Tastes

Nose: Honey, pear and other light fruits, light baking spices, dusty malt, almost a lemon zest. Taste: light and refreshing, honey wheat, slightly fruity with a warm spice filled finish. A fantastically affordable summer pour. Nothing too unique or mind blowing but what is there is well done and worth the price.

Nose: baking spices, pepper, apple pie. Taste: red apple, cinnamon, baking spices yet again. A very solid pour but not anything I've never seen before.

Nose: toasted oat, dill, cinnamon, marshmallow, caramel apple, pie crust, wet grass, black pepper, and the slight smoke, like a candle jar blown out. Taste: hot cinnamon spice, more baking spices, dark fruits, cherry cola, and red hots. The nose is very good if not too unique for a rye. The mouthfeel is good but with a shockingly hot finish for a sub 50% whiskey. A long lingering heat is felt on the tongue and in the cheeks. I love it. You are paying a premium for the gimmick but rest assured this is tasty stuff.

Nose: spices, cinnamon, banana bread, pie crust, caramel, fruit jam. Taste: sweet with dark fruit, then cola and pepper, leading to a full green apple finishing with spices and mild heat. Solid. Way more than "not bad" but not quite blowing my socks off. The Honda Accord of whiskey.

Nose: cherry, caramel, dusty maple. Taste: A bit watery cherry, slight baking spices (cinnamon/nutmeg), ends with a nice numbing heat and some barrel wood. Solid but not mind blowing.

Nose: herbal, rye spice, cream brulee, toffee, caramels, all the burnt sugars. Taste: sweet and herbal, then some heat with baked fruit, nutmeg, dark chocolate with a looong cinnamon pastry finish. It leaves your mouth warm and slightly numb in a good way. Impressive pour and very excited to try in AZ where we don't get distribution.

Nose: cherry, chocolate brownie, pie crust, fruit Taste: sweet and salty and very full bodied. Melted chocolate, cinnamon, pie crust, tart cherry. Experience: eating cherry pie with fancy rich hot chocolate. A really fine dram.

Nose: Apples, grapes, winter melon, a practical fruit salad, vanilla, dust, black pepper. Taste: honey, citrus, vanilla, nutmeg, and a black peppery finish. A good solid Speyside at a respectable proof, something of a rarity. It's a bit more simple than I like my scotch but packs enough punch to make up for that. I think if it had some more age it might break into the five star realm for me. Until then this is a very solid 4.

Nose: Heavy citrus, maple syrup, dark fruits, piecrust, burnt sugar, and salted caramel. Taste: caramel, baking spices, maple syrup, black pepper, ending with nutmeg and heat. Experience: hanging behind a fall fairground's main stage at night. The air is cool and a bit damp with all the smells of caramel apple, baked goods, spiced nuts, alcohol, and machine oils mixed together. It's a lot all at once but somehow it all works well together, you breath it all in as muted base notes echo from the other side of the stage, it's a good night. This isn't your standard celebrity whiskey, effort and care was put into it first by the late Dave Pickerel and now by the fine folks at Willett. It's a bit steep at $150.00 (or more) but most whiskey is running higher than normal. I think it is unique and good enough that if you are a fan of Willett, Metallica, Madeira, or Dave, you won't be disappointed.

Nose: crisp apple, dark chocolate, cinnamon, light clove, fresh grass, dark fruits, caramel, green tea. Taste: apple and fruits move into baking spices and end in oily chocolate and coffee notes. A fantastic whiskey especially on the nose, it drinks a bit hot for under 100 proof and the palate isn't as interesting as the nose, while still good, I wish more came through as the nose is delightful. Excited to try many more offerings from this rising star.