Tastes

BIN NWCAT dinner 12/12/18. Like heaven in a glass. Smooth, full, sweet. I literally loved every sip.

Advent 2018. Plums on the nose. Lots of spice and apricots. Pleasant, different. Second sip: concur totally with the first. I like it. I’d do it again for something special when alone in a bar somewhere.

Carmel on the nose. Pleasant. Some oak too. Mellow. Planting taste. For a moment right after the finish I got the Carmel I was looking for, but it didn’t stay for long. Second sip offered a little more cinnamon and Carmel. I like that one better.

Nice on the nose! Full and cinnamony. Sip 1 & 2: mellow. Good. No distasteful aftertaste. Very, very good. Cinnamon and butterscotch with a profile all it’s own. Easy sipping, like kind of thin and watery, but not in a bad way. Would not hesitate to drink it regularly.

Smells 100% like wood varnish or paint thinner. Smooth and unique. Very interesting flavor. Kind of a butterscotch flavor. I think I like it... very slightly peaty too. I wouldn’t seek this one out, but would buy a bottle if I happened to see it on the shelf.

Pine like raisin smell. Fruity taste. Smooth. Green plant finish. Too fruity to be preferred.

Dark carmely pinesol on the nose. Sip 1: pure love. I bit prickly on the front, but delivers wonderful mid and rear pallet sweetness. Very, very smooth finish, with a surprising warmth afterwards. Sip 2: Les prickly on the front. A bit fruitier in the middle and some prickle on the back. Sip 3: chewed it and so happy I did. The prickly spice is unusual. I detect no cinnamon or firehots, but rediscovered the pleasant sweetness from sip one. The aftertaste is a little odd. I can’t decide if it’s prunes or green plants. I’m not especially fond of either. Sip 4: I like it. The flavor profile is short at the front and builds to the back. The downside is the odd aftertaste.

12/2/18 advent. Very sweet cinnamon and Carmel on the nose. Picked up some alcohol smell too. An overall pleasant smell, but not as rich as one might hope. Sip one: Sweet on the front. Fruity in the middle. Sort of a charred taste on the back. Pleasant long burn afterwards. More burn than I would expect from less than 100proof. Aftertaste has a slight hint of sherry. Sip 2: things I love: rich carmely coating late mid pallet. Things I don’t like: thin sherry immediately before the Carmel, and late in the aftertaste. Sip 3: identical to sip 2. I feel like pallet entry is almost invisible.

Delicious. But make no mistake, it’s scotch. My hangover the next day was proof. Drank at the pizza place near ALOFT on a NWCAT trip.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. The only thing that keeps it from being a true favorite is the odd aftertaste. Very full flavored, cinnamon, Trace profile. Fun to drink.