Tastes

Nose: tobacco, rye, cinnamon, chocolate Taste: chocolate, pretty thin almost watery, similarities to Willet pot still bourbon with a citrusy cake aspect Finish: very dry with some minty freshness, nice heat, rye comes through as a little licorice After reading reviews: marmalade makes sense from the flaviar notes - I think that’s the similarity to Willet with this being more orange than lemon, not sure what honeysuckle is like so don’t know what to think of that, I get the pepper as the spicy heat note, but the butterscotch wasn’t apparent to me

Nose: cherry, brown sugar, rye towards the licorice direction, clove, leather Taste: some cherry on early sips but less so later on, pine, a creamy sweetness, a little rye licorice, later sips found chocolate Finish: rye, nice amount of burn, kind of a fresh/cool feeling After reading reviews: not a lot of reviews on my usual apps but the ones that are there note vanilla which I’m not getting - maybe the creamy sweetness, the molasses/fig note on the nose I can see - it’s a rich/darker sweetness

Nose: Orange, malt, apricot, apple juice, old books Taste: candy sweetness at first but lessened with further sips, orange, honey, malt Finish: dry, hot After reading reviews: there were lots of fruits on the nose but the sweetness in the taste wasn’t there as much for me as in the reviews, the alcohol burn was the more prominent feature for me, didn’t get any of the spice notes or vanilla

Nose: medicinal smoke, honey, floral Taste: earthy peat, honey, green apple, ash Finish: long, fruits come through After reading reviews: brown sugar on the nose was there

Nose: pear, dark honey, something savory like beef jerky, slight acetone Taste: shortbread cookie Finish: oak After reading reviews: don’t get the vanilla notes in reviews, the sherry finish influence is definitely noticeable once you look for it

Nose: orchard fruits, cream, a little ash, some acetone Taste: lemon candy, mint, a whiff of smoke, Finish: dry, fairly hot After reading reviews: didn’t get the baking spices. Finished it before reading that so will have to revisit- looking forward to it.

Didn’t take notes at the time, but another great experience with this one that makes me want to get a bottle. Just a really nice combo of smoke and sweet.

Nose: shortbread, oak, pear Taste: cream, vanilla, lemon Finish: dry, candied sweetness After reading reviews: I don’t get the menthol note, not sure if this is exactly what I was drinking - ordered in a bar and couldn’t see the bottle well

Band-aids, smoke. Medicinal, mint, ash, sweet and sour. Some candy sweetness but maybe just leftover from Writer’s Tears I just had. Medicinal finish.

Nose: Apple, shortbread Taste: Apple, honey, candied sweetness Finish: Fades pretty quickly but candy sweetness stays as well as chocolate. After reading reviews: Wow - Cookie Crisp is right on.