Tastes

Nose of vanilla, honey, caramel corn. Initial impressions are creamy in texture and predominantly of violet, honey, malt and hints of grassy flower stem. This opens into predominantly oak and honey. Simple but enjoyable.

Nose overwhelmingly of wood smoke and ash with hints of oak and caramel. The initial impression is oak resin and vanilla with a strong smoke flavor with hints of bacon and cheese. This opens to tones of stronger oak, pencil shavings and sooty smoke that lingers for a very generous period of time. A very peaty Smokey and complex dram that is an exceptional value.

Nose dominated by maple syrup and butterscotch with oak and fresh cut grass. Initial tones of spices, cloves, leather, and oily butterscotch with honey. The final tones are of toasted oak, and malt with a somewhat antiseptic edge that hurts the otherwise great finish with hints of tree sap and very mild wood smoke. Overall pleasant with satisfying complexity.

Nose dominated by sent of wood smoke, toasted oak and a hint of leather - very pleasant. Initial tones of vanilla and toffee dominates with elements of black pepper and spices. Ends with a strong wood smoke and soot with hints of licorice.

The nose is very straightforward and is primarily just ethanol with hints of oak and sweet corn. The palate is primarily spicy cloves and sweet vanilla. It lingers only briefly closing with mainly hints of oak and sweet corn with a medicinal alcohol flavor dominating. A very simple, non-memorable but drinkable dram.

A nose dominated by ethanol with some mild spice and fruit - almost fig and canned fruit like notes. Opens with the spice of rye, vanilla and caramel dominating. The spice, and leather notes linger in a moderate to long close with tobacco and malty notes slowly emerging.

A nose strong on orchard fruits. Opens with similar sweet profile of pears or apples dominating with some moderate to mild spice. Oak and sweet cereals close lingering for a short to moderate duration. Very smooth and light on the pallet.

Simple and short in character. Oaky butterscotch sweetness dominates along with moderate spiciness. Opening up into fruit, mostly of cherry. A moderate medicinal tone is present throughout.

General sweet floral and oak tones dominate initially, opening to express a deeper more complex violet and honey with an under tone of fresh grass and brine, ending in mild burnt peat with a hint of smoke. $65 in Kelowna, BC

Superb. Sweet honey, cherry, and vanilla, with a nice touch of smoke and oak.