Tastes
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Nose: honey, granola, vanilla, wet campfire, fruit. Taste: not nearly as nice as the nose... hot copper, bitter nutmeg, just a touch of honey in over steeped tea. Experience: The attractive woman (or man) at the bar who is ultimately vapid. People have talked them up, you walk up and are impressed but the more time you spend with them the more you realize there really isn't much under the surface.
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Barrell Dovetail (122.9 Proof)
Blended American Whiskey — (bottled in) Kentucky, USA
Reviewed February 25, 2019 (edited May 16, 2019)Nose: Creamy, sweet and complex. Cotton candy from the rum, dusty green grapes, hint of molasses, and a touch of charcoal. you could find even more. Taste: molasses, chard sugar, and heat punch in opening into mouthwatering apple, cinnamon, nutmeg pastry, and caramel. Ending with a warm numbing finish. Experience: A summer festival. It's hot but rather than making you uncomfortable the heat cranks up the sweet smell of kettle corn and caramel apples. Maybe you can convince your date to share a kiss and the various treats each stall has to offer. Hot, heavy, and sweet.90.0 USD per Bottle -
Bunnahabhain 12 Year
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed February 9, 2019 (edited November 2, 2019)Nose: fudge, salt, wood, walnuts, slight fruit and a tinge of honey. Taste: chocolate, nutmeg, brine salt, a touch of citrus. Experience: a candy store in an old town. If you've ever been to Europe especially France you'll know. It's old and nutty and salty and chocolatey and old but, it is so good. Maybe it is the place, maybe the history, or perhaps it really was better the "old way". Whatever the case it's good and let's not mess with that. -
Nose: Rye bread, Taste: spices, nutmeg, more rye bread, sour banana. Experience: this feels far more like someone trying to make a copy of Jack Daniel's rye than any sort of bourbon. Its cheap and for the price not bad but it is not any sort of bourbon. Strange because if it were I'd be much more inclined to the original name.
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Whiskey Del Bac Dorado Mesquite Smoked Single Malt
American Single Malt — Arizona, USA
Reviewed January 28, 2019 (edited January 29, 2019)Nose: Smoke, sweet maple, chard brisket, pungent fruit. Taste: Bitter smoke, meat, mint, hot and spicy BBQ sauce, black pepper, sea salt. Experience: Sitting down for mesquite smoked BBQ on a hot dusty day. You are sweating as you eat it but you forget the heat as the savory sweet food takes all your attention. This whiskey is like it's home state. Incredibly interesting while often overlooked for not being what most people think they want. It stands out as an example that American whiskey can be more than bourbon while still competing with the complexity of Scotch. Wish more distilleries had Hamilton's balls. -
Nose: Iodine, smoke, meat, caramelized onions, leading to boiled candy and fruit, kiwi even. Taste: PEAT, charcoal, mint, clove, fruit but less than the nose. Experience: Having a pinch of dessert after your house has burnt down. Honestly this is a hard one to describe, perhaps that is where the "No Name" comes from. No Name indeed, no one distillery can claim it (although we are pretty darn sure who was involved), it is hard to get a hold of, and hard to place flavor wise. In the end it earns it's spot amongst the compass box collection and on my self.130.0 USD per BottleLiquor Express
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WhistlePig The Boss Hog V: The Spirit of Mauve
Rye — (bottled in Vermont), Canada
Reviewed January 14, 2019 (edited July 15, 2020)Nose: Apple pie, with cinnamon, pastry, mouth watering apples, and even ice cream. Rye is there but as an understatement or base for everything else. Taste: Sweet and hot, pie crust, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, apple skins, chili oil. Experience: Sitting on the back porch with Dave on a summer evening eating hot Apple Pie and ice cream. Perhaps Mauve is sniffing around chomping on the discarded apple cores. Epilogue: This whiskey was morbidly perfect. It is big and bold but equally friendly and complex, just like Dave. It was his favorite yet and comes in a coffin reminding us that while life is sweet it is also fleeting and best when shared with friends and loved ones. Final thoughts: look, no whiskey is "Worth" $400-$500. I bought this for sentimental reasons, I got into whiskey and rye in particular through Whistlepig, I talked with Dave Pickerell and he is a huge inspiration for me. This is a personal whiskey that I bought as a memory and a thank you to the boss hog. Dave's reason for the cost was to keep it from being flipped as anyone with a brain knows it's not worth $500 (his words). "this is something special for the fans" he'd say. unfortunately with his passing the hype has lead to hoarding and flipping, if this is you please open your bottles and share them with friends otherwise you're spitting on what Dave stood for. Buy this or any costly item for the experience, not for the "value".400.0 USD per Bottle -
Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Oat Grain Kentucky Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed January 12, 2019 (edited January 13, 2019)Nose: Dusty oats, cherry, wood, old books. Taste: Sweet cherry, bitter nutmeg, cereal, stale brown sugar. Experience: this is walking into a feed store or mill with a cherry pie in the window. Dusty but sweet. Not something I'd be reaching for regularly but a fun look into what other grains we might be overlooking.
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