Tastes
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Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed May 30, 2021 (edited June 4, 2021)A taste with don. I got a lot of marshmallow with classic vanilla and caramel. I liked the sweetness. Very little heat or spice in this bottle. I really liked this. 7/3/21 my official tasting notes. Nose: caramel, toasted wheat bread, I was waiting and waiting and after a few minutes the marshmallow broke through. A browned marshmallow over a campfire. Vanilla. Citrus. Oak much later in the dram. Body: medium Palate: caramel, vanilla, little rye, little rye spice Finish: medium to longish Note: tasted neat. Eating twizzlers after a huge steak and potato dinner two glasses brut cuvée and an ounce of EC 1010 pick. Who knows what that’s all done to my palate. This really is a delicious and interesting dram. I’m going to enjoy this bottle. The citrus tone is a little weird. Almost vinegar like but not bad or off putting just a little weird like it’s off with the rest of the creamy aspects. -
Elijah Craig small batch single barrel 1010 Washington pick
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed May 22, 2021Nose: neat: caramel, vanilla, cinnamon, chocolate syrup, toffee Body: light Palate: caramel, cinnamon, vanilla. Citrus fruit Finish: light to medium with smoke Note: this is light but flavorful with a slightly lingering smokiness which is nice. A nice dram -
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch A121
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed May 22, 2021 (edited June 19, 2021)Nose: neat: caramel, salted caramel, dark chocolate, caramelized cherry, French toast but on rye bread, some kind of nuttiness, peanuts maybe and a funky gym socks which isn’t fair but it’s a funky odor which I think is the nuttiness. Body: medium Palate: green apple on first sip. Caramel, vanilla, surprisingly smooth for the proof. Finish: long Kentucky hug. Long smokey finish really makes this drink. Note: this one is all over the place for me. The nose is interesting. Mostly standard caramel and sweetness but with a funny little funk, which I don’t mind. The finish is very nice. I like this a lot overall. I really dove into this and have to say I like it a lot, love it no, but will enjoy this bottle for sure. -
Four Roses Small Batch Select Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed May 22, 2021 (edited July 1, 2021)Nose: neat: red fruit, juicy fruit gum caramel, vanilla. Near the end of my 2 ounces I got a faint burnt sugar creme brulle deliciousness. Body: medium to full Palate: extremely smooth if this goes to the back palate. More peppery, prickly if I let it sit on the front palate, but still a very smooth dram. Flavor wise pretty standard fare with caramel, vanilla with red fruits again. It tastes like it smells and it noses nice. I think the thing that stands out is the pure sweetness of this dram. Finish: medium to long with more vanilla and a surprising long faint smoke in the background which I love. Note: finally getting around to putting in a review. I’m half way through this bottle. Just started distribution in minnesota. My first impressions are this is delicious. More flavor than the standard small batch. My initial impression was holy smokes this is amazing but now half way through the bottle I’m more in the “this is really good, but maybe not as good as I thought initially”. It pairs wonderfully with vanilla bark covered Oreo balls. -
Maker's Mark Wood Finishing Series 2021 FAE-01
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed April 3, 2021 (edited April 10, 2021)Note: orange, sherry, pear, smoked caramel, apricot, peanuts. Cherry, fruity. Body: medium-full Palate: baking spice, caramel, vanilla, bowl of fruit. Finish: medium Note: the neck pour and first few drams tasted like five alive but this dram was more smoky with the fruitiness evolving into a more stewed fruit single malt benromach 15 kind of fruitiness but brighter and without the smoke. Good, not great but good enough I wish I’d a tried the first two. -
William Heavenhill 13 Year Bottled in Bond (8th Edition)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed April 3, 2021 (edited July 31, 2021)Nose: neat: caramel a lot of caramel, chocolate and vanilla. Nuts... water chestnut? Faint smoke in the background. The smoke really emerged the longer this breathed. Body: medium to full Palate:caramel, pepper, vanilla Finish: very long and smoky, smokey caramel and tobacco, that’s how a finish should go. Note: a taste from don. 1.5-2 ounces. After a doc swinsons 15 and early timed bib. So I’m feeling good. Also 2 bottles of wine earlier today so yeah. Tombstone on the TV adds to this profile along with being on the north shore of Lake Superior. Aaaaaaaanyway, I’m excited for this even though I’ll never get a bottle unless I’m in Kentucky. The dram just kept unraveling after the first sip. The long smoky, tobacco and burnt caramel are my favorite. The palate is classic with a full body but what makes this special is the long smoky finish -
Early Times Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed April 3, 2021 (edited April 18, 2021)Nose:neat: caramel, creamy slightly burnt caramel, faint tobacco. Candied orange. Chocolate cherry cordial even water chestnut as it opens. Body: medium-short Palate: light pepper, caramel, vanilla. Very sugary sweet, which is nice. Finish: medium to long which is nice, but more sweet than smoky. Note: another 1.5-2 ounce taste from don. He was quick to let me know this is not available in MPLS MN markets. This is supposedly one of the best value bourbons on the market. But even before I taste it I find it hard for any thing to compare to ER 10 as best value. Let’s see. This is tasted after a dram of doc Swinsons 15 year old at 107.2 proof which I found very enjoyable. Not as flavorful as the nose would suggest. Falls a little flat after the 15 year old swinsons. The nose is quite nice but the flavor falls short. -
Doc Swinson's Exploratory Cask Series 15 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon (Release No. 6)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed April 3, 2021 (edited April 18, 2021)Nose: neat. oak, cinnamon, almond, salted caramel. Baking spice. Sugared orange. Body: medium Palate: caramel, smokey caramel and candied orange. Finish: moderate to long, smoky caramel. Much longer than the initial sip suggests is coming. Note: this is for the 107.2 proof (53.6 ABV) batch. initial sip, this is good. I really like this. A taste from Don. Extremely smooth with a lengthy smoky finish. This was very nice for a spring break vacation dram up north. Word on the street this is 15 year old knob creek. Either way it’s very good. -
Nose: peat smoke. Sea salt. Sweetness from something... maybe sherry? A light tobacco. As it opens more sweet Cherri starts to sneak out. Body: this is thin to medium but the palate and finish over compensate Palate: charcoal dipped in sherry but basically camp fire smoked tobacco. Finish: ever lasting, incredibly long “that’s what she said”. Further in it has a little more sherry sweetness. I feel like I should be sitting next to a camp fire watching someone cook fish. Note: an ounce from Jared. Tasted after three shots of bourbon for what that’s worth. Very smoky and long lasting. A perfect dram for February in minnesota. This is actually pretty good but setting and drinker dependent. If you like smoke but with out iodine and a dryness to the smoke this is your jam. Like drinking a charred stick from a camp fire. So smoky, but for an ounce or two in the right setting with the right people this is perfect. Not my particular jam but I appreciate this.
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