Tastes

Nose - brine, moderate peat smoke, iodine, pear, black pepper, bacon grease, mild plum and raisin, light ethanol burn. Taste - moderate peat smoke, chili and black pepper, sea salt, pear, honey, vanilla, toffee, mild ethanol burn, finishing long with beautiful combination of salty, spicy, sweet flavors. It’s delicious. The combination of these different types of flavors complement each other so well. The higher ABV for an entry expression is also appreciated.

Nose - sherry, honey, white wine, light chocolate, raisin, molasses, syrupy plum, light ethanol burn. Taste - plum, cashew, white wine, chocolate, raisin, lemon, spearmint, oak, honey, light ethanol burn, finishing long with minty chocolate flavor.

Nose - caramel, plum, raisin, black cherry, vanilla, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - caramel, sweet plum and raisin, vanilla, subtle smoke, moderate burn, finishing fairly long with cloying alcoholic flavor. Overall, this drank more like a fortified wine than a bourbon. It’s pretty good.

Nose - caramel, black pepper, vanilla, dry spice, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - caramel, licorice, vanilla, medium oak, less sweet than an average bourbon, finishing fairly quickly. Good but nothing special. Would be better at a higher proof.

Nose - mint, licorice, eucalyptus, Christmas tree, dry spice, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - Christmas tree, eucalyptus, clove, licorice, finishing fairly quick with lingering baking spice flavor. Makes for a good old fashioned.

Nose - ethanol, eucalyptus, licorice, clove, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - licorice, clove, vanilla, eucalyptus, finishing quick and fairly spicy. Not bad, but I prefer Pikesville to this.

Nose - honey, apple, pear, light vanilla and caramel, light ethanol burn. Taste - honey, light caramel, butterscotch, pear, creme brûlée, mild alcohol burn, finishing quick and creamy sweet. Easy sipper. Reminds me of a speyside.

Nose - peanut, butterscotch, caramel, toffee, apple, vanilla, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - peanut, milk chocolate, heavy oak, caramel, toffee, burnt brown sugar, vanilla, finishing moderately long and slightly tannic with a chocolate toffee flavor. Tastes like standard Beam cranked to 11. If you like Beam, you’ll really like this.

Nose - peanut, caramel, heavy oak, brown sugar, toffee, chocolate covered orange, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - peanut, burnt brown sugar, chocolate, oak, caramel, finishing with a fairly young alcohol bite and a toffee, milk chocolate, peanut brittle flavor. I think this definitely punches above its price class, but I’m partial to the Beam funk.

Nose - vanilla, banana, Nilla wafer, similar to JD, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - vanilla, caramel, orange and lemon, shortbread, fairly large bite, finishing reasonably long with a tannic feeling. This is an OK whiskey that benefits from being >100 proof.