Tastes

Nose: peated scotch with vanilla bourbon Taste: nice smoke without the medicinal note Finish: dry, smoke lingers After reading reviews: apparently I missed a lot beyond the smoke

Nose: caramel Taste: caramel, a little pickle-brine rye Finish: Insta-dry After reading reviews: yep

Nose: vanilla, cinnamon Taste: I think my tongue is dead after having ECBP, I just am not getting anything beyond maybe the cinnamon. Finish: again, dead but some cinnamon After reading reviews: ya, I really wish I didn’t go barrel proof before this one. Just couldn’t appreciate anything the reviews called out.

Nose: vanilla, cherry, maybe some rye but I’m coming off midwinter night’s dram so that could be in my head Taste: can definitely feel the proof, I’m still getting the rye, the vanilla and cherry from the nose is there with cherry almost cough syrupy Finish: my tongue is begging for mercy After reading reviews: I guess the rye wasn’t just me, my tongue is so spent I’m not sure on the viscosity. I actually think this might be 12 year barrel proof based on the flaviar pictures. I left out oak, but yeah oak in the face.

Nose: vanilla, caramel, rye Taste: spiciness from the rye, less sweet than the nose, the rye goes more pickle brine than anise Finish: pretty dry and spiciness lingers After reading reviews: I’m not sure which act/scene I tasted so not sure what to compare to. After reading mint on the finish, I got that. Overall, this was so hyped up in my mind that I’m not sure the reality lived up to it. I’m not a huge fan of some of the rye notes.

Nose: vanilla Taste: caramel, anise Finish: very dry, spicy After reading reviews: Distiller’s review is old and maybe outdated, flaviar seems consistent with what I tasted other than marmalade

Nose: vanilla bomb, cherry, strong alcohol Taste: cherry cough syrup, almost a sourness at the end Finish: cherry, vanilla After reading reviews: nailed the cherry syrup, didn’t catch any citrus

Nose: bacon smoke, some medicinal but not overpowering, something fishy? Taste: nice savory smoke, really tried to find sweetness - maybe some honey Finish: in the words of my wife who begrudgingly touched it to her lips, “Ugh, it doesn’t go away!” After reading reviews: wow, I got the smoked mackerel note and yes it was money on the taste

Nose: apple, sugar cookies, potpourri floral Taste: green apple Finish: spicy, peppery, honey After reading reviews: orange peels struck a chord, thankfully no banana note came through for me. I’m shocked this is only 80 proof. The pronounced spiciness had me thinking higher - where is that coming from, oak? Upon repeated tastings, I got the coconut at the back end of the taste.

Nose: slight acetone, honey, red apple, bread Taste: malt, a little honey and apple but less than in the nose Finish: hot - feels like decent proof, fades quickly After reading reviews: flaviar noted raisin - I thought that on the taste but not enough to mention it. I wanted to find the rum cask influence, but nothing jumped out at me.