Tastes
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Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch A124
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed February 22, 2024 (edited February 23, 2024)Nose: caramel and wood. Has a tangy thing on the nose. Maybe its earthy or mossy. Almost clay like. Minerally. Later a little nuttiness Body: medium to full. Palate: woody, a little orange, second sip was more fruity like a green grape. Finish: long, left a little fire burning in my throat. Not bad but a little hot on the first sip. Note: cracked in preparation for whiskey night. Its has a nice dark color. First impression is this is ok. Not my favorite of the ECBPs buuuuut interesting. The finish was long but not smoky like i really enjoy, it was more like wet wood, but there is an interesting flavor on the palate almost grape like. Its interesting. Its growing on me. -
Russell's Reserve 2003
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed February 22, 2024 (edited February 23, 2024)Nose: caramel and red fruit, hint of oak. Lotta caramel, the nose is a caramel bomb as this opens. Little more cherry twizzler as it opens. Body: light Palate: caramel, vanilla, pretzle Finish: long, smokey, caramelly, hint of pepperiness on the tongue. Note: decided to pop this to compare with the single ricks camp nelson C and F for whiskey bight in american. This is a subtle but delicious dram. The finish is long which is suprising for the proof. Very nice. -
Nose: caramel, oak. A note i cant quite explain. Like gobs of honey covering #2 pencils. After the first sip and some air something very sweet and floral snuck out. Honey suckle? Body: thin to medium Palate: sweet pencil shavings. Second sip, lotta wood and a back palate of caramel. Finish: medium. Some peanut snuck out after a minute. Note: a random bottle offer from the good people at 1010. They are the best. First sip was like thats different. Sweet oak i think. The initial finish, first sip finish was quit long. A good dram. Different. Its like sucking on a #2 pencile thats been dipped in honey. Interesting.
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Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Batch Proof 124.7
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed November 25, 2023 (edited December 6, 2023)Nose: cherry, raw cookie dough Body: medium Palate: first thought is one note, cookie dough, cherry Finish: pretty long with a significant kentucky hug. Finish is sweet with a little barrel char. Its nice. Hints of caramel later. Note: better at this tasting then i recall the first time i tasted this. A little oxygen helped open this up. Overall cherry, cookie dough, sweetness. Its not bad. -
Mortlach 15 Year Distillery Labels (Gordon & MacPhail)
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed November 25, 2023Nose: apricot (sherry influence) , plum, salty sea air, a hint of smoke but barely perceptable. Later a little something rubbery like new tire rubber. More fruit and a hint of cinnamon spice. Body: medium Palate: a little spicy (all spice), sweet (stewed fruit), a little more smoke Finish: medium long, sweet and smoky. Later i got a little walnut nuttiness. Note: a sample from jess from one of our wiskey mastersnof the universe minnesota chapter. Time to break this out on a cold and snowy minnesota saturday night. This is a really nice, solid dram. -
Nose: cherry, a little caramel Body: medium Palate: cherry, caramel Finish: medium, smokey. Note: great pick up from lakeville. First sip on a friday night, absolutely delicious. A little surprising as this was rather dull the first time i tasted this. This is pretty simple, cherry and caramel and a little smoke but tasty.
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Bainbridge Battle Point Two Islands Islay Cask Finished Organic Wheat Whiskey
Wheat Whiskey — USA
Reviewed November 22, 2023 (edited November 23, 2023)Nose: a light peat. A sweat medicinal cherry. Deep hidden beneath the peat is some chocolate. Later a faint grape snuck out. Body: medium Palate: very sweet on the tongue. Peat dominates after that. Mainly peat, definitely sweat too but peat dominates. Finish: very long due to the peat, its a peaty smokey long finish. Its nice. Note: wanyed to buy this from its WWA results and i like smoke so. Here we go. Early on the peat dominates and it essentially dominated through out. This is sweet and peaty but hard to see how this won an award. Either way fun and ok but not great. -
Willet Rye Whiskey Let's Go Crazy 7 Year
Rye — USA
Reviewed November 22, 2023 (edited November 23, 2023)Nose: rye, spearmint, faint caramel. Body: thin, light Palate: rye, pine, spearmint, sweet Finish: medium Note: a fun 1010 purchase on a rye picked by michelle. This is a fun and like a spearmint gum whiskey. Its a nice change of pace rye but not a daily sipper for me. -
Wild Turkey Master's Keep Voyage
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed November 21, 2023 (edited February 24, 2024)Nose: baking spice, caramel, vanilla, something fruity (green apple?), little chocolate, burnt caramel, plum, dry pine needles. Body: little oily and coating. Medium. Palate: chocolate, baking spice, cardamom, vanilla. Finish: long sweet finish witha sweet spiciness and the a dry pine late late finish. Really interesting. Note: buy from jared. Shared this and highland park 30, THH, old fitz 10, yamazaki 12 and many others. This is complex. Spicy and sweet. The spice is complex with different things going on, not the classic cinnamon spice more like baking spices. Really interesting. Warming. Delicious. I find this to be a super interesting dram with layers of complexity but easy to sip and delicious. -
Knob Creek 18 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2023 Release)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed November 21, 2023 (edited February 7, 2024)Nose: cherry, oak, old peanut shell, caramel, nail polish remover, oak. Something earthy or herbaceous. Body: medium to full Palate: caramal, cinnamon spice, cherry Finish: medium to long smoky caramel and tobacco (yum yum yum). First sip of the night is just phenomenal on the finish. Note: great purchase from don. This is a really delicious full of flavor easy sipper. Just excellent.1010 Washington Wine & Spirits
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