Tastes
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Skip Rock Distillers, Nocino Walnut Liqueur
Nut Liqueurs — Snohomish, WA, USA
Reviewed February 26, 2020Skip Rock Nocino, made in Washington with green walnuts and bottled at 33% ABV in 375ml. Dry nuts and wood on the nose. Light maple syrup, bitters, and then lightly toasted walnut, fading quickly in finish. Ok for mixing cocktails. Would like to see a drier and more assertive walnut flavor profile for sipping. -
Dry Fly Triticale Straight Whiskey Port Barrel Finish
Other Whiskey — Washington, USA
Reviewed February 24, 2020 (edited June 14, 2020)Total Wine and More exclusive, hand selected single barrel #960, 50% abv, aged 5 years. Purchased in Spokane, WA, Feb 2020. Triticale--a wheat and rye hybrid developed in Scotland--grown on the same 117 year-old family farm in Washington where Dry Fly sources its wheat. Aged in new American oak then finished in a used Townshend Cellars Port barrel; a total of 5 years in barrel. Non chill-filtered straight whiskey. Cereal and floral fruit nose. Toasted grain and oak, brown sugar, spice, and pepper. Sweet port flavors the finish. Warm and round, full mouthfeel, with the softness of wheat yet the spicy grassy nature of rye. Beautiful deep rosy color. A really nice whiskey, neat or with a cube of ice.55.0 USD per Bottle -
One of the first absinthes made with grande wormwood to be legally imported into the USA in 2007 after a 95 year prohibition. Produced with traditional methods and ingredients by Combier Distillery in the Loire Valley in France. 62% abv, light green color, and medium body. Loaches beautifully with water or ice. This is a beautiful example of a classic absinthe, and works well in a Green Fairy with ice water, or in a classic cocktail. Anise and fennel, grassy, earthy, and sharply herbal. Alcohol blast followed by a long sweet minty finish. Not overpowering in a cocktail, but not shy in flavor. Perfect.
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Oregon Spirit, Absinthe Original
Absinthe — Bend, Oregon, USA, USA
Reviewed February 21, 2020 (edited May 1, 2021)I love absinthe, but not this one. Tried straight and with water. Floral herbal nose. Anise, mint, dry herbal, then explodes with ethanol and a very very bitter herbal (wormwood?) finish that isnt pleasant. Dry and astringent, leaves mouth tingling and alkaline--bleh! Not sweet. Not so much green in color as light khaki green. Perhaps this would mix well (in small doses) in a classic cocktail, but it didnt improve much in a classic Green Fairy with ice water. For the premium price, you can find a lot better absinthes. -
George Dickel No. 8
Tennessee Whiskey — Tennessee, USA
Reviewed February 20, 2020 (edited March 26, 2020)One of those standards you drank in the 1970s, and can still safely order in any bar. Smooth and sweet corn, caramel, with oak vanilla and a bit of a spicy peppery rye bite. Quick ethanol flash and finish. -
Oregon Spirit Straight American Wheat Whiskey
Wheat Whiskey — Oregon, USA
Reviewed February 20, 2020 (edited July 5, 2022)Sweet grain on the nose. Sweet cereal, raisins, and vanilla, then wood comes on in the finish. Tannic aftertaste. Lighter body and color. Descent wheated whiskey, but average at the price.
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