Tastes

Color: Amber Nose: cinnamon butter balanced nicely plus something I can’t put my finger on... Palate: Vanilla, cinnamon, leather, oaks, and some syrup Body: Buttery! Finish: Very nice warmth! Long slow and good Balance: Pretty nice balance. Final number: 90

Nose: Sweet, fruity, Oak smoke, and carmel Palate: wheat sweet, caramel Body: light but good Finish: short but good flavor Balance: Decently balanced Final number: 85

Color: light amber Nose: vanilla and oak. Hints of subtle fruit and brine Palate: oily vanilla with subtle mixes of spice, herbal, floral, and briny notes. More complex than initially thought but rather subtle. Body:smooth Finish: decent but not very long on flavor, just lingering spice but not a very fulfilling spice Balance: too much is hidden. Needs to bring out more of the subtle Final number: 88

Color: Amber with slight reddish tint Nose: Palate: sugar sweet and some wheat spice, vanilla and cinnamon Body: mid to Light weight and consistency to it. Finish: Medium to long finish that fades to a nice light cinnamon. Balance: Pretty good on balance. Final number: 89

Color: Amber with slight reddish tint Nose: Vanilla and some spice with slight floral note. Don’t love the nose as a whole. Palate: wheat spice, oak with touch of cinnamon somewhere underneath. The sweetness takes a little time to find but once I did its a bright sweet and low kinda sweet Body: Lighter weight and consistency to it. Finish: Medium finish that fades with vanilla and cinnamon. Balance: Ok on balance. Not stelllar Final number: 86

Barrel Number: 158 -warehouse A Rick no5 Color: Pure amber Nose: Cinnamon, Carmel, honey, with hints of smoke. Ties together like Cola. Palate: Big red spice with mix of Carmel, cinnamon and smokey oak Body: Good weight and consistency to it. Almost full bodied. Nice trails on the glass Finish: A great ride. Warm spice builds up at a great pace and lingers for a nice long while. Balance: Fairly well balanced in each aspect, yet not quite melded together at times. Final number: 91