Tastes

Nose:very pleasing caramel, oak, vanilla. The combination gives this a cherry coke aroma which makes my mouth water. A hint of peanut Body: medium to full Palate: cinnamon red hots, oak. Vanilla, cherry. Follows the nose pretty closely Finish: medium to long not smokey like I really like but more of the a lingering mix of cinnamon and cherry. It’s very nice. Note: took a little flyer on this 14 year old Rutledge whiskey. Another big thank you to don at 1010. This is a really nice elegant bourbon. It’s a little hardier ER maybe due to age and abv just super duper solid and good.

Nose: blueberries, blackberries, oak, cinnamon, caramel, creme brûlée, vanilla, toasted peanuts. The nose is amazing. Just wave after wave of different wonderful aromas. Toasted oak later. Even later chocolate covered blackberry. After many minutes lots of cinnamon and even later citrus fruit. Body: full Palate: toasted caramel, juicy chocolate covered blackberry on toasted creme brûlée with cinnamon stick shavings on top. Later tangerine Finish: medium long and warming. Later smokey char, leather with sweet blackberries. It’s got the great smoke finish I like. Note: we’ll, I asked Don about aged mgp and he said this big boy was coming out… so I sprang for it. Let’s see what it brings. Tasted neat. This is one of the most interesting and flavor packed bourbons I’ve had in a while. Really fantastic.

A taste on New Year’s Eve at Eric’s house. Outside in the near 0 degree temps. This was a nice time to taste this. It nosed with sweet sherry, apricot, honey, heather and peat. The body was medium and the flavors hit on the nose. The finish was medium to long and smokey. A very fine whiskey that had me thinking a little less smokey springbank 15. This was really very very good.

Nose: a touch of turkey funk which I feel is like a toasted almond. Chocolate, caramel, vanilla. Baking spices and cinnamon. Later a soft floral aroma wafted out. Later the chocolate and cinnamon really dominated. Body: medium to full Palate: very chocolatey, cinnamon spice, apricot/sherry Finish: medium to long. Note: excited for this bottle which I overpaid for at auction.

Nose: fruit (raspberry or other red berry - this really dominates the nose), caramel, vanilla, chocolate, baking spice. Body: medium to full Palate: leather, caramel, vanilla, again the red fruits but this time with some smoke. Finish: medium to long. I got the Tennessee whiskey orange starburst sneaking out on the finish. That was fun. Note: last taste from Jared. I’m interested in this whiskey given what I’ve heard. This is really good. I’m impressed by this and the widow Jane 15.

Nose: sea salt caramel, peat, sherry (fruity), faint honey, toasted almond Body: medium Palate: sea salt caramel, sherry, honey. The nose and the palate line up nearly exactly. Finish: crazy crazy crazy long finish. Smokey, Salty, caramel, Note: another taste from Jared. Of course given the HP 18 is my favorite scotch this is likely to be up there as a top single malt for me. This is tasted neat. This is a very refined single malt. Extremely easy to drink, no pepper. The sweetness kicks this off with a wonderful smokey sea salt caramel that just lingers forever. This is exquisite.

Nose: oak, almond, caramel, cherry, vanilla, fruity and chocolatey. Body: medium Palate: oak, vanilla, caramel, chocolate, Finish: oooh a real nice lingering chocolatey finish. So good. Note: a sample from Jared. I’ve got a bottle and we will see about opening it. Delicious.

Nose: a little funk. Milk chocolate. Almond. Oak. I think the funk is actually a toasted almond aroma. Vanilla. As it breathed the funk gave way for more orange creamsicle. Marshmallow. Body: medium Palate: rye spice, almond again, toast. Finish: medium to long. Wafts or orange bubble up for a long while. Note: a taste from Jared. Going rye tonight. Michters toasted barrel, Kentucky Owl. Now this… let’s see how this goes. Huh. I like this better than the Kentucky owl 11 year rye and the michters toasted barrel rye. But the toasted barrel is second. But this rye whiskey is the best of the night

Nose: woody, pencil shavings. Rye bread. Body: medium Palate: a light rye, sweet chocolate Finish: medium, smokey rye Note: a simple dram but light, chocolaty, rye flavor. This is nice, simple.