Tastes

Excellent. Warm rich mouthfeel. Pepper and caramel and waves of enjoyment. Up there with High West Rendezvouz as personal favorites as far as rye goes.

This is my favorite Johnny walker by far. Earthy and weird.

Cheap, young, great for cocktails

Price point here is undeniably excellent. Purists may throw their shoe at me, but I like this more than the old age statement version. The old Elijah Craig 12 was almost too frosting-like. This has more depth and complexity. Keep in mind this side by side was also with a bottle of EC 12 that had been open for over a year and it’s possible this affected the outcome.

Excellent and fairly accessible. Peat is warm and soft... fruit is bright...oaky and pleasant. One of my favorite drams.

Really is excellent. Wood smoke, tobacco, salt water, chocolate, cherry, Apple, and a long ass finish. I felt water destroyed this all and turned into honey. But neat? Doesn’t get much better from what I know 🔥💨🍎🍐🍒🥞🥓☕️🚬

The new packaging is great. The whiskey...is coming along. This should not have been released yet. The whiskey is too young. Minimum of two years it says, Maximum of two years it is. It’s a bit too sweet and unbalanced. The malt bill carries the day here, much like the beer it’s distilled from however there’s just not quite enough depth to make it worth the money. Yet. Rogue has come along way with their spirits and they are showing strides of improvement and don’t seem to be slowing down. I look forward to when they really get the patience to release some mature fine tuned product.