Tastes

On the palate it’s dark honey, shortbread cookie, butter, oak and a touch of plum/dark fruit from the sherry. The light flavors of a single pot still enriched with sherry for some very nice complexity.

High corn rye whiskey! Rye spice forward with round sweetness to back it up.

On the palate, picking up notes of caramel, oak, maple syrup, a little rye spice, pecan, a little bit of black cherry and smoke. Straightforward bourbon without a ton of complexity, but tasty nonetheless. A great intro to bourbon option too, even though it’s a newer offering. And major props to Matthew McConaughey for having a celebrity whiskey that is a legitimate bourbon with an ABV above 40%. Well done on a legit whiskey that happens to be a celebrity product, when so many other celebrity alcohol products are swill

Peaty smoke, honey, marzipan, vanilla and fruit. Lot going on and a more authentic peat smoke than that in lower level Johnnie offerings.

Sherry, vanilla and apricot on the nose. On the palate, plenty of oak, vanilla, honeyC sherry and dark fruit and a sweet, almost chocolate finish that lasts. Delicious, balanced, and not an all out sherry bomb. Not sure if it’s a entirely worth the price tag though, but that’s up to you

Super interesting and super tasty! Getting green grape, plum, maybe pear, maybe a touch of coconut, marzipan and even a creme brulee flavor going on. Beautiful and super fruity

Smoke, peat, brine, medicinal herbs and lemon Pledge! The medicinal funk is real! Would recommend a trial dram before buying a bottle because it’s not for everyone (or me) but if you like the funk you will love it. While it’s not for me, I can really appreciate what it is.

Flavors of honey, nuttiness and light spice with a backbone of oak. Sweeter than a typical unpeated scotch and richer than a typical Irish whiskey, a great gateway drug for a scotch drinker into Irish.

Malty and butterscotch on the nose. Oaky and fruity with notes of pear and green apple turn to saltiness and a bit of sherry and a touch of smoke into a long slightly smoky finish. Complex but easy drinking. Sweet and fruity, slightly funky, and just a tiny bit smoky. Looked up the cask combination on their website and my bottle recipe was mostly 1st fill bourbon barrels alongside a combination of different sherry and French wine barrels with a minimum age of 8 years.

Typical scotch notes with a fresh oak bite. Caramel, vanilla, oak and honey turn to more spice and bite from the youth of the wood used for aging. Like a richer Speyside flavor meets bourbon wood bite. A good change of pace dram for the single malt collector.