Tastes

Nose (Neat): Light alcohol with slight sweet ripe banana smell. Palate (Neat): Little to no burn going down. Light spice on the front corners of the tongue. Slight sweetness of corn and short to medium lingering flavor. Fairly smooth and even easier to drink on ice. Almost desert like when straight out of the freezer and neat. Very mild for a white whiskey.

Michigan - $41. Nose (Neat): Full of spice with a vanilla and a light candied apple sweetness. Palate (Neat): Strong spice from the beginning with a medium alcohol heat. Second sip brings on some slight sweetness and light leather with more spices. The more I drink, the smoother it gets to where there is more sweetness and dry nutty flavors of pecan. I prefer this on ice because it cuts the heat and really smoothens out the spice to reveal more sweet flavor and a long enjoyable mouth feel and lingering cinnamon finish.

Imported from UK in 2015 for about $50. Nose (Neat): Light alcohol, menthol, slight sunflower, some vanilla and sweet of caramel. Palate (Neat): Medium burn going down. Vanilla, slightly sweet, very spicy and some buttery floral notes. I prefer to have this one on ice to soften the burn. It is also good in any whiskey based mixed drink. However, I prefer the Teeling Small Batch to this. That is smoother and a little less expensive.

$68 - Michigan. Nose (Neat): Sweetness, honey and floral. Palate (Neat): Honey, floral notes with a touch of salt and a light late arriving spice on the tongue. It has a slow developing heat. Too gentle for adding ice for my taste. Enjoy it best chilled without ice.

$50 - Michigan. Paid $70. Nose (Neat): Snickerdoodle cookies, cinnamon, cloves, honey, brown sugar and smoke. Palate (Neat): Vanilla, spice, cinnamon bite in the throat, brown sugar and a touch of fresh bread. This is a new favorite of mine from the first glass. Very full of flavor. I cut it with five drops of water per three fingers of this rich spirit.