Tastes

Fruity nose of grapes, citrus, and apples. Taste has a nice buttery feel with some toasted oak notes on top of mild floral and fruity notes, it’s a bit waxy with an interesting middle. Finish moves into some nice spice and has medium length. Solid scotch.

Smells wheated with vanilla and spice. Taste comes in smooth and sweet but not overly so with notes of caramel, vanilla and oak but has a really good mouthfeel and balance to it. Finish moves very nicely into some spice that isn’t overly hot, especially for 104 proof. Initial impression is quite exceptional.

Reminiscent of a Bulleit. Average bourbon that doesn’t stand out but not bad to sip on.

Nice nose, traditional caramel, vanilla, oak but seems to have some heat to it. Later on I got some rye on the nose. Definitely taste some rye in the mash with some caramel and maybe a slight fruity hint. Finish is nice, maybe a bit medicinal, not too hot. I like it but can’t say I find much overly stand out about it to match the reviews I’ve seen.

Nice caramel nose with the traditional rye accents. Taste comes in the same with a rye forward taste mixed with caramel and spice. Smooths out for the finish and flavors remain mostly consistent. Enjoyable rye, nothing particularly stand out though.

Sweet nose, very citrus forward with apples. Taste matches and comes in really sweet *almost* too sweet, adds a little caramel too. Finish still makes you feel like you took a bite off a caramel apple at a fair. Really smooth and enjoyable except that it’s really pushing the boundary of too sweet.

Caramel, oak, and maybe a tiny hint of barbecue on the nose. Taste hops in sweet (caramel and vanilla) with some nice oak forward notes that aren’t too “woody”. It’s darker and more complex of a taste so potentially more notes to find yet. It darkens as it sits and moves into a nice spicy full finish that has some heat but isn’t over the top for 120 proof. Very enjoyable.

Caramel, wheat, and rye on the nose. Taste comes in a bit grassy and medicinal with caramel hidden behind it. The finish tends to move towards the medicinal notes and isn’t my favorite. The heat isn’t bad for the proof but I’ll need to revisit the taste later, not my favorite first impression.

Nose is very wood/oak forward with a hint of toffee. Taste comes in oaky and maintains it all the way through with maybe a hint of caramel or toffee. It has some peat on the back end but not as peat forward as some others. Enjoyable but the wood on the taste is slightly overpowering to me.