Tastes

Crowd pleasing easy drinker. Barely there nose of vanilla and butterscotch. Light palate with more vanilla and butterscotch plus a hint of baking spices. Tiny bit of spice on the finish. I prefer Buffalo Trace for less $$, but would not turn down a pour.

This is evidently the hot new item. It surprised me. Actually not bad. Quite sweet. Smells like a blackberry liqueur. Nice mouth feel. Tastes like Crown with blackberries and a hint of pastry. A little heat in the finish.

This took a minute to grow on me. Burnt brown sugar, maple, toasty oak, vanilla, baking spices, right amount of heat, nice little Kentucky hug. Very good.

Surprisingly light compared to other Lagavulin’s I’ve tasted, but that certainly does not make it lesser of a whiskey. Lemony with shellfish, fresh stone fruits, light medicinal peat and beach bonfire notes. Delicious and crushable.

Distiller review No. 800 Nose: I smell short bread cookies, caramel, toffee, malt, red berries, and baking spices. Palate: Oily, savory and semisweet, with butter cookies, dried red fruits, cereal, baking spices, toffee, caramel, and walnuts. Finish: Long and smoldering, with malt, cereal, red fruits, baking spices, and a bittersweet walnut note, which contrasts nicely with the palate. These notes are just the tip of the iceberg . Its very complex and super enjoyable! I have thoroughly enjoyed this nearly 5 year long journey of exploration, sampling many different types and styles of distilled spirits. I have challenged myself and palate, reaching beyond the safety of sweet red wines and rum and coke, into the spicy and smoky worlds of rye whiskey, Islay whiskey, and mezcal. But, can a leopard change his spots? I find myself constantly drifting back to the sweet end of the ditilled spirits spectrum. That’s my wheel house. Good to know thyself I suppose.

Spicy rye, eucalyptus, mint, vanilla, caramel, fruit leather. Punches above it’s price point.

Neck pours. Bitter at first blush, but after time rather soft with Bbq sauce, vanilla, caramel and baking spices. Warming, lengthy finish. Good start to the bottle.

Neck pour. Almost more of a bourbon finished wine rather than the other way around. The Napa cab overpowers all other notes, but they play a nice second fiddle. Sumptuous grape notes tinged with baking spices, vanilla and bbq sauce. Pleasant buzzy finish. Delicious!