Tastes
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Bears no resemblance to their previous belle meade label. Stewed cherries, grassy rye, nutty barley grain, red plums, dark raisin, vanilla beans, bitter lemon rind, chinese cinnamon, burnt sugars, gala apple, youthful but not young wood tannins, clove, charcoal smokiness, cacoa butter. Decent but doesn't match the level of belle meade sherry cask.
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Bunnahabhain An Cladach
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed January 24, 2024 (edited February 17, 2024)Sea salt & minerals, toasted almonds, prunes, raisins, clove, thin english custard, biscoff, some graininess, nutty, toffee, cocoa, lemon curd. Much stronger sherry influence than the standard which I believe is bourbon cask only, but I think it loses a little with NAS. Still, its vibrant and you cant beat the cost especially considering it's a liter and 100 proof.60.0 USD per Bottle -
Bitter sea brine, faux vanilla syrup, some yellow pear with very little of its juiciness, oak peppery, buttery, cheap honeycrisp apple, unripe strawberry jam, quite smoky, a bit of charcoal, liquid caramel, some butteriness, hint of allspice, corriander, creamy barley nuttiness almost like creamed corn, herbal. Defintely not the talisker of yesteryear but still fine. The proof gave it a boost even if the years did not. A nice taste of orchard fruits.70.0 USD per Bottle
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Corsair Triple Smoke American Single Malt
American Single Malt — Tennessee, USA
Reviewed November 4, 2023Batch 217, no. 169/687, picked up from distillery roundabout 2015. Smells like real barbecue. Fine cherry woodsmoke, dark chocolate & nibs which I'm guessing is american peat, damp, buttery and full flavored, cream soda, baking spices, nutty, deeply sweet. A bit too watered down. Still impressive considering the age. The oak was not bitter at all. -
Nelson Brothers Reserve Bourbon
Bourbon — Tennessee, USA
Reviewed October 22, 2023 (edited October 27, 2023)Overly sweet candy corn, fruit chews, heavy oak, maraschino cherry, charred marshmallow, butterscotch, nutty, heather honey, sawdust, ruby chocolate. Nicely aged. Didn't explicity say where it's distilled, just bottled in Nashville. Candy corn leads me to think it's Dickel. If so, it has come a long way but still has that unfortunate gummy vitamin aftertaste. Would recommend Joseph Magnus. Oxidized well, showing more of a herbal mint quality and burnt sugars. Surely MGP sourced, at least to some proportion if not entirely.60.0 USD per Bottle -
Bernheim 7 Year Original Wheat Whiskey
Wheat Whiskey — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed October 13, 2023 (edited October 15, 2023)Underripe banana, cloves, pretzel bread, mineral water, lemon pith, clover honey, gala apple, poached pear, dark caramel, cocoa, marshmallow, heaven hill creamed corn, oak tannins. Became less bitter and more sweet with oxidation. Would not have guessed age. Heaven hill product but the burnt sugars make it taste more like 1792. Mineral aftertaste is unpleasant.33.0 USD per Bottle -
Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Rye
Rye — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed September 22, 2023 (edited September 23, 2023)Local Total Wine pick. Marshmallow topping is heavy and present throughout even to the aftertaste, fresh grassy rye, creamed corn, honeycrisp apple, charred/grilled taste, big brand maple syrup, nutty, breadlike, pulverized sweet basil, turbinado sugar, subtle fruity light roast coffee, a little lemon zest to pinch it off. Interesting barrel pick, a respectable variation but not enough to mainline.65.0 USD per Bottle -
Mint-like islay peat comes in heavy followed closely by heavy smoked sea salt. Thick vanilla cream, bright lemon zest gives it a nice piquancy, nutmeg, mellowed oak tannins, white peach, dry bosc pears, a bit of astringency, nougat, basil, low dark chocolate, toffee, leather, meadow grass, pinch of minerality. I would guess MGP barrels based on the nougat & basil. Still has a young taste, but I guess the standard has been changing from 12yr minimum to less and/or no age statement. Still a pleasant change of pace and at an unusually high ABV for scotch.67.0 USD per Bottle
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