bring out more flavor. However, it’s delicate enough that might be an injustice.