Tastes

This is a curious whiskey, lots of interesting scents and flavors, but all a little disjointed. Initially strong diesel and peat on the nose, after a few minutes these ebb while sherry, barley, vanilla, powdered chocolate and stewed prunes appear. Rich, oily and a little young and hot on the palate with cereal grains, honey, vanilla, walnuts and a hint of sherry and diesel. The long finish has spicy, sweet and savory notes.

Scumptuous nose with floral, chocolate, orange and malt notes plus a hint of smoke. The palate starts off a little rough, grungy for lack of a better word, more Neal Young and Crazy Horse than Nirvana, but it morphs, sip by sip, into a Chris Cornell like transcendent beauty touching all the notes of the nose and adding a raspy spice. The finish is long, peppery and satisfifying.

Pleasant nose of vanilla and cherry pie, spicy, chewy palate with cherries, vanilla and peanuts, spicy medium finish with more vanilla and funky peanuts.

Nice nutty, grape and vanilla notes on the nose and creamy palate, but feels a bit young with some astringency and heat. Medium length warming finish with a little grape nuts cereal.

Retaste after a few months, bottle is at 2/5 volume. Nose: Balanced spice, malt, candied mango and tangerines. Palate: Silken with cereal grains, malt and citrus notes Finish: Medium length, a little spicy with malt and citrus. This is a great value buy.

Everyting about this whiskey is delicate yet delicious! Apples, pears, malt and flower blossoms on the nose and palate, sweet notes, a hint of smoke and pepper on the medium finish.

Roasted corn, butter and vanilla on the nose and smooth palate. Medium finish with a hint of buttered corn and a bit of peppery spice.

Vanilla, banana and coconut creme on the nose. Silken entry on the palate with vanilla, oak and spices. The medium length finish has some spice and dry oaky notes. There's some astringency throughout that holds this back from a better score.

Orange zest, honey dew and baking spices on the nose. Spicy entry on the palate with apples, honey and some woody notes. Finish is medium length, spicy and a little bitter. This was intended as a mixer and is best suited for that purpose. Not a sipper.

This single malt, single cask, non color added, non chill-filtered whiskey is bottled at cask strength from a refill hogshead. Only 290 bottles were filled. If you were fortunate enough to get one, you know what a gem you found. I personally needed a lot of water to tame the cask strength and young heat, but what incredible scents and flovors in an 8 yo whiskey. Smokey, malty, peaty, seashore, sweet and savory on the nose. Thick, coating palate with buttery cream, vanilla custard, and sweet tea. Sweet and spicy medium finish.