Tastes

Nose: Buttery almost shortbread cookie note, vanilla, lemon citrus, rubber, medicinal Palate: Shortbread cookie, salted caramel, some farmyard funk, peat smoke rolling in Finish: Smoke, hay, mineral note I think the only thing that keeps this from being a great whisky in my opinion is the grassy, hay note on the finish. I don’t like to sit with that. Everything else is great!

Nose: Brown sugar Palate: Brown sugar, caramel, orange, cherry, cinnamon Finish: Buttery and spicy

One of my favorite ryes. There’s a little nostalgia because it was one of the first whiskies I had. Also, I get a spice cake note which is the type of cake I always have on my birthday. Nose: vanilla, licorice, bubble gum, brown sugar Palate: Brown sugar, vanilla, spice cake, peanuts Finish: vanilla, oak, spice cake

I’ve heard it said that a good whisky will take you on a journey and leave you with the desire for another sip. This whisky checks that box for me. The first sip took me through a symphony of flavors and I spent the rest of the glass trying to figure out what I just tasted. Nose: Honey, heather, hay/grass, sweet malty notes, dried pineapple, pear, green apple, lemon, creme brûlée Palate: Salted caramel, honey, toffee, poached pear, spice, fig, raisin Finish: Caramel, spice (cinnamon and nutmeg)

Instantly one of my top 5 favorite single malts! Wow! Nose: Vanilla, citrus, biscuit, dark chocolate, raisin Palate: licorice, orange, chocolate, baking spice, shortbread cookie Finish: creamy with a gentle spice It kind of reminds of Irish whisky with the biscuity, creamy notes. Velvety smooth!

Nose: Fresh tropical fruits, peach, apple, oak, baking spice, lots of bourbon notes Palate: Vanilla, dulce de leche, baking spice, oak (very woody) Finish: Honey and oak Decent dram. Nothing particularly special but a quality whisky.

Nose: Stewed strawberry, plum, orange marmalade, honey, hazelnut, molasses Palate: Slightly astringent at first, rounds out into honey, pear, spice, strawberry, plum, Dr. pepper notes. Finish: Caramel, Cinnamon spice, honey, berry jam Probably the only thing keeping it from being a 5 for me is the astringent flavor on the palate. Still my favorite sherried 12 year year old I’ve had.

Nose: Honey, pear, cereal, apple, walnut, smoke. Palate: Cereal, honey, pear, cinnamon, baking spice, vanilla. Finish: Oak, baking spices, apple

Nose: Sweet with rubber and iodine Palate: Some citrus. White sugar and caramel notes. Rubber and iodine to follow. Finish: I get some coastal elements on the finish. Campfire ash. Also, maybe floral. This is one of the better peated single malts out there. Especially for beginners. None of the flavors seem to be too challenging.