Tastes

Vegetal, eucalyptus or mint with resounding a toasted butterscotch then subtle cacao nose. Strong chocolate mint throughout the taste with a very round vanilla note. There's a bit of roasted butternut squash and what I assume is toasted coconut. I compared this to a butternut soup with coconut milk and yes it parallels well. A very little bit of spice pokes through at the end but less than expected for a high proof rye. As for the finish, White pepper starts then toasted cereal, mint, and chocolate then long vanilla. The vanilla, and mint persist on the very long finish with an undertone of burnt orange zest. Of the 350+ bourbons that I have this is by far the most complex. I need to get more

Tasting notes Nose: ethanol forward, mild oak that becomes more apparent as it opens, vanilla and little orange zest Palate: light caramel with sweetness, oak jumps out (reminds me of fresh cut white oak), white pepper sharpness and taste, and that fades into vanilla Finish: oakiness persist with slight bitterness, mild char, still peppery and longer vanilla There is a faint creaminess that shows up but can't tell if it's on the end of the taste or beginning of the finish

Great Smokey vegetal sweetness with dried dark fruits on the nose. A very slight Sherry smell. Medicinal and peat notes aren't overpowering like an Ardbeg. Wonderful sweet vanilla, leather, and dried fruit (dried apples as well) come through on the pallette initially. Medicinal notes are there but not persistent. Smoke changes to more of a mix of toasty oak and mesquite. Smoke persist in a long oily finish but with a lemon or grapefruit zest and a little zing of spice. I'm a rye and bourbon drinker and this is amazing. Don't expect it to be a winner initially but grows on you after several tastings over weeks. Note: pair with milk chocolate and chopped bacon for a next level experience!

Thin tea like smell with slight apple blossem sweetness. Maybe a lil peanut on the nose as well. Taste is stronger on the salty peanut, thin honey, vegetal on the palette. Eucalyptus shows up with strong peanut on the finish. Sweetness is still there but not overpowering. Stays on the palette for a while and fades to slight oak.

This old Forester prohihibition 1920 is crazy good. It is complex and has ton going on but all of it blends perfectly. Maple syrup, Apple, vanilla and orange on the nose. Then nutty, Graham cracker, malty goodness taste. The finish is slightly peppery, with a little honey toast and smoke on the finish.

Vanilla and orange with spice on the nose. Taste is orange zest, slight spice and pepper, oak (bark), very cherry on the finish with brown sugar sweetness. Finish is quick and sharp sweet cherry. Almost astringent bitterness that continues to build. This is similar to the bitter part of pecans. Overall, this is like drinking am old fashion with a bitter pecan finish.