Tastes

⌚: Let sit for about 5 minutes. 👀: Deep dark mahogany wood with some copper and possibly ocher, reddish Mars tints here and there; 👃: Intense oaky wood hits, freshly picked cherries and enough ethanol to tickle your nose hairs, picking up some candy notes (possibly mint? Or maybe Ghirardelli 72% Dark), a little bubble gum at the end; 👅: Very mellow and subdued corn hints like fresh popcorn, hardly any burn at all, freshly baked sourdough bread somewhere in there, candy corn at the end with Andes Mints (definitely got that chocolate/mint interplay there); 🏁: This is a beautiful finish, taste does not linger although I do detect something like you just bit into a cherry with those tannins, this is beautiful 😍 No burn at all. You can go at this one for days and not get that ethanol burn you get with other whiskeys at a similar ABV. That candy and Andes reference is real! Nothin' but love!

Let sit for about 5 minutes. 👀: Very pale tones with excessive legs, golden flecks abound; 👃: Light honey scents, some cornbread, vanilla, a little oak, cherries, then a whiff of ethanol at the back end; 👅: Intensely creamy like cream soda, baking spices and stone fruits; 🏁: Very refreshing and lingering at the end, honey notes, beautiful finish.

Let sit for about 5 minutes. Uncorking. 👀: Light heather sunset notes, tears and legs abound, burnt orange and copper when held up to the light; 👃: Woody, vanilla bean notes, sweet buttercream, fresh apple pie, ethanol burn if you put your nose too close to the rim, some bananas foster at the end; 👅: Warm, pleasant oily mouthfeel, chewy, apples and stone fruits, speaking of apples it tastes like caramel apple on Halloween, baking spices on the back end, spicy and peppery; 🏁: The taste definitely lingers in a good way, tastes like you just took a bite of Grandma's apple pie (btw my grandma never made apple pie lol 😂), also tastes like you bit into an apple, this allocated whiskey definitely lives up to its billing.

Let sit for about 5 minutes. 👀: Light ocher with sunset notes, legs are medium thick on the sides; 👃: Lively young rye notes, slight plastic scent, apple pie, bing cherries, candle wax, ethanol burning my nose; 👅: Oily mouth feel, waxy aftertaste, apples and pears, baking spices abound; 🏁: Long finish that doesn't dissipate, that wax taste starts and stays on, average rye.

My 2nd tasting of this. Let sit for about 5 minutes. 👀: Sunset copper, has long legs indicating high ABV, light glints off the surface; 👃: Light peppery tunes, subtle corn, still can't picture the unknown note; 👅: Immediate pepper hits, still that strange flavor I can't pinpoint, it is sweet at the back end though, but doesn't negate the weird flavor; 🏁: Finish is mercifully short, but that bitterness does remain.

Let sit for about 5 minutes. 👀: Coppery hues, orangish tint, swirling the glencairn produces swirly legs; 👃: A little vinegar, olives, putrid, bread; 👅: A little sweetness, a taste I cannot quite place a finger on, baking spices; 🏁: Extremely short finish, taste lingers, like you bit into a bread slice.

Let sit for about 5 minutes. 👀: Pale copper, a little sunset, legs abound; 👃: Some baked goods in there, some gooey maple syrup, cherry Coke, pepper and spices; 👅: Some heat at the outset but immediately gives way to sweet creamed corn and butterscotch notes, warm, full body, oily, peppery; 🏁: Long finish, oil sticks to your tongue, great pour.